The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) provides public housing

Public housing

Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local. Social housing is an umbrella term referring to rental housing which may be owned and managed by the state, by non-profit organizations, or by a combination of the...

 for low- and moderate-income residents throughout the five boroughs of New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

. NYCHA also administers a citywide Section 8

Section 8 (housing)

Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 , as repeatedly amended, authorizes the payment of rental housing assistance to private landlords on behalf of approximately 3.1 million low-income households...

 Leased Housing Program in rental apartments. Many of its facilities are known popularly as "projects," or "developments"; with the concentration of low-income families, many have become associated with poverty and crime. As a security measure, these premises are patrolled by the NYPD Housing Bureau

New York City Police Department Housing Bureau

The New York City Police Department Housing Bureau is responsible for providing the security and delivery of police services to about 420,000 people using public housing throughout New York City. They are stationed in Police Service Areas , which are almost identical to police precincts, with nine...

. A total of 9 "PSA's," or Police Service Areas, 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

Lower East Side

The Lower East Side, LES, is a neighborhood in the southeastern part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is roughly bounded by Allen Street, East Houston Street, Essex Street, Canal Street, Eldridge Street, East Broadway, and Grand Street....

 of Manhattan

Manhattan

Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...

. The Authority boomed in partnership with Robert Moses

Robert Moses

Robert Moses was the "master builder" of mid-20th century New York City, Long Island, Rockland County, and Westchester County, New York. As the shaper of a modern city, he is sometimes compared to Baron Haussmann of Second Empire Paris, and is one of the most polarizing figures in the history of...

 after World War II as a part of Moses' plan to clear old tenements and remake New York as a modern city. Moses indicated later in life that he was disappointed at how the public housing system fell into decline and disrepair. Originally intended for working families, the projects increasingly became occupied by low-income families, many of whom had no working adult. 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 the 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. In spite of many problems, it 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 and in most cases replaced them with lower scale housing, New York's continue to be fully occupied. Most of its market-rate housing is also in high-rise buildings. New York also maintains a long waiting list for its apartments. Because of demand, the Housing Authority in recent years, has selected more "working families" from applicants to diversify the income structure of occupants of its housing, as had been typical of residents who first occupied the facilities. 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

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 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

Section 8 (housing)

Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 , as repeatedly amended, authorizes the payment of rental housing assistance to private landlords on behalf of approximately 3.1 million low-income households...

 holders combined occupy 12.7% of the city's rental apartments.
In mid-2007, NYCHA faced a $225 million budget shortfall.

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 (Morris Heights/46)
• Marble Hill Houses (Marble Hill/50)
• McKinley Houses (Morrisania/42)
• Melrose Houses (Melrose/40)
• Middleton Plaza
• Millbrook Houses (Mott Haven/40)
• Millbrook Extension (Mott Haven/40)
• Mitchell Houses (Mott Haven/40)
• Monroe Houses (Soundview/43)
• Moore Houses (Mott Haven/40)
• Morris Heights Rehab (Morris Heights/46)
• Morris I (Morrisania/42)
• Morris II (Morrisania/42)
• Morrisania Air Rights
  Morrisania Air Rights
  Morrisania Air Rights is New York City Housing Authority public housing project consisting of three buildings, 19, 23, and 29-stories tall. There are 843 apartments housing some 1,952 residents. It was designed by the architectural firm, The Eggers Partnership also known as Eggers & Higgins...
  
   (Melrose/40)
• Morrisania Houses (Morrisania/42)
• Mott Haven Houses (Mott Haven/40)
• Murphy Houses (East Morrisania/42)
• Parkside Houses
• Patterson Houses
  Patterson Houses
  Patterson Houses is a public housing development in the Mott Haven neighborhood of The Bronx, New York City, New York. It is one of the largest New York City Housing Authority complexes in the city with 15 buildings and 1,790 apartments....
  
   (Mott Haven/40)
• Pelham Parkway Houses (Pelham Parkway/49)
• Prospect Avenue M.H.O.P. (Multi Family Homeownership Program) (East Morrisania/42)
• PSS Grandparent Family Apartments (Morrisania/42)
• Randall-Balcom Houses (Throgs Neck/45)
• Sack Wern Houses (Soundview/43)
• Saint Mary's Park Houses (Melrose/40)
• Sedgwick Houses (Morris Heights/46)
• Soundview Houses (Soundview/43)
• South Bronx Area (Site 402) (Melrose/40)
• Southern Boulevard M.H.O.P. (Multi Family Homeownership Program) (Mott Haven/40)
• Stebbins Avenue-Hewitt Place (Longwood/41)
• Teller Avenue-East 166th Street (Concourse/44)
• Throggs Neck Houses (Throgs Neck/45)
• Throggs Neck Addition (Throgs Neck/45)
• Twin Park East (Site 9) Houses (East Tremont/48)
• Twin Park West (Site 1 and 2) Houses (Tremont/46)
• Union Avenue-East 163rd Street (Morrisania/42)
• Union Avenue-East 166th Street (Morrisania/42)
• University Avenue Rehab (Morris Heights/46)
• Webster Houses (Morrisania/42)
• West Farms Square Rehab (East Morrisania/42)
• West Farms Square (Conventional) (East Morrisania/42)
• West Farms Square M.H.O.P. (Multi Family Homeownership Program) (East Morrisania/42)
• West Tremont Avenue-Sedgwick Avenue Area (Morris Heights/46)
• West Tremont Rehab (Group 1) (Morris Heights/46)
• West Tremont Rehab (Group 2) (Morris Heights/46)
• West Tremont Rehab (Group 3) (Morris Heights/46)

