List of New York City Housing Authority properties

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Manhattan

NYCHA PropertyNeighborhood/SubsectionNo.# of BuildingsNo.# of StoriesNo.# of ApartmentsDate of CompletionDate of DemolitionNotes
Alfred E. Smith Houses Lower East Side 12171,931October 30, 1950
Audubon Houses Washington Heights 120167April 30, 1962
Amsterdam Addition Upper West Side 127175January 31, 1974
Amsterdam Houses Upper West Side 136 and 131,080December 17, 1948
Baruch Addition Lower East Side 123197April 30, 1977Senior-Only Housing
Baruch Houses Lower East Side 178 and 142,193June 30, 1959
Bethune Gardens Washington Heights 122210March 31, 1967
Bracetti Plaza East Village 17108May 31, 1974
Campos Plaza East Village 210 and 20270September 30, 1979
Carver Houses East Harlem 136 and 151,246January 31, 1958
Chelsea Houses Chelsea 221426May 31, 1964Combined with Elliott Houses
Chelsea Addition Chelsea 11496April 30, 1968Senior-Only Housing; Combined with Elliot Houses
Clinton Houses East Harlem 69 and 18749October 31, 1965
Corsi Houses East Harlem 116171November 30, 1973Senior-Only Housing
De Hostos Apartments Upper West Side 122219February 28, 1969
Drew Hamilton Houses Harlem 5211,207September 30, 1965
Dyckman Houses Inwood 714 and 151,167April 25, 1951
East River Houses East Harlem 106, 10 and 111,158May 20, 1941
Elliott Houses Chelsea 411 and 12608July 15, 1947
Fabria Houses East Village 3540May 1, 1985
First Houses East Village 84 and 5126May 31, 1936Oldest public housing development out of all of the boroughs in the city.
Fort Washington Avenue Rehab Washington Heights 17226September 30, 1984Senior-Only Housing
Frederick Douglass Addition Upper West Side 116135June 30, 1965
Frederick Douglass Houses Upper West Side 175, 9, 12, 17, 18 and 202,054May 31, 1958
Frederick E. Samuel Apartments Harlem 405, 6 and 7659June 30, 1993
Fulton Houses Chelsea 116 and 25945March 31, 1965
Gompers Houses Lower East Side 220474April 30, 1964
Grampion Houses Harlem 1735May 31, 1977
Grant Houses Manhattanville 913 and 211,940September 30, 1957
Harborview Terrace Clinton 214 and 15377June 30, 1977
Harlem River Houses Harlem 74 and 5571October 1, 1937
Hernandez Houses Lower East Side 117149August 31, 1971
Holmes Towers Yorkville 225537April 30, 1969
Isaacs Houses Yorkville 324635July 31, 1965
Jackie Robinson Houses East Harlem 18189May 31, 1973
Jefferson Houses East Harlem 187, 13 and 141,487June 30, 1959
Johnson Houses East Harlem 10141,308December 27, 1948
King Towers Harlem 1013 and 141,373October 31, 1954
LaGuardia Addition Lower East Side 116150August 31, 1965Senior-Only Housing
LaGuardia Houses Lower East Side 9161,093July 31, 1957
Lehman Village East Harlem 420619November 30, 1963
Lexington Houses Harlem 414448March 16, 1951
Lincoln Houses Harlem 146 and 141,282December 29, 1948
Lower East Side II Lower East Side 43188November 1, 1988
Lower East Side III Lower East Side 2456April 30, 1997
Lower East Side Rehab Lower East Side 2655December 1, 1986
Lower East Side I Infill Lower East Side 54 and 9189April 30, 1988
Manhattanville Houses Manhattanville 619, 20 and 211,272June 30, 1961
Marshall Plaza Washington Heights 120180June 30, 1986
Meltzer Tower East Village 120230August 31, 1971
Metro North Plaza East Harlem 37, 8 and 11269August 31, 1971
Metro North Rehab East Harlem 176321September 30, 1989
Milbank-Frawley East Harlem 25 and 682July 31, 1988
Polo Grounds Towers Harlem 4301,614June 30, 1968
Rangel Houses Harlem 814984September 30, 1951
Riis Houses East Village 136, 13 and 141,187January 17, 1949
Riis II East Village 66, 13 and 14577January 31, 1949
Robbins Plaza Lenox Hill 120150February 28, 1975Senior-Only Housing
Robert F. Wagner Houses East Harlem 227 and 162,154May 31, 1958
Rutgers Houses Lower East Side 520721March 31, 1965
St. Nicholas Houses Harlem 13141,523September 30, 1954
Straus Houses Rose Hill 219 and 20267January 31, 1965
Taft Houses East Harlem 9191,464December 31, 1962
Two Bridges URA (SITE 7) Two Bridges 126250April 30, 1975
Vladeck Houses I Lower East Side 206250November 25, 1940
Vladeck Houses II Lower East Side 46238October 25, 1940
Wald Houses Lower East Side 1610, 11, 13 and 141,857October 14, 1949
Washington Houses East Harlem 1412 and 141,510July 31, 1957
Wilson Houses East Harlem 320398June 30, 1961
Wise Houses Upper West Side 219399January 31, 1965
WSUR Brownstones Upper West Side 363, 4, and 6236June 30, 1968

