The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), created by urbanist Charles Abrams, provides public housing for low and moderate income residents throughout the five boroughs of New York City. NYCHA also administers a citywide Section 8 Leased Housing Program in rental apartments. Many of its facilities are known popularly as "projects," or "developments" and are associated with poverty and crime. As a security measure, these premises are patrolled by the NYPD Housing Bureau, with a total of 9 "PSA's," or Police Service Areas that patrol each borough except Staten Island which has a separate unit from the Housing Bureau command known as the "SIHU" or Staten Island Housing Unit.
NYCHA was created in 1934. At the end of 1935, NYCHA dedicated its first development, called First Houses, located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The Authority boomed in partnership with Robert Moses after World War II as a part of Moses' plan to clear old tenements and remake New York as a modern city. The majority of NYCHA developments were built between 1945 and 1965. Unlike most cities, New York depended heavily on city and state funds to build its housing, rather than just the federal government. Most of these postwar developments had over 1000 apartment units each and most were built in the modernist, tower-in-the-park style popular at the time.
The Authority is the largest public housing authority (PHA) in North America and in spite of many problems is still considered by experts to be the most successful big-city public housing authority in the country. Whereas most large public housing authorities in the United States (Chicago, St. Louis, Baltimore, etc.) have demolished their high-rise projects, New York's continue to be fully occupied. New York also maintains a long waiting list for its apartments. Because of demand, it has, in recent years, selected more "working families" in a bid to diversify the income structure of its housing. NYCHA's Conventional Public Housing Program has 181,581 apartments (as of July 20, 2005) in 345 developments throughout the city.
NYCHA has approximately 13,000 employees serving about 175,116 families and approximately 417,328 authorized residents. Based upon the 2000 Census, NYCHA's Public Housing represents 8.6% of the city's rental apartments and is home to 5.2% of the city’s population. NYCHA residents and Section 8 voucher holders combined occupy 12.7% of the city's rental apartments. In mid-2007, NYCHA faced a $225 million budget shortfall.
NYCHA Buildings
Manhattan (Neighborhood)
- Alfred E Smith Houses, Lower East Side
- Audubon Houses,
- Amsterdam Houses, Upper West Side
- Baruch Houses, Lower East Side
- Bethune Gardens
- Bracetti Plaza
- Campos Plaza, Lower East Side
- Carver Houses, East Harlem
- Chelsea-Elliot Houses
- Clinton Houses, East Harlem
- Corsi Houses
- De Hostos Apartments, Upper West Side
- Drew-Hamilton Houses
- Dyckman Houses, Inwood
- East River Houses, East Harlem
- First Houses, East Village
- Frederick Douglass Houses, Manhattan Valley
- Fulton Houses, Chelsea
- Gompers Houses
- Grampion Houses
- Grant Houses, Manhattanville
- Harbor View Terrace
- Harlem River Houses
- Hernandez Houses
- Holmes Towers, Upper East Side
- Isaacs Houses, Upper East Side
- Jackie Robinson Houses
- Jefferson Houses
- Johnson Houses
- King Towers
- La Guardia Houses, Lower East Side
- Lavanburg Homes
- Lehman Houses
- Lexington Houses, East Harlem
- Lincoln Houses
- Lower East Side Infill, Lower East Side
- Manhattanville Houses
- Marshall Plaza
- Meltzer Tower
- Metro North Plaza
- Milbank-Frawley
- Park Av. Houses
- Polo Grounds Towers, Harlem
- Rangel Houses
- Riis Houses, Lower East Side
- Robert F. Wagner Houses, East Harlem
- Rutgers Houses, Lower East Side
- St. Nicholas Houses, Harlem
- Straus Houses
- Taft Houses, Harlem
- Vladeck Houses, Lower East Side