Brooklyn

• 104-14 Tapscott Street
• 303 Vernon Avenue
• 572 Warren Street
• Albany Houses
• Armstrong Houses
• Atlantic Terminal Site 4B The tallest residential property owned by NYCHA, reaching 31 stories.
• Bayview Houses
• Bernard Haber Houses
• Berry Street-South 9th Street
• Borinquen Plaza Houses
• Boulevard Houses
• Breukelen Houses
  Breukelen Houses
  Breukelen Houses , also known as Breukelen or Brookline Projects, is a large housing complex maintained in Canarsie, Brooklyn, by the New York City Housing Authority ....
  
  
• Brevoort Houses
• Brown Houses
• Brownsville Houses
• Bushwick-Hylan Houses
• Bushwick II & Bushwick CDA
• Carey Gardens
• Crown Heights Houses
• Coney Island Houses
• Cooper Park Houses
• Cypress Hills Houses
• Farragut Houses
• Fenimore Houses
• Fiorentino Plaza
• Glenmore Plaza
• Glenwood Houses
  Glenwood houses
  The Glenwood Houses is a moderate to low income housing development in the Flatlands section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bordered by Ralph Avenue on the east, East 56th Street on the west, Glenwood Road/Avenue H on the south, and Farragut Road on the north side...
  
  
• Gowanus Houses
• Gravesend Houses
• Hope Gardens
  Hope Gardens
  Hope Gardens, or HG, is a public housing complex built and operated by the New York City Housing Authority and located in the Bushwick, Brooklyn neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. It is composed of five separate housing project complexes:...
  
  
• Howard Houses
• Howard Av. Houses
• Howard Av.-Park Place
• Hughes Houses
• Independence Towers
• Ingersoll Houses
• Johnathan Williams Plaza
• Kingsborough Houses-Kingsborough Extension
• Lafayette Gardens
• Langston Hughes Apartments
• Lenox Road-Rockaway Parkway
• Linden Houses
• Long Island Baptist Houses
• Louis Heaton Pink Houses
• Marcus Garvey Houses
• Marcy Houses
  Marcy Houses
  Marcy Houses, or Marcy Projects, is a public housing complex built and operated by the New York City Housing Authority and located in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, at . The complex was named after William L. Marcy , a lawyer, soldier, and statesman...
  
  
• Marcy-Greene Avs. Houses
• Marlboro Houses
• Nostrand Houses
• O'Dwyer Gardens Houses
• Ocean Hill Apartments
• Ocean Hill-Brownsville
• Palmetto Gardens
• Penn. Av. Rehab.
• Penn.-Wortman Avs. Houses
• Park Rock Rehab.
• Prospect Plaza
• Ralph Av. Rehab.
• Red Hook East/West Houses, Red Hook
  Red Hook, Brooklyn
  Red Hook is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, USA. The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community Board 6. It is also the location where the transatlantic liner, the , docks in New York City.- History :...
  
  ; the location of the 1991 film, Straight Out of Brooklyn
  Straight Out of Brooklyn
  Straight Out of Brooklyn is an 1991 independent film directed by Matty Rich in his directorial debut. The film is a gritty story about Dennis , an African-American teen living in a housing project with his sister, mother and abusive, alcoholic father...
  
  
• Roosevelt Houses
• Rutland Towers
• Saratoga Square
• Seth Low Houses
• Sheepshead Bay Houses
  Sheepshead Bay Houses
  The Sheepshead Bay/Nostrand Houses housing projects are located in the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn, New York, bounded by Nostrand Avenue, Bragg St., Avenue V and Avenue X. Avenue W and Batchelder Street run through the development to divide it into a four block complex. All of its 34...
  
  
• Sumner Houses
• Surfside Gardens
• Tilden Houses
• Tompkins Houses
• Taylor/Wythe Houses
  Taylor/Wythe Houses
  The Taylor-Wythe Houses is a New York City Housing Authority development in the Williamsburg, Brooklyn neighborhood, New York City, New York....
  
  
• Unity Plaza
• Van Dyke Houses, Brownsville
  Brownsville, Brooklyn
  Brownsville is a residential neighborhood located in eastern Brooklyn, New York City.The total land area is one square mile, and the ZIP code for the neighborhood is 11212....
  
  ; the location of the 2010 film, Brooklyn's Finest
  Brooklyn's Finest
  Brooklyn's Finest is a 2009 American crime film starring Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, and Wesley Snipes in his first theatrical film since 2004's Blade: Trinity. The film also stars Will Patton, Ellen Barkin and Vincent D'Onofrio. It is directed by Antoine Fuqua, and written by Michael...
  
  
• Vandalia Av. Houses
• Vernon Houses
• Walt Whitman Houses
• Weeksville Gardens
• William Reid Houses
• Williamsburg Houses
  Williamsburg Houses
  The Williamsburg Houses, originally called the Ten Eyck Houses, is a New York City Housing Authority development in the Williamsburg, Brooklyn neighborhood, New York City, New York....
  
