NYCHA HOUSING SPOTLIGHTS

Holmes Towers occupy the block between First Avenue and the FDR Drive at East 93rd Street on Manhattan’s Upper East Side and Yorkville neighborhood. Built in 1969, the two-building complex…

Harborview Terrace Houses occupies a portion of Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen, spanning 10th and 11th Avenues between 55th and 56th Streets. Completed in 1977, the development includes a 24-story tower and…

Rafael Hernandez Houses (or Hernandez Houses) is located on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, bounded by East Houston Street, Allen Street, and the Stanton Street. Completed in 1971, the development consists…

One of the first housing projects ever developed in the U.S., First Houses stands out in its East Village neighborhood of Manhattan. They are important because they were the start…

The Gravesend Houses are located in the Gravesend neighborhood in the Bronx. These houses are bordered by West 33rd Street, Neptune Avenue, and Bayview Avenue. Built in 1954, the number…

Brownsville Houses are located in Brownsville, Brooklyn, and are surrounded by Livonia Avenue, Rockaway Avenue, and Mother Gaston Boulevard. The houses were built in 1948 and consist of 27 buildings…

The Haber Houses are located in Brooklyn’s Coney Island community on West 24th Street, Mermaid Avenue, and Surf Avenue. The three 1960 NYCHA developments have approximately 600 residents. Haber Houses…

The 33–35 Saratoga Houses, or now known as Saratoga Village, sit in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, where Saratoga Avenue intersects Bainbridge Street. Far from the titanic NYCHA developments that…

Glenwood Houses occupy Brooklyn’s Flatlands district along Ralph Avenue, Farragut Road, and East 56th Street. The complex was built in 1950 and consists of 20 six-story buildings with over 2,700…