Bronx

NYCHA PropertyNeighborhood/SubsectionNo.# of BuildingsNo.# of StoriesNo.# of ApartmentsDate of CompletionDate of DemolitionNotes
1010 East 178th Street West Farms 121218March 31, 1971
1162-1176 Washington Avenue Morrisania 1664December 31, 1975
1471 Watson Avenue Soundview 1696December 31, 1970
Adams Houses Melrose 715 and 21925August 31, 1964
Bailey Avenue-West 193rd Street University Heights 119232May 31, 1973
Baychester Houses Edenwald116441May 31, 1963
Dr. Ramon E. Betances I Mott Haven 133, 4, 11 and 19308May 31, 1973
Dr. Ramon E. Betances II, 13 Mott Haven 1651July 31, 1973
Dr. Ramon E. Betances II, 18 Mott Haven 24 and 651July 31, 1973
Dr. Ramon E. Betances II, 9A Mott Haven 1446July 31, 1973
Dr. Ramon E. Betances III, 13 Mott Haven 2522July 31, 1973
Dr. Ramon E. Betances III, 18 Mott Haven 1519July 31, 1973
Dr. Ramon E. Betances III, 9A Mott Haven 2626July 31, 1973
Dr. Ramon E. Betances IV Mott Haven 83, 4 and 5282December 31, 1973
Dr. Ramon E. Betances V Mott Haven 95 and 6152February 28, 1974
Dr. Ramon E. Betances VI Mott Haven 35 and 6155September 30, 1982
Baychester Houses Edenwald116441May 31, 1963
Boston Road Plaza Houses Bronxdale120230August 31, 1972
Boston Secor Houses Eastchester 413, 14, 17 and 18538April 30, 1969
Boynton Avenue Rehabs Soundview 34201928
Bronx River Addition Soundview 26 and 12225February 28, 1966
Bronx River Houses Soundview 9141,260February 28, 1951
Bronxchester Houses Melrose 118208June 30, 1978
Bryant Avenue-East 174th Street Crotona Park East 161111973
Butler Houses Morrisania 6211,476December 31, 1964
Castle Hill Houses Castle Hill 1412 and 202,025November 30, 1960
Claremont Parkway-Franklin Avenue Area Morrisania 33 and 71,888December 31, 1986
Claremont Rehab (Group 2) Concourse 65 and 6107April 30, 1987
Claremont Rehab (Group 3) Concourse 55112December 31, 1984
Claremont Rehab (Group 4) Concourse 94 and 5150October 31, 1986
Claremont Rehab (Group 5) Concourse 35132November 30, 1985
Clason Point Gardens Soundview 4524331941Oldest public housing development in the borough.
College Avenue-East 165th Street Concourse 16951972
Davidson Houses Morrisania 18177August 31, 1973
Eagle Avenue-East 165th Street Morrisania 1666May 31, 1971
East 152nd Street-Courtlandt Avenue Melrose 211 and 141973
East 165th Street-Bryant Avenue Longwood 531111987
East 173rd Street-Vyse Avenue East Morrisania 731995
East 180th Street-Monterey Avenue East Tremont 110239September 30, 1973
Edenwald Houses Edenwald403 and 142,034October 15, 1953Largest public housing development in the borough.
Forest Houses Morrisania 159, 10 and 141,349December 31, 1956
Fort Independence Street-Heath Avenue Kingsbridge Heights 121344November 30, 1974
Franklin Avenue I (Conventional) Morrisania 351910
Franklin Avenue I M.H.O.P. (Multi Family Homeownership Program) Morrisania 251910
Franklin Avenue II (Conventional) Morrisania 351910
Franklin Avenue III (Conventional) Morrisania 151910
Franklin Avenue III M.H.O.P. (Multi Family Homeownership Program) Morrisania 351910
Glebe Avenue-Westchester Avenue Westchester Square 16132December 31, 1971
Gun Hill Houses Williamsbridge 613, 14 and 15733November 30, 1950
Harrison Avenue Rehab (Group A) Morris Heights 151926