  
• Wyckoff Gardens

Queens

• Astoria Houses (Astoria/114)
• Baisley Park Houses (South Jamaica/113)
• Beach 41st Street-Beach Channel Drive Houses (Far Rockaway/101)
• Bland Houses (Flushing
  Flushing, Queens
  Flushing, founded in 1645, is a neighborhood in the north central part of the City of New York borough of Queens, east of Manhattan.Flushing was one of the first Dutch settlements on Long Island. Today, it is one of the largest and most diverse neighborhoods in New York City...
  
  /109)
• Carleton Manor (Arverne/101)
• Conlon L.I.H.F.E. Towers (Jamaica/103)
• Forest Hills Co-op Houses
  Forest Hills Co-op Houses
  The Forest Hills Co-operative Houses are located on an site on the border of the Queens neighborhoods of Forest Hills, Queens and Corona, Queens.-Early history:...
  
  
• Hammel Houses (Rockaway Beach/101)
• International Tower (South Jamaica/103)
• Latimer Gardens (Flushing
  Flushing, Queens
  Flushing, founded in 1645, is a neighborhood in the north central part of the City of New York borough of Queens, east of Manhattan.Flushing was one of the first Dutch settlements on Long Island. Today, it is one of the largest and most diverse neighborhoods in New York City...
  
  /109)
• Leavitt Street-34th Avenue (Flushing
  Flushing, Queens
  Flushing, founded in 1645, is a neighborhood in the north central part of the City of New York borough of Queens, east of Manhattan.Flushing was one of the first Dutch settlements on Long Island. Today, it is one of the largest and most diverse neighborhoods in New York City...
  
  /109)
• Ocean Bay Apartments (Bayside)  Formerly known as Edgemere Houses (Far Rockaway/101)
• Ocean Bay Apartments (Oceanside) Formerly known as Arverne Houses (Far Rockaway/101)
• Pomonok Houses(Flushing/112)
• Queensbridge North/South Houses
  Queensbridge, Queens
  Queensbridge Houses is the largest public housing development in North America. It is located in Long Island City in Queens, and opened in 1939. The 3,142-unit complex is owned by the New York City Housing Authority. The complex is located in Community Board 1...
  
  , the largest public housing complex in the United States. The oldest Public Housing development in Queens
  Queens
  Queens is the easternmost of the five boroughs of New York City. The largest borough in area and the second-largest in population, it is coextensive with Queens County, an administrative division of New York state, in the United States....
  
  . (Long Island City/114)
• Ravenswood Houses
  Ravenswood, Queens
  Ravenswood is the name for the strip of land bordering the East River in Long Island City, in the New York City borough of Queens. The area is part of Queens Community Board 1.-History:...
  
   (Long Island City/114)
• Redfern Houses (Far Rockaway/101)
• Shelton Houses (South Jamaica/103)
• South Jamaica I Houses (South Jamaica/103)
• South Jamaica II Houses (South Jamaica/103)
• Woodside Houses (Woodside/114)

Staten Island

• Berry Houses
  Berry Houses
  The Berry Houses, are a public housing complex designed by Alfred Mosher Butts and built and operated by the New York City Housing Authority and located in the Dongan Hills neighborhood of Staten Island in New York City. It was named after BRIG. Gen. Charles W. Berry , who was both a soldier and a...
  
  
• Cassidy-Lafayette Houses
• Mariners Harbor Houses
  Mariners Harbor, Staten Island
  Mariners Harbor is a neighborhood located in the northwestern part of New York City, USA's borough of Staten Island. It is bordered by Lake Avenue to the east, Lisk Avenue to the south, Richmond Terrace to the north, and Holland Avenue to the west...
  
  
• New Lane Houses
• Richmond Terrace Houses
  Richmond Terrace
  Richmond Terrace is primary east-west artery that runs through the St. George, New Brighton, Randall Manor, Port Richmond, Mariners Harbor, Elm Park, and Livingston neighborhoods of New York City, in the borough of Staten Island, New York....
  
  
• South Beach Houses
  South Beach, Staten Island
  South Beach is the name of a neighborhood located on the East Shore of Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City, USA. It is situated immediately to the south of the Staten Island side of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge...
  
  
• Stapleton Houses
  Stapleton, Staten Island
  Stapleton is a neighborhood in northeastern Staten Island in New York City in the United States. It is located along the waterfront of Upper New York Bay, bounded on the north by Tompkinsville at Grant Street, on the south by Clifton at Vanderbilt Avenue, and on the west by St. Paul's Avenue and...
  
  
• Park Hill Houses
  Park Hill
  Park Hill is a council housing estate in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It was built between 1957 and 1961, and in 1998 was given Grade II* listed building status, the largest listed building in Europe...
  
  
• West Brighton Houses
  West New Brighton, Staten Island
  West New Brighton is a neighborhood of New York City, Richmond County, USA, situated along the central North Shore of Staten Island...
  
