Patterson Houses

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Judge Lester Patterson Houses
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Patterson Houses in 2007
Patterson Houses
General information
Architectural style Modern
Location2625 3rd Avenue
Bronx, NY 10451
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 40°48′50″N73°55′24″W / 40.8139896°N 73.9234703°W / 40.8139896; -73.9234703
Opened1950
Owner New York City Housing Authority
Design and construction
Architect(s) Robert Moses

The Lester Patterson Houses or Patterson Houses is a public housing development in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City. It was named after Bronx assemblyman and judge Lester W. Patterson. It is one of the largest New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) complexes in the city with fifteen buildings 6 and 13-stories tall and 1,790 apartments. It spans an area of 17.18 acres (6.95 ha), which is located between East 138th and 145th Street and covers two main avenues, Third Avenue and Morris Avenue. [1]

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Development

Construction on the Patterson Houses began in 1948 and were a part of a large push to build public housing developments in the five boroughs. [2] It was the first low rent development completed in the Bronx since World War II and the first families moved into the development in March 1950 with priority for veterans. [3] It was completed on December 31, 1950 [1] and named after judge Lester Patterson (1893–1947). [4] The development's playground was later completed in 1953, and was used by the adjacent school P.S. 18 during school hours. [5] [6]

Tenants of the development in the 1950s were a diverse mix of people from the South, Caribbean, and Puerto Rico. They introduced each other to their cultures including food and music. Many inter-ethnic marriages resulted from the fusion of cultures. [7]

By the early 1960s, crime in NYCHA developments had risen and the agency added extra detectives to help control crime at 28 developments including Patterson. [8] By the late 1960s, tenants felt that policing was inadequate in the development and an increase in muggings and burglaries due to drugs being found on the site and went on strike by withholding rent from the agency. NYCHA took the tenants to court and the judge sided with the agency citing state law that lack of police presence wasn't a violation that tenants could withhold rent for. This resulted in tenants paying $25,000 in back rent. [9] [10]

Notable residents

Mayor

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