Harrison Avenue Rehab (Group B) Morris Heights 44 and 51926
Highbridge Gardens Highbridge 613 and 14699June 30, 1954
Highbridge Rehabs (West 166th Street-Anderson Avenue) Highbridge
Highbridge Rehabs (Nelson Avenue) Highbridge
Hoe Avenue-East 173rd Street East Morrisania 16
Jackson Houses Melrose 716867July 31, 1963
Jennings Street M.H.O.P. (Multi Family Homeownership Program) Morrisania 35
Longfellow Avenue Rehab Longwood 2575June 30, 1990
Macombs Road Morris Heights
Marble Hill Houses Marble Hill 1114 and 151,682March 3, 1952
McKinley Houses Morrisania 5161,633July 31, 1962
Melrose Houses Melrose 8141,020March 3, 1952
Middleton Plaza Pelham Bay 115178August 31, 1973
Mill Brook Houses Mott Haven 916 and 171,255May 31, 1959
Mill Brook Extension Mott Haven 116125January 31, 1962
Mitchell Houses Mott Haven 1017, 19 and 201,729February 28, 1966
Monroe Houses Soundview 128, 14 and 151,102September 30, 1961
Moore Houses Mott Haven 220463March 31, 1964
Morris Heights Rehab Morris Heights
Morris I Morrisania 1016, 17 and 201,084August 31, 1965
Morris II Morrisania 716, 17 and 20801August 31, 1965
Morrisania Air Rights Melrose 319, 23 and 29843February 29, 1980
Morrisania Houses Morrisania 216 And 17205May 31, 1963
Mott Haven Houses Mott Haven 820 and 22993March 31, 1965
Murphy Houses East Morrisania 220281March 31, 1964
Parkside Houses Allerton 146, 7, 14 and 15879June 12, 1951
Patterson Houses Mott Haven 156 and 131,788December 31, 1950
Pelham Parkway Houses Pelham Parkway 2361,266June 30, 1950
Prospect Avenue M.H.O.P. (Multi Family Homeownership Program) Morrisania 15
PSS Grandparent Family Apartments Morrisania 16
Randall-Balcom Houses Throgs Neck 362301971
Sack Wern Houses Soundview 76410May 31, 1977
Saint Mary's Park Houses Melrose 621 and 221,007April 30, 1959
Sedgwick Houses Morris Heights 714 and 15784March 23, 1951
Sotomayor Houses Soundview 2871,496January 31, 1955Originally known as Bronxdale Houses.
Soundview Houses Soundview 1371,255December 31, 1954
South Bronx Area (Site 402) Melrose 431986
Southern Boulevard M.H.O.P. (Multi Family Homeownership Program) Mott Haven
Stebbins Avenue-Hewitt Place Longwood 231986
Teller Avenue-East 166th Street Concourse 16911972
Throggs Neck Addition Throgs Neck 48 and 11287September 30, 1971
Throggs Neck Houses Throgs Neck 293 and 71,185November 30, 1953
Twin Park East (Site 9) Houses East Tremont 114219November 30, 1981
Twin Park West (Site 1 and 2) Houses Tremont 116312September 30, 1974
Union Avenue-East 163rd Street Morrisania 19200March 31, 1985
Union Avenue-East 166th Street Morrisania 63120April 30, 1988
University Avenue Rehab Morris Heights 46230January 31, 1985
Webster Houses Morrisania 521605September 30, 1965
West Farms Square Rehab East Morrisania 461915
West Farms Square (Conventional) East Morrisania 151915
West Farms Square M.H.O.P. (Multi Family Homeownership Program) East Morrisania 25 and 61915
West Tremont Avenue-Sedgwick Avenue Area Morris Heights 111148July 31, 1973
West Tremont Rehab (Group 1) Morris Heights 25 and 697March 31, 1983
West Tremont Rehab (Group 2) Morris Heights 2699May 31, 1989
West Tremont Rehab (Group 3) Morris Heights 3588May 31, 1989