  

Fun Facts

• Staten Island has 10 developments with 4,431 apartments
• Queens has 26 developments with 17,500 apartments
• The Bronx has 98 developments with 44,179 apartments
• Brooklyn has 100 developments with 58,334 apartments
• Manhattan has 103 developments with 53,830 apartments

• The Brownsville
  Brownsville, Brooklyn
  Brownsville is a residential neighborhood located in eastern Brooklyn, New York City.The total land area is one square mile, and the ZIP code for the neighborhood is 11212....
  
   section of Brooklyn
  Brooklyn
  Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
  
   now has the highest concentration of low income public housing in America, following the demolition of a huge 5-mile long tract of public housing stretching along State and Federal on Chicago
  Chicago
  Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
  
  's South Side. While pre-Plan For Transformation Chicago Housing Authority
  Chicago Housing Authority
  The Chicago Housing Authority is a municipal corporation established by the State of Illinois in 1937 with jurisdiction for the administrative oversight of public housing within the City of Chicago...
  
   high-rise developments tended to be much larger and more concentrated than those of the NYCHA, the NYCHA operates several times as many apartments and houses three times as many residents.
• The Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City, Queens, is now North America's largest housing project with 3,142 apartments, following the demolition of several larger Chicago housing projects, including the Cabrini–Green Homes and the Robert Taylor Homes
  Robert Taylor Homes
  Robert Taylor Homes was a housing project in the Bronzeville neighborhood of the South Side of Chicago, on State Street between Pershing Road and 54th Street alongside the Dan Ryan Expressway.-History:...
  
   (whose 4,321 three, four and five bedroom apartments once made it the largest public housing project in the world).
• The Bronx's largest development is Edenwald Houses in Edenwald with 2,036 apartments.
• Brooklyn's largest development is Red Hook Houses in Red Hook with 2,878 apartments.
• Manhattan's largest development is Baruch Houses
  Baruch Houses
  Bernard M. Baruch Houses, or Baruch Houses, is a public housing development built by the New York City Housing Authority on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, at . The development is named after Bernard Baruch, a Wall Street trader, economic advisor during World War I and World War II, and...
  
   on the Lower East Side with 2,391 apartments
• Staten Island's largest development is Stapleton Houses with 693 apartments.
• 6 developments consisting of FHA Acquired Homes are located in more than one borough and total 192 apartments
• 42 developments are for seniors only; 15 seniors-only buildings exist within mixed-population developments
• NYCHA has more than 10,000 apartments designated for seniors only
• There also are 7,639 retrofitted apartments for families of persons who are mobility impaired as of September 30, 2007
• As of October 1, 2007: Two developments are at least 70 years old; a total of 13 developments are at least 60 years old; there are 62 developments 50 to 59 years old; another 76 developments are 40 to 49 years old, and 95 developments are 30 to 39 years old.

Notable residents

• DJ Scratch
  DJ Scratch
  DJ Scratch is an American hip hop DJ and producer.-Career:DJ Scratch is the 1988 New Music Seminar Battle For World Supremacy DJ Champion, Grammy nominated, Multi Platinum Producer & The 2010 Master Of The Mix World Champion....
  
   (Albany Houses)
• Ruste Juxx (Albany Houses)
• Maino
  Maino
  Maino is an American rapper from Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York.-Early life:...
  
   (Armstrong Houses)
• Daphne Maxwell Reid (Amsterdam Houses)
• Erik Estrada
  Erik Estrada
  Henry Enrique "Erik" Estrada is an American police officer and actor, known for his co-starring lead role in the 1977–1983 United States police television series CHiPs...
  
   (Amsterdam Houses)
• Ursula Burns
  Ursula Burns
  Ursula M. Burns serves as chairwoman and CEO of Xerox. She is the first African-American woman CEO to head a Fortune 500 company. She is also the first woman to succeed another woman as head of a Fortune 500 company...
  
   (Baruch Houses)
• Howard Schultz
  Howard Schultz
  Howard Schultz is an American business magnate. He is the best known as the chairman and CEO of Starbucks and a former owner of the Seattle SuperSonics...
  
   (Bayview Houses)
• John Brockington
  John Brockington
  John Stanley Brockington is a former American football running back. He was the National Football League's Green Bay Packers' 1st round draft choice out of the Ohio State University, and was the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year in 1971.-College career:Brockington played halfback and fullback for...
  
   (Bayview Houses)
• John Salley
  John Salley
  John Thomas "Spider" Salley is a retired American professional basketball player, actor and talk show host. He was the first player in NBA history to play on three different championship-winning franchises....
  
   (Bayview Houses)
• Fabolous
  Fabolous
  John David Jackson , better known by his stage name Fabolous, is an American rapper of African American and Dominican descent. He grew up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Part of his early popularity arose from his hit single "Can't Deny It" in 2001, from his debut...
  
   (Breevort Houses)
• Afrika Bambaataa
  Afrika Bambaataa
  Afrika Bambaataa is an American DJ from the South Bronx, New York who was instrumental in the early development of hip hop throughout the 1980s. Afrika Bambaataa is one of the three originators of break-beat deejaying, and is respectfully known as the "Grandfather" and the Amen Ra of Universal...
  
   (Bronx River Houses)
• Andre Harrell
  Andre Harrell
  Andre Harrell is founder of the now defunct record label, Uptown Records. Harrell also served as president/CEO of Motown Records. He was also the first half of the hip hop duo Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde.-Biography:...
  
   (Bronxdale Houses)
• Drag-On
  Drag-On
  Mel Jason Smalls , better known as Drag-On, is an American rapper from The Bronx, New York City.Drag-On was originally signed to Interscope Records under the Ruff Ryders Entertainment imprint, where he released his successful debut album, Opposite of H2O, which debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200...
  
