Lillian Wald Houses

This article is about the public housing development. For the building known as the Lillian Wald House, see Henry Street Settlement.

Lillian Wald Houses
NYCHA property
Wald Houses in 2011
Location in New York City
Coordinates: 40°43′19″N73°58′37″W / 40.722°N 73.977°W / 40.722; -73.977
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
Borough	Manhattan
Area [1]
• Total	0.026 sq mi (0.07 km2)
Population
• Total	3,757 [1]
ZIP codes	10002, 10009
Area codes	212, 332, 646, and 917

The Lillian Wald Houses are a NYCHA housing project on the Lower East Side of Manhattan that honors the housing advocate of the same name. ^{[2] [3]} The cornerstone was laid on East Sixth Street and Avenue D in 1947 following a change in state financing laws for which Lillian Wald campaigned. ^[4]

Construction of the Houses led to the end of Manhattan Street, previously a shortcut between East Third and East Houston Streets. ^[5]

References

1. "NYCHA Development Data Book 2023" (PDF). NYCHA. p. 55. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
2. Biles, Roger (2002). The Human Tradition in Urban America. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 117. ISBN   978-0-8420-2993-3.
3. Rogow, Sally (1966). Lillian Wald: The Nurse in Blue. Jewish Publication Society of America. p. 133.
4. Feld, Marjorie N. (2008). Lillian Wald: A Biography. UNC Press Books. p. 188. ISBN   978-0-8078-3236-3.
5. "The remains of two streets no longer on the map". Ephemeral New York. October 6, 2014. Retrieved March 8, 2022.