Brooklyn

Vanderveer Estates Apartments nka Flatbush Gardens, [1] Tiffany Towers nka Tivoli Towers, [2] Ebbets Field Apartments [3] and Towers of Bay Ridge [4] and Rutland Rd Houses in Brooklyn, all five includes rent, gas & electric (AC including) in the lease, so it's not projects or developments owned by NYCHA, even though all five take Section 8.

Contents

NYCHA PropertyNeighborhood/SubsectionNo.# of BuildingsNo.# of StoriesNo.# of ApartmentsDate of CompletionDate of DemolitionNotes
104-14 Tapscott Street Brownsville 1430October 31, 1972
303 Vernon Avenue Bedford-Stuyvesant 124234May 31, 1967
572 Warren Street Boerum Hill 161971
Albany Houses I Crown Heights 614824October 2, 1950
Albany Houses II Crown Heights 313 and 14396January 31, 1957
Armstrong Houses I Bedford-Stuyvesant 114 and 6369May 31, 1973
Armstrong Houses II Bedford-Stuyvesant 55248October 31, 1974
Atlantic Terminal Site 4B Fort Greene 131300April 30, 1976The tallest residential property owned by NYCHA, reaching 31 stories.
Bay View Houses Canarsie 2381,610May 31, 1956
Belmont-Sutter Area East New York 3372February 28, 1986
Bernard Haber Houses Coney Island 314380June 30, 1965
Berry Street-South 9th Street Williamsburg 43 and 6148September 30, 1995
Borinquen Plaza I Williamsburg 87509February 28, 1975
Borinquen Plaza II Williamsburg 77425December 31, 1975
Boulevard Houses East New York 186 and 141,436March 22, 1951Tallest six 14 story multi residential property from 1951-1960.
Breukelen Houses Canarsie 303 and 71,595October 31, 1952
Breevort Houses Bedford-Stuyvesant 137894August 31, 1955 [5]
Brown Houses Ocean Hill 26200July 31, 1985
Brownsville Houses Brownsville 2761,319April 16, 1948
Bushwick-Hylan Houses Williamsburg 813 and 201,221March 31, 1960
Bushwick II & Bushwick CDA Bushwick 53276December 31, 1986
Carey Gardens Coney Island 315 and 17683November 30, 1970
Crown Heights Houses Crown Heights 841910
Coney Island Houses Coney Island 514535January 31, 1957
Cooper Park Houses East Williamsburg 117699June 8, 1953
Cypress Hills Houses East New York 1571,442May 31, 1955
East New York City Line Houses East New York 33363March 31, 1976
Farragut Houses Downtown Brooklyn 1013 and 141,390April 30, 1952
Fenimore Houses East Flatbush 18236September 30, 1969
Fiorentino Houses East New York 84160October 31, 1971
Glenmore Plaza Brownsville 410, 18, and 24438April 30, 1968
Glenwood Houses Flatlands 2061,187July 14, 1950
Gowanus Houses Gowanus 144, 6, 9 and 131,134June 14, 1949
Gravesend Houses Coney Island 157634June 30, 1954
Hope Gardens Bushwick 47 and 14324August 31, 1981Hosts Left Hook NYC in its community center
Howard Houses Brownsville 107 and 13814December 31, 1955
Howard Av. Houses Crown Heights 831992
Howard Av.-Park Place Crown Heights 83155August 31, 1994
Independence Towers Williamsburg 621744October 31, 1965
Ingersoll Houses Fort Greene 206 and 111,802February 24, 1944
Johnathan Williams Plaza Williamsburg 514 and 21577April 15, 1964