   (Bronxdale Houses)
• Sonia Sotomayor
  Sonia Sotomayor
  Sonia Maria Sotomayor is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving since August 2009. Sotomayor is the Court's 111th justice, its first Hispanic justice, and its third female justice....
  
   (Bronxdale Houses)
• Remy Ma
  Remy Ma
  Reminisce Smith , better known by her stage name Remy Ma, formerly known as Remy Martin, is a Grammy nominated American rapper and former member of Fat Joe's rap crew, Terror Squad...
  
   (Castle Hill Houses)
• Whoopi Goldberg
  Whoopi Goldberg
  Whoopi Goldberg is an American comedian, actress, singer-songwriter, political activist, author and talk show host.Goldberg made her film debut in The Color Purple playing Celie, a mistreated black woman in the Deep South. She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won...
  
   (Chelsea-Elliot Houses)
• Joell Ortiz
  Joell Ortiz
  Joell Ortiz is an American rapper from Brooklyn, New York, and a member of the group Slaughterhouse.-Biography:Joell Ortiz was born to Puerto Rican parents. Ortiz grew up in the Cooper Park Houses in the East Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York formerly signed to Dr. Dre's Aftermath...
  
   (Cooper Park Houses)
• Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
  Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
  Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs is an American actor and singer. He has appeared in a number of films and television programs, including Claudine , Cooley High , Roots , Welcome Back, Kotter , Bangers and Mash , and The Jacksons: An American Dream .Lawrence's name, at least as shown in the credits of Welcome...
  
   (Douglass Houses)
• Freddie Jackson
  Freddie Jackson
  Frederick Anthony "Freddie" Jackson is an American soul singer. He was an important figure in R&B during the 1980s and early 1990s...
  
   (Drew-Hamilton Houses)
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a retired American professional basketball player. He is the NBA's all-time leading scorer, with 38,387 points. During his career with the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers from 1969 to 1989, Abdul-Jabbar won six NBA championships and a record six regular season...
  
   (Dyckman Houses)
• DJ Kay Slay
  DJ Kay Slay
  DJ Kay Slay is an American hip hop deejay. He was referred to by the New York Times as "Hip Hop's One-Man Ministry of Insults". He has sold 350,000 copies of his two official albums.-Early life:...
  
   (East River Houses)
• Grand Mixer DXT
  Grand Mixer DXT
  Grand Mixer DXT is an American turntablist. He was formely known as Grand Mixer D.ST. "D.ST" is a reference to Manhattan, New York City's Delancey Street on the Lower East Side...
  
   (Edenwald Houses)
• Fat Joe
  Fat Joe
  Joseph Antonio Cartagena , better known by his stage name Fat Joe, is an American rapper, CEO of Terror Squad Entertainment, and member of musical groups D.I.T.C. and Terror Squad....
  
   (Forest Houses)
• Lord Finesse
  Lord Finesse
  Lord Finesse is a Hip hop artist and producer, hailing from The Bronx, New York, best known as the leader of the D.I.T.C. rap crew.- Career :...
  
   (Forest Houses)
• Diamond D
  Diamond D
  Diamond D is a hip hop producer and MC from the Bronx, New York City, and one of the founding members of the legendary D.I.T.C. crew. He started out as a DJ for Jazzy Jay back in the late 1980s and was at the same time perfecting his skills in beat making and turntablism, and together with rhyme...
  
   (Forest Houses)
• Wayans Family
  Wayans family
  The Wayans family is a family including many directors, screenwriters, comedians and actors. Their parents are Howell and Elvira Wayans. There are ten siblings in the first generation, with many children of their own....
  
   (Fulton Houses)
• Keith Sweat
  Keith Sweat
  Keith Sweat is an American R&B/soul, singer-songwriter, record producer, radio personality and a major contributor to the new jack swing era.-Music career:...
  
   (Grant Houses)
• Ill Bill
  Ill Bill
  William Braunstein, better known as Ill Bill, is a American rapper and record producer from Brooklyn, New York. Having gained notoriety in the underground hip hop group Non Phixion, Ill Bill is known for his hardcore lyrics and as the producer, founder and CEO of Uncle Howie Records...
  
   (Glenwood Houses)
• Necro (Glenwood Houses)
• Masta Ace
  Masta Ace
  Duval Clear , known better by his stage name Masta Ace, is a rapper from Brownsville, Brooklyn. He appeared on the classic 1988 Juice Crew posse cut "The Symphony"...
  
   (Howard Houses)
• Black Rob
  Black Rob
  Black Rob is a rapper who was formerly signed to Bad Boy Records.-Music career:Black Rob began associating with the label as early as 1996, appearing on the Bad Boy remix to 112's "Come See Me"...
  
   (Jefferson Houses)
• G-Dep (Johnson Houses)

• Easy Mo Bee
  Easy Mo Bee
  Osten Harvey, Jr., better known by his stage name Easy Mo Bee, is a hip hop/R&B record producer, known for production work for late 80's artists such as Big Daddy Kane, but most notable for his affiliation with Bad Boy Records in its early years and his heavy production involvement in The Notorious...
  
