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Housing Works is a New York City-based non-profit fighting AIDS and homelessness. The charity is well known for its entrepreneurial businesses including a chain of thrift shops , which supports efforts to end AIDS and homelessness where they are based.
The Williamsburg Houses were built in 1936–1938 under the auspices of the Housing Division of the Public Works Administration (PWA). [17] The project was originally segregated and allowed only white residents. [18] It was one of the first and, at the time, the most expensive New York City housing project, costing $12.5 million.
Brevoort Houses, or Brevoort Projects, are a housing project located in the Bedford-Stuyvestant neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. The complex is made up of 13 seven-story buildings with 896 apartments. The complex sits on 17.26-acres and construction was completed on August 31, 1955. It is owned and managed by New York City Housing Authority. [3]
The Glenwood Houses is a 22.39-acre (9.06 ha) moderate to low income public housing development operated by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) in the Flatlands section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The development is bordered by Ralph Avenue on the east, East 56th Street on the west, Glenwood Road/Avenue H on the south, and ...
Breukelen Houses (/ ˈ b r ʊ k l aɪ n / BRUUK-lyne), also known as Breukelen or Brookline Projects, is a large housing complex maintained in Canarsie, Brooklyn, by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). Its main office is located at 618 East 108th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11236.
Red Hook WiFi was in the works before Hurricane Sandy but was accelerated after the storm cut the neighborhood off from telecommunications. The network uses wireless mesh. RHI trains young housing residents to become “digital stewards" who are paid to work 20 hours a week in a year-long program to teach mesh networking, video production, and ...
Kingsborough Houses-Kingsborough Extension, also known as Kingsborough Houses, is a 15.97-acre housing project in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. It is bordered by Ralph and Rochester Avenues, and Pacific and Bergen Streets. The project consists of 16, six-story buildings with 1,148 apartment units.
Low Houses, or Seth Low Projects, is a public housing complex built and operated by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), located in Brownsville, Brooklyn. The development is named after Seth Low (1850–1916), a former city mayor who attacked the existence of unsanitary tenements. Low Houses has four buildings between 17 and 18 stories ...