- Wald Houses, Lower East Side
- Washington Houses, East Harlem
- Wilson Houses
- Wise Towers, Upper West Side
Bronx (Neighborhood/Police Precinct)
- 1010 East 178th Street (West Farms/48): one building, 21-story, 218 apartments, completed March 31, 1971
- 1162-1176 Washington Avenue (Morrisania/42): one building, 6-story, 64 apartments, completed December 31, 1975
- 1471 Watson Avenue (Soundview/43): one building, 6-story, 96 apartments, completed December 31, 1970
- Adams Houses (Melrose/40): seven buildings, 15 and 21-story, 925 apartments, completed August 31, 1964
- Bailey Avenue-West 193rd Street (University Heights/52): one building, 19-story, 232 apartments, completed May 31, 1973
- Baychester Houses: eleven buildings, 6-story, 441 apartments, completed May 31, 1963
- Dr. Ramon E. Betances I (Mott Haven/40): thirteen buildings, 3, 4, 11 and 19-story, 308 apartments, completed May 31, 1973
- Dr. Ramon E. Betances II, 13 (Mott Haven/40): one building, 6-story, 51 apartments, completed July 31, 1973
- Dr. Ramon E. Betances II, 18 (Mott Haven/40): two buildings, 4 and 6-story, 78 apartments, completed July 31, 1973
- Dr. Ramon E. Betances II, 9A (Mott Haven/40): one building, 4-story, 46 apartments, completed July 31, 1973
- Dr. Ramon E. Betances III, 13 (Mott Haven/40): two buildings, 5-story, 22 apartments, completed July 31, 1973
- Dr. Ramon E. Betances III, 18 (Mott Haven/40): one building, 5-story, 19 apartments, completed July 31, 1973
- Dr. Ramon E. Betances III, 9A (Mott Haven/40): two buildings, 6-story, 26 apartments, completed July 31, 1973
- Dr. Ramon E. Betances IV (Mott Haven/40): eight buildings, 3, 4, and 5-story, 282 apartments, completed December 31, 1973
- Dr. Ramon E. Betances V (Mott Haven/40)
- Dr. Ramon E. Betances VI (Mott Haven/40)
- Baychester Houses
- Boston Road Plaza Houses (Bronxdale/49)
- Boston Secor Houses
- Boynton Avenue Rehabs (Soundview/43)
- Bronx River Houses (Soundview/43)
- Bronx River Addition (Soundview/43)
- Bronxchester Houses (Melrose/40)
- Bronxdale Houses (Soundview/43)
- Bryant Avenue-East 174th Street (East Morrisania/42)
- Butler Houses (Morrisania/42)
- Castle Hill Houses (Castle Hill/43)
- Claremont Parkway-Franklin Avenue Area (Morrisania/42)
- Claremont Rehab (Group 2) (Concourse/44)
- Claremont Rehab (Group 3) (Concourse/44)
- Claremont Rehab (Group 4) (Concourse/44)
- Claremont Rehab (Group 5) (Concourse/44)
- Classon Point Gardens (Soundview/43)
- College Avenue-East 165th Street (Concourse/44)
- Davidson Houses (Morrisania/42)
- Eagle Avenue-East 163rd Street (Morrisania/42)
- East 152nd Street-Courtlandt Avenue (Melrose/40)
- East 165th Street-Bryant Avenue (Longwood/41)
- East 173rd Street-Vyse Avenue (East Morrisania/42)
- East 180th Street-Monterey Avenue (East Tremont/48)
- Eastchester Gardens
- Edenwald Houses, the largest public housing complex in the Bronx.
- Forest Houses (Morrisania/42)
- Fort Independence Street-Heath Avenue (Kingsbridge Heights/50)
- Franklin Avenue I (Conventional) (Morrisania/42)
- Franklin Avenue I M.H.O.P. (Multi Family Homeownership Program) (Morrisania/42)
- Franklin Avenue II (Conventional) (Morrisania/42)
- Franklin Avenue III (Conventional) (Morrisania/42)
- Franklin Avenue III M.H.O.P. (Multi Family Homeownership Program) (Morrisania/42)
- Glebe Avenue-Westchester Avenue (Westchester Square/45)
- Gun Hill Houses
- Harrison Avenue Rehab (Group A) (Morris Heights/46)
- Harrison Avenue Rehab (Group B) (Morris Heights/46)
- Highbridge Gardens (Highbridge/44)
- Highbridge Rehabs (West 166th Street-Anderson Avenue) (Highbridge/44)
- Highbridge Rehabs (Nelson Avenue) (Highbridge/44)
- Hoe Avenue-East 173rd Street (East Morrisania/42)
- Jackson Houses (Melrose/40)
- Jennings Street M.H.O.P. (Multi Family Homeownership Program) (Morrisania/42)
- Longfellow Avenue Rehab (Longwood/41)
- Macombs Road (Mor
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