   (Lafayette Gardens)
• Gravy (Lafayette Gardens)
• Mister Cee
  Mister Cee
  Calvin LeBrun better known as Mister Cee or DJ Mister Cee, is an American hip hop DJ, radio personality on New York's Hot 97 FM, and a respected record producer. LeBrun is best known as the DJ for hip hop artist Big Daddy Kane during the late 1980s and early 1990s...
  
   (Lafayette Gardens)
• Lloyd Blankfein
  Lloyd Blankfein
  Lloyd Craig Blankfein is an American business executive. He is currently the CEO and Chairman of Goldman Sachs. He has been in this position since the May 31, 2006 nomination of former CEO Henry Paulson as Secretary of the Treasury under George W...
  
   (Linden Houses)
• Wyclef Jean
  Wyclef Jean
  Wyclef Jean is a Haitian musician, record producer, and politician. At age nine, Jean moved to the United States with his family and has spent much of his life in the country...
  
   (Malboro Houses)
• Jay-Z
  Jay-Z
  Shawn Corey Carter , better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $450 million as of 2010...
  
   (Marcy Houses)
• Jaz-O
  Jaz-O
  Jonathan Burks better known by his stage name Jaz-O, is an American rapper and record producer active in the late 1980s through the 1990s, best known for being the mentor of Jay-Z. Jaz is also known as the Originator and had a song called "The Originators" that featured a young Jay-Z in 1990...
  
   (Marcy Houses)
• Memphis Bleek
  Memphis Bleek
  Malik Thuston Patrick Cox , better known by his rap persona of Memphis Bleek or "Bleek", is a New York rapper mainly known for his tenure with Roc-a-Fella Records and CEO of his own label Get Low Records...
  
   (Marcy Houses)
• Sauce Money
  Sauce Money
  Sauce Money is a rapper who worked with Jay-Z in his early career and was featured on Big Daddy Kane's album Daddy's Home on the track "Show N' Prove" alongside Scoob Lover, Shyheim, Jay-Z, and Ol' Dirty Bastard...
  
   (Marcy Houses)
• Marc Anthony
  Marc Anthony
  Marc Anthony is an American singer-songwriter, actor and producer. Anthony is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. The two-time Grammy and three-time Latin Grammy–winner has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. He is best known for his Latin salsa numbers and ballads...
  
   (Metro North Plaza)
• Rod Strickland
  Rod Strickland
  Rodney "Rod" Strickland is a retired American professional basketball player and currently in an administrative role for the University of Kentucky basketball team under head coach John Calipari. Strickland was formerly the director of basketball operations at the University of Memphis...
  
   (Mitchell Houses)

• Method Man
  Method Man
  Clifford Smith , better known by his stage name Method Man is an American hip hop artist, record producer, actor and member of the hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan. He took his stage name from the 1979 film The Fearless Young Boxer, also known as Method Man. He is one half of the rap duo Method Man...
  
   (Park Hill Houses)
• Cappadonna
  Cappadonna
  Darryl Hill best known by his stage name Cappadonna, is an American rapper and oftentimes member of the Wu-Tang Clan. He is also a member of rap duo Wu South, along with Ratchet Rush.-Biography:...
  
   (Park Hill Houses)
• U-God
  U-God
  Lamont Hawkins , better known as U-God , is an American rapper and member of the hip hop collective, Wu-Tang Clan. He has been with the group since its inception, and is known for having a deep, rhythmic flow that can alternate between being gruff or smooth...
  
   (Park Hill Houses)
• King Just (Park Hill Houses)
• Inspectah Deck
  Inspectah Deck
  Jason Hunter, better known by his stage name Inspectah Deck, is an American rapper, producer, and member of the Wu-Tang Clan...
  
   (Park Hill Houses)
• Street Life
  Street Life
  Street life may refer to:* Homelessness, a condition of living on the streets, without a fixed home* Streetlife , an African American hip-hop artist* Street Life , a jazz album released by The Crusaders...
  
   (Park Hill Houses)
• Carlton Fisk
  Carlton Fisk
  Carlton Ernest Fisk , nicknamed "Pudge" or "The Commander", is a former Major League Baseball catcher. During a 24-year baseball career, he played for both the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox .Fisk was known by the nickname "Pudge" due to his 6'2", 220 lb frame...
  
   (Park Hill Houses)
• Raekwon
  Raekwon
  Corey Woods , better known by the stage name Raekwon, is an American rapper and a member of the Wu-Tang Clan. He released his solo debut, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... in 1995, and has since recorded four solo albums, as well as work with Wu-Tang and an extensive amount of guest contributions with...
  
   (Park Hill Houses)
• Iran Barkley
  Iran Barkley
  Iran Barkley is a retired American professional boxer who held world titles at three different weights—middleweight , super middleweight and light heavyweight .- Professional career :...
  
   (Patterson Houses)
• Nate Archibald
  Nate Archibald
  Nathaniel "Nate" Archibald is a former American professional basketball player. He spent 14 years playing in the NBA, most notably with the Kansas City Kings and Boston Celtics....
  
   (Patterson Houses)
• Percee P
  Percee P
  Percee P is a hip hop artist from the Patterson Projects in The Bronx, New York City, United States. Percee P has been writing and performing since 1979, yet his debut album Perseverance was not released until September 18, 2007, produced entirely by Madlib.He was known in the underground for...
  
