Kingston officials have unveiled renderings for The Parkline, a proposed five-story residential building at 25 Field Court that would bring 71 affordable rental apartments to a site near the intersection of Field Court and Broadway. The building is entirely nonprofit, with units reserved for households earning between 30 and 80 percent of area median income, and it sits directly adjacent to the Midtown Linear Park greenway.
According to New York YIMBY, which published the renderings, the site is currently occupied by a low-rise structure and a surface-level parking lot, and the former industrial property requires extensive remediation to remove contaminated soil before construction can begin. The project is being developed jointly by the Affordable Housing Conservancy, Fulcra Development, and Sisters of Charity Housing Development Corporation, with construction to be funded with state money. No architect has yet been specified for the project, and no construction timeline has been announced.
From a Vacant Mechanic Shop to a Housing Site
The city acquired the 0.85-acre parcel in April 2024 after it became tax-delinquent, taking control of a site that had sat empty for years and containing an unoccupied single-story brick building of approximately 12,000 square feet built in 1966, according to a City of Kingston press release. The property was subsequently targeted for redevelopment. The parcel is zoned T5 Flex, a classification that allows varied uses and building types.
When Mayor Steve Noble first announced the selection of the development team on January 8, 2026, the project was envisioned as roughly 100 mixed-use units, a scale that was later refined to the 71 apartments shown in this month's renderings. The dossier does not specify exactly why the unit count shrank, though the site's remediation needs and predevelopment planning are among the factors cited in reporting on the project's evolution.
What's Inside the Building
Per the renderings, the 12,810-square-foot structure would include 19 studio units, 36 one-bedroom units, 12 two-bedroom units, and four three-bedroom units, alongside 35 parking spots. The Parkline also includes 4,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space, and project representatives are considering an affordable grocery store for that space, with the developers pledging to underwrite the grocery store's rent. Project representatives have also positioned the units as entry-level housing for early-career professionals.
The renderings show a facade of white and gray paneling with an irregular grid of windows, and a roofline featuring gables and sections lined with railings for roof decks. The developers plan to construct a pickleball court on the site, and they are considering a pocket park near the site's entrance, though that pocket park has not been finalized as part of the overall design. The Parkline is located within the Midtown Kingston Arts District, and the developers will have an opportunity to collaborate with local community and housing organizations, which may help residents fill out applications for the affordable homes.
A Greenway Connection and a Citywide Housing Push
The project's adjacency to Midtown Linear Park is a significant part of its pitch. The public pathway runs along a former railroad path.
The Parkline also fits into a much larger municipal strategy. In December 2025, Kingston released a 248-page “Midtown Thriving” redevelopment plan under a $238,559 New York State Brownfield Opportunity Area grant, laying out redevelopment priorities for Midtown Kingston, per Hudson Valley One. The state program is part of the area's redevelopment planning.
The Parkline directly advances Mayor Steve Noble's public goal of approving 1,000 housing units by 2029 to address severe housing scarcity across the city. To help finance projects like it, Kingston created a housing nonprofit in May 2025 in partnership with the Center for Public Enterprise to manage a revolving loan fund supplying construction financing for affordable and mixed-income housing, bypassing high commercial interest rates.
The city's Fair Housing Plan Analysis of Impediments discusses rental vacancy rates. City records show that Kingston’s 2024-2028 Analysis of Impediments identified 1,133 vacant housing units in the city.
Part of a Broader Pattern in Midtown
Kingston has pursued brownfield infill projects as part of its housing strategy.
The city's housing efforts extend beyond privately developed infill sites, too. Just last month, the Kingston Housing Authority broke ground on a $112 million overhaul that demolishes the 32-unit Penn Court complex to build an 80-unit senior facility while refurbishing 158 public housing apartments at Colonial and Wiltwyck Gardens. That project underscores how Kingston is now running multiple large affordable housing initiatives at once, even as the city works under the regulatory backdrop it set in August 2022, when it became the first municipality in Upstate New York to declare a housing emergency and enact rent stabilization under the Emergency Tenant Protection Act — a policy fully upheld by the New York Court of Appeals in June 2025 and now part of the city's housing regulatory backdrop.