Kingsborough Houses-Kingsborough Extension Crown Heights 1661,148October 31, 1941
Lafayette Gardens Clinton Hill 713, 15 and 20880July 31, 1962
Langston Hughes Apartments Brownsville 322508June 30, 1968
Lenox Road-Rockaway Parkway Brownsville 3474May 31, 1985
Linden Houses East New York 198 and 141,586June 30, 1958
Long Island Baptist Houses East New York 46233June 30, 1981
Louis Heaton Pink Houses East New York 2281,500September 30, 1959
Marcus Garvey Houses Brownsville 36 and 14321February 28, 1975
Marcy Houses Bedford-Stuyvesant 2761,705January 19, 1949
Marcy-Greene Avs. Houses Bedford-Stuyvesant 331994
Marlboro Houses Gravesend 287 and 161,765January 31, 1958
Nostrand Houses Marine park 1661,148December 14, 1950
O'Dwyer Gardens Houses Coney Island 615 and 16573December 31, 1969
Ocean Hill Apartments Ocean Hill 314236March 31, 1968
Ocean Hill-Brownsville Ocean Hill-Brownsville 541910
Palmetto Gardens Bushwick 16115March 31, 1977
Penn. Av. Rehab. East New York
Penn.-Wortman Avs. Houses East New York 38 and 16336September 30, 1972
Park Rock Rehab. Crown Heights 94134February 28, 1986
Prospect Plaza Ocean Hill 412 and 15368June 30, 1974Summer of 2014First NYCHA development to be demolished
Ralph Av. Rehab Brownsville 54118December 31, 1986
Red Hook East Houses Red Hook 272 and 62,528November 20, 1939
Red Hook West Houses Red Hook 33 and 14345May 31, 1955the location of the 1991 film, Straight Out of Brooklyn
Roosevelt Houses Bedford-Stuyvesant 614, 15 and 16762September 30, 1964
Rutland Towers East Flatbush 1661May 31, 1977
Saratoga Square Bedford-Stuyvesant 212 and 13251November 30, 1980
Seth Low Houses Brownsville 417 and 18536December 31, 1967
Sheepshead Bay Houses Sheepshead Bay 1861,056August 8, 1950
Sterling Pl. Rehabs Crown Heights 5483January 31, 1991
Sumner Houses Bedford-Stuyvesant 137 and 121,098April 30, 1958
Stuyvesant Gardens I Bedford-Stuyvesant 54330August 31, 1972
Stuyvesant Gardens II Bedford-Stuyvesant 17150February 28, 1986
Surfside Gardens Coney Island 514 and 15597June 30, 1969
Tapscott St. Rehab Brownsville 84155January 31, 1986
Tilden Houses Brownsville 816998June 30, 1961
Tompkins Houses Bedford-Stuyvesant 88 and 161,048July 31, 1964
Taylor/Wythe Houses Williamsburg 58, 11, 12 and 13525June 30, 1974
Unity Plaza East New York 56462November 30, 1973
Van Dyke Houses Brownsville 223 and 141,602May 31, 1955the location of the 2010 film, Brooklyn's Finest
Vandalia Av. Houses East New York 210289May 31, 1983
Vernon Houses Bedford-Stuyvesant
Walt Whitman Houses Fort Greene 156 and 131,636February 24, 1944
Weeksville Gardens Crown Heights 24 and 5257April 30, 1974
William Reid Houses East Flatbush 120228November 30, 1969
Williamsburg Houses Williamsburg 2041,620April 10, 1938Oldest public housing development in the borough.
Woodson Houses Brownsville 210 and 25407August 31, 1970
Wyckoff Gardens Boerum Hill 321528December 31, 1966