   (Patterson Houses)
• A.G. (Patterson Houses)
• M.O.P.
  M.O.P.
  M.O.P., short for Mash Out Posse, is an American hip hop duo. The duo, composed of Billy Danze and Lil' Fame, is known for the aggressive delivery typically employed by both emcees. Although they maintain a strong underground following, they are mainly known for the song "Ante Up," released on...
  
   (Prospect Plaza)
• Blaq Poet
  Blaq Poet
  Wilbur Bass , better known as Blaq Poet is an American rapper from Queensbridge, New York, USA.Blaq Poet was first heard in the track "Beat You Down" from the Bridge Wars during 1987, a diss song towards KRS-One and Boogie Down Productions. At that time Poet was at least 17 years old, as stated in...
  
   (Queensbridge Houses)
• Capone (Queensbridge Houses)
• Cormega
  Cormega
  Cory Mckay , better known as Cormega, is an American emcee best known for his vivid and poignant narratives about inner-city life.- Early life :...
  
   (Queensbridge Houses)
• Craig G
  Craig G
  Craig G is an American rapper. He is known as one of the members of hip hop producer Marley Marl's Cold Chillin' Records group the Juice Crew....
  
   (Queensbridge Houses)
• MC Shan
  MC Shan
  MC Shan is an American rapper. He is perhaps best known for collaborating with Snow in "Informer", an international number one hit single.-Biography:...
  
   (Queensbridge Houses)
• Marley Marl
  Marley Marl
  Marlon Williams , better known as Marley Marl, is an American DJ and record producer, who is considered one of the most important and influential hip-hop producers in the history of hip hop.-Biography:...
  
   (Queensbridge Houses)
• Mobb Deep
  Mobb Deep
  Mobb Deep is an American hip hop duo from Queensbridge, Queens, New York, U.S., that consists of Havoc and Prodigy. The duo is "one of the most critically acclaimed hardcore East Coast hip-hop groups." The group is best known for its dark, hardcore delivery, as exemplified by the single "Shook Ones...
  
   (Queensbridge Houses)
• Nas
  Nas
  Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, who performs under the name Nas , formerly Nasty Nas, is an American rapper and actor. He is regarded as one of the most important figures in hip hop and one of the most skilled and influential rappers of all-time...
  
   (Queensbridge Houses)
• Ron Artest
  Ron Artest
  Metta World Peace is an American professional basketball player and rapper who is currently with the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA. World Peace gained a reputation as one of the league's premier defenders as he won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2004...
  
   (Queensbridge Houses)
• Roxanne Shante
  Roxanne Shanté
  Roxanne Shanté is an American hip-hop pioneer. Born and raised in the Queensbridge Projects, Shanté first gained attention through the Roxanne Wars and her association with the Juice Crew....
  
   (Queensbridge Houses)
• Tragedy Khadafi
  Tragedy Khadafi
  Percy Chapman IV, known by his stage name Tragedy Khadafi, and formerly known as Intelligent Hoodlum, is an American rapper and producer who hails from the Queensbridge housing projects in Queens, New York, which has spawned other hip hop artists such as Nas, Cormega, Mobb Deep, Capone-N-Noreaga,...
  
   (Queensbridge Houses)
• Carmelo Anthony
  Carmelo Anthony
  Carmelo Kiyan Anthony , nicknamed "Melo", is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the New York Knicks in the National Basketball Association...
  
   (Red Hook Houses)
• Hell Razah
  Hell Razah
  Hell Razah is an American rapper, best known as a member of Sunz of Man, an early affiliate of the Wu-Tang Clan...
  
   (Red Hook Houses)
• Shabazz the Disciple
  Shabazz the Disciple
  Shabazz the Disciple or Scientific Shabazz, is a rapper from the Red Hook Houses of Red Hook, Brooklyn. He is an original member of the Sunz of Man and Da Last Future.- Biography :...
  
   (Red Hook Houses)
• Mos Def
  Mos Def
  Dante Terrell Smith is an American actor and Emcee known by the stage names Mos Def and Yasiin Bey. He started his hip hop career in a group called Urban Thermo Dynamics, after which he appeared on albums by Da Bush Babees and De La Soul. With Talib Kweli, he formed the duo Black Star, which...
  
   (Roosevelt Houses)
• John L. Hennessy
  John L. Hennessy
  John LeRoy Hennessy is an American computer scientist and academician. Hennessy is one of the founders of MIPS Computer Systems Inc. and is the 10th President of Stanford University.-Background:...
  
   (Roosevelt Houses)

• Teddy Riley (St. Nicholas Houses)
• Heltah Skeltah
  Heltah Skeltah
  Heltah Skeltah is a hip hop duo consisting of members Rock and Ruck . The two are members of New York supergroup Boot Camp Clik, along with Buckshot, Smif-N-Wessun and O.G.C....
  
   (Seth Low Houses)
• Steele
  Steele
  -Places:*Steele, Alabama*Steele, Missouri*Steele, North Dakota*Steele City, Nebraska*Steele County, Minnesota*Steele County, North Dakota*Steele, Germany, a town in Germany*Fort Steele, British Columbia, Canada...
  
