Robert F. Wagner Houses

Robert F. Wagner Houses
NYCHA property
Robert F. Wagner Houses in 2009
Robert F. Wagner Houses in 2009
Map
Location in New York City
Coordinates: 40°48′01″N 73°55′56″W / 40.800260°N 73.932300°W / 40.800260; -73.932300
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CityNew York City
BoroughManhattan
Area
[2]
 • Total
0.042 sq mi (0.11 km2)
Population
 • Total
5,021 [1]
ZIP codes
10035
Area code(s)212, 332, 646, and 917
Websitemy.nycha.info/DevPortal/

Senator Robert F. Wagner Houses, also known as Triborough Houses, is a public housing development in the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, in New York City and is administered by the New York City Housing Authority. It is located east of Second Avenue in the northeast corner of Manhattan, consists of fourteen 16-story buildings and eight 7-story buildings, a total of 22 buildings. It has 5,290 residents who live in 2,162 apartments. The complex occupies 26.91 acres (10.89 ha).[3] It cost $30,926,000 to construct.[citation needed]

Development

Demolition of existing buildings on the site began in 1954[4] and eliminated many stores, businesses, and residents.[5] The development was completed on May 31, 1958, and was named after Robert F. Wagner, who served four terms as senator of New York State and sponsor of the 1937 Housing Act.[3][6] Its 7- and 16-story buildings are in in-line slab and X-slab formations, covering 12.9% of the site.[6]

The first family to move into the Wagner Houses, on August 3, 1956, moved from a cold-water flat on East 106th Street, which was also demolished to build Franklin Plaza Apartments.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "St. Nicholas Houses Population".
  2. ^ "Robert F. Wagner Houses Area". Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "MyNYCHA Developments Portal". my.nycha.info. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  4. ^ "Mayor Dedicates Housing to Father; Uptown Project Named for Senator Wagner Will House 2,158 Families". The New York Times. November 6, 1954. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  5. ^ Bell, Christopher (November 30, 2012). East Harlem Remembered: Oral Histories of Community and Diversity. McFarland. ISBN 9780786468089.
  6. ^ a b Zipp, Samuel (May 24, 2010). Manhattan Projects: The Rise and Fall of Urban Renewal in Cold War New York. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199779536.
  7. ^ "First Tenants to Move to Wagner Houses". The New York Times. August 3, 1956. Retrieved July 31, 2019.