Redfern Houses

Redfern Houses
NYCHA Property
Interactive map of Redfern Houses
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
Borough	Queens
Area
• Total	16.76 acres (6.78 ha)
Population
• Total	1,426 [1]
Zip Code	11691

The Redfern Houses is a NYCHA housing project with nine buildings each containing six to seven stories. It is located in Far Rockaway, Queens in between Beach Channel Drive/Hassock Street, Redfern Avenue and the Nassau County border. ^[2] It was named after Redfern Avenue in Queens. It is also located near the Far Rockaway station on the Long Island Rail Road.

History

This housing complex was built in August 1959. ^[1]

21st Century

All of those buildings were funded by the PACT in October 2017 where it had started for $123M ^[3] that will strengthen its structure to restore three playgrounds, resurface sidewalks, change rooftops and install the back-up power generators on top of the buildings, renovate 30 of the 1st story apartments that were damaged by Hurricane Sandy, build a new community center and childcare building, replace sump pumps, and more. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Soon,^{[ when? ]} There will be six new buildings coming to this complex to be constructed from Hurricane Sandy in 2012. ^[2]

See also

• New York City Housing Authority

References

1. "NYCHA Development Data Book 2025" (PDF). New York City Housing Authority. p. 57, c. 1. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
2. "Redfern" (PDF). New York City Housing Authority. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
3. "NYCHA Begins $123 Million Sandy Recovery Project At Redfern Houses In Queens" (Press release). New York City Housing Authority. 2017-10-27. Retrieved 2025-12-16.
4. "Redfern Houses" (PDF). NYCHA PACT. Retrieved 2025-12-16.
5. "Redfern Houses" (PDF). NYCHA FEMA. Retrieved 2025-12-16.