   (of Smif-N-Wessun
  Smif-N-Wessun
  Smif-n-Wessun is a hip hop duo consisting of members Tek and Steele . Smif-n-Wessun comprise two-fifths of the Brownsville, Brooklyn supergroup Boot Camp Clik, with Buckshot, Heltah Skeltah and O.G.C...
  
  ) (Seth Low Houses)
• Representativz
  Representativz
  Representativz are a Hip Hop duo, consisting of Supreme and Lidu Rock. The duo gained fame through their affiliation with the Boot Camp Clik, with Lidu Rock being the little brother of Heltah Skeltah's Rock. The duo debuted in 1996 on Heltah Skeltah's acclaimed Nocturnal album, on the track "The...
  
   (Seth Low Houses)
• Luther Vandross
  Luther Vandross
  Luther Ronzoni Vandross was an American singer-songwriter and record producer. During his career, Vandross sold over twenty-five million albums and won eight Grammy Awards including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four times...
  
   (Smith Houses)
• Tru Life (Smith Houses)
• Lord Tariq (Soundview Houses)
• Shyheim (Stapleton Houses)
• Ghostface Killah
  Ghostface Killah
  Dennis Coles , better known by his stage name Ghostface Killah, is an American rapper and prominent member of the Wu-Tang Clan. After the group achieved breakthrough success in the aftermath of Enter the Wu-Tang , the members went on to pursue solo careers to varying levels of success...
  
   (Stapleton Houses)
• Tristan Wilds
  Tristan Wilds
  Tristan Paul Mack Wilds is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Michael Lee on the HBO original drama series The Wire and as Dixon Wilson on the CW drama series 90210.-Life and career:...
  
   (Stapleton Houses)
• GP Wu
  GP Wu
  GP Wu was an American hip hop group consisting of four members, Pop da Brown Hornet, Down Low Recka, Rubbabandz and June Luve...
  
   (Stapleton Houses)
• Killarmy
  Killarmy
  Killarmy is a hip hop group, also known through its affiliation with the Wu-Tang Clan It is one of the earliest and most successful of the many Wu-Tang affiliates along with Sunz of Man....
  
   (Stapleton Houses)
• Trife Da God (Stapleton Houses)
• Sebastian Telfair
  Sebastian Telfair
  Sebastian Telfair is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Telfair was the 13th overall pick in the 2004 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers out of Abraham Lincoln High School...
  
   (Surfside Gardens)
• Stephon Marbury
  Stephon Marbury
  Stephon Xavier Marbury is an American professional basketball player.The , point guard was selected out of the Georgia Institute of Technology by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 4th overall pick in the 1996 NBA Draft, but was traded shortly thereafter to the Minnesota Timberwolves.He was an NBA...
  
   (Surfside Gardens)
• Jim Jones
  Jim Jones (rapper)
  Joseph Guillermo Jones II , better known by his stage name Jim Jones, is an American rapper and original member of The Diplomats, also known as Dipset. He is Co-CEO of Diplomat Records...
  
   (Taft Houses)
• Cam'ron
  Cam'ron
  Cameron Giles , better known by his stage name Cam'ron or "Killa Cam", is a Grammy-nominated American actor. He is the founder of the hip-hop group The Diplomats , and also of The U.N. group....
  
   (Taft Houses)
• Nelson George
  Nelson George
  Nelson George is an African American author, columnist, music and culture critic, journalist, and filmmaker. He has been nominated twice for the National Book Critics Circle Award....
  
   (Tilden Houses)
• Willie Randolph
  Willie Randolph
  Willie Larry Randolph is a former Major League Baseball second baseman and manager, most recently the third base coach for the Baltimore Orioles...
  
   (Tilden Houses)
• Mark Breland
  Mark Breland
  Mark Anthony Breland is a former world champion boxer, who won five New York Golden Gloves Titles and a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics...
  
   (Tompkins Houses)
• Tracy Morgan
  Tracy Morgan
  Tracy Morgan is an American comedian who is best known for his eight seasons as a cast member on Saturday Night Live and currently known for playing the role of Tracy Jordan on the NBC series 30 Rock.-Early life:...
  
   (Tompkins Houses)
• Dana Dane
  Dana Dane
  Dana McLeese, better known by his stage name Dana Dane, is an American hip hop recording artist known for performance of humorous lyrics and for his fashion sense.-Early life:...
  
   (Walt Whitman Houses)

See also

• Public housing in the United States
  Public housing in the United States
  Public housing in the United States has been administered by federal, state and local agencies to provide subsidized assistance for low-income and people living in poverty. Now increasingly provided in a variety of settings and formats, originally public housing in the U.S...
  
  
• Mitchell-Lama Housing Program
• La Guardia and Wagner Archives
  La Guardia and Wagner Archives
  The La Guardia and Wagner Archives was established in 1982 at in Long Island City, Queens, New York, to collect, preserve, and make available primary materials documenting the social and political history of New York City, with an emphasis on the mayoralty and the borough of Queens...
  
  
• Rent control in New York
  Rent control in New York
  Rent control in New York refers to rent control and rent stabilization programs in New York State, USA. Each city may choose whether to participate or not, and , 51 municipalities participated in the program, including Albany, Buffalo and most famously, New York City, where over one million...
  
  

External links

• NYCHA website
• La Guardia and Wagner Archives/New York City Housing Authority Collection