One of the first developments stemming from the East New York Neighborhood Plan, Chestnut Commons provides affordable housing for formerly homeless and low-income households. Community-centric in both design and development, the project integrates a satellite Community College campus, a food manufacturing incubator that provides job training, and a credit union.
The building features a satellite campus for CUNY Kingsborough Community College, various shared classrooms and a computer lab, a construction-oriented job training center, fitness studio and gym, café, a food manufacturing incubator, a social services center run by the Cypress Hills Local Development Corp, and a Brooklyn Federal Credit Union branch.