The state plans to transform a shuttered prison in Chelsea into an affordable and supportive housing site, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday.

The project, which is set to receive $108 million in funding from the state, will see the former Bayview Correctional Facility remodeled into a complex called “Liberty Landing,” Hochul said at a press conference in Manhattan.

The site at West 20th Street and 11th Avenue will house 124 permanently affordable housing units, 74 of which will be set aside for formerly incarcerated people reentering the community, she said.

It will also include 15 short-term housing units reserved for people with mental health conditions who need temporary, transitional housing, she added.

The redevelopment will feature a 9,300-square-foot community facility that offers programming for young people in the neighborhood as well.

A rendering of the proposed project. (Courtesy of Gov. Kathy Hochul's office)

“This is all part of our work to help New Yorkers, as well as end our housing crisis and make our state more affordable and more livable,” Hochul said. “Liberty Landing is a shining example of how we can use underutilized properties across our state.”

Bayview Correctional Facility, a state-run women’s correctional facility that opened in the 1970s, sustained major damage during Hurricane Sandy and closed soon after.  

Hochul issued a request for proposals for the redevelopment of the building, which has sat unused for nearly a dozen years, last fall.

A rendering of the proposed project. (Courtesy of Gov. Kathy Hochul's office)

The project will be a joint venture between Camber Property Group, which focuses on developing and rehabilitating affordable and mixed-income housing, and Osborne Association, a nonprofit that will offer on-site social services and programming to those living in the building, the governor said in a release.

Those services will include job training, family and relationship coaching, nutrition counseling, mental health care and substance use disorder treatment, she added.

The project must undergo both environmental and public reviews before it is approved, the release noted.