Developer TF Cornerstone officially broke ground Friday on its mixed-use, affordable housing development in Long Island City, a plan that began nearly six years prior.

While some discussed the difficulties of building affordable housing at any level of government, others marveled at the fact that while Queens once looked to Manhattan for inspiration, residents of the borough nowadays are looking inward.

TF Cornerstone is developing the second phase of Hunters Point South, a master-planned community in Queens’ Long Island City neighborhood. The new high-rises will add 1,194 residential units to the site along the East River.

A trio of apartment houses near the Glendale/Ridgewood border with a combined 72 rent-regulated apartment units have been sold to nonprofit groups aiming to keep the buildings affordable for all.

TF Cornerstone, Selfhelp Community Services, the NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development, NYC Housing Development Corp., congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, and assemblywoman Catherine Nolan broke ground on the newest phase of Hunters Point South, a mixed-use, mixed-income master-planned community and waterfront park situated along the East River in Long Island City.

Stakeholders from the government, non-profit and private sectors worked together to buy three apartment buildings in Queens, which will be kept rent-stabilized under the Neighborhood Pillars Program.

A group of seniors in Brooklyn will soon be able to live in a brand-new affordable and supportive housing development in East Flatbush.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo yesterday announced the completion of a $20 million affordable and supportive housing development with 58 affordable apartments for seniors at 333 Lenox Road in Flatbush/Lefferts Gardens.

The 13-story building in the Lefferts Gardens neighborhood has senior-friendly design elements and on-site social services.