Queens

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Astoria Houses
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The Queensbridge Houses
NYCHA PropertyNeighborhood/SubsectionNo.# of BuildingsNo.# of StoriesNo.# of ApartmentsDate of CompletionDate of DemolitionNotes
Astoria Houses Astoria 226 and 71,102November 9, 1951
Baisley Park Houses South Jamaica 58385April 30, 1961
Beach 41st Street-Beach Channel Drive Houses Far Rockaway 413712November 30, 1973
Bland Houses Flushing 510400April 30, 1952
Carleton Manor Arverne 111170March 31, 1967
Conlon L.I.H.F.E. Towers Jamaica 113216March 31, 1971
Forest Hills Co-op Houses Forest Hills 312430November 30, 1975Left NYCHA in 2017 to become a tenant-managed co-op.
Hammel Houses Rockaway Beach 146 and 7712April 30, 1955
International Tower South Jamaica 110153May 31, 1983
Latimer Gardens Flushing 410434September 30, 1970
Leavitt House Flushing 1683October 17, 1974
Ocean Bay Apartments (Bayside) Far Rockaway 247 and 91,378September 25, 1961formerly known as Edgemere Houses
Ocean Bay Apartments (Oceanside) Far Rockaway 76417February 28, 1951formerly known as Arverne Houses
Pomonok Houses Flushing 353, 7 and 82,070June 30, 1952
Queensbridge Houses (North and South) Long Island City 2663,142March 15, 1940the largest public housing complex in the United States. The oldest Public Housing development in Queens
Ravenswood Houses Long Island City 316 and 72,167July 31, 1951
Redfern Houses Far Rockaway 96 and 7604June 1, 1959
Rehab Program College Point
Shelton Houses South Jamaica 112155October 31, 1978
South Jamaica I Houses South Jamaica 113 and 4440August 1, 1940
South Jamaica II Houses South Jamaica 163 and 7600October 25, 1954
Woodside Houses Woodside 2061,358December 30, 1949

Staten Island

NYCHA PropertyNeighborhood/SubsectionNo.# of BuildingsNo.# of StoriesNo.# of ApartmentsDate of CompletionDate of DemolitionNotes
Berry Houses Dongan Hills 86506October 30, 1950
Cassidy-Lafayette Houses Randall Manor 46381September 30, 1971
Mariners Harbor Houses Mariners Harbor 223 and 6605August 31, 1954
New Lane Shores Houses Shore Acres 110304July 31, 1984
Richmond Terrace Houses New Brighton 68489October 12, 1964
South Beach Houses South Beach 86422March 20, 1950
Stapleton Houses Stapleton 68693May 31, 1962Largest public housing development in the borough.
West Brighton Houses West New Brighton 88490December 31, 1962
Todt Hill Houses Manor Heights 76502June 1, 1950

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References

  1. ↑ "Flatbush Gardens Brooklyn Apartments - Apartments in Brooklyn, NY". www.flatbushgardens.net.
  2. ↑ "Tivoli Towers Apartments - Brooklyn, NY". Apartments.com.
  3. ↑ "Ebbetts Field Apartments - Brooklyn, NY". Apartments.com.
  4. ↑ "ApplyPort". www.applyport.com.
  5. ↑ "Brevoort Houses". Archived from the original on 2012-09-25. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
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