Isaacs Houses
Isaacs Houses | |
|---|---|
 Isaacs Houses in 2010 | |
 Location in New York City | |
| Coordinates:40°46′53″N73°56′44″W/ 40.781320°N 73.945510°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| City | New York City |
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.005 sq mi (0.01 km2) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,274[1] |
| ZIP codes | 10128 |
| Area code(s) | 212, 332, 646,and917 |
| Website | my |
TheStanley M. Isaacs Houses(orIsaacs Houses) is apublic housingproject for those of low-to-moderate incomes located just south of96th Streetin theYorkvilleneighborhood ofManhattaninNew York City.The Isaacs Houses and theHolmes TowersborderEast Harlem,which has the second highest concentration ofpublic housingin New York City. The threepublic housingbuildings are 24 stories tall and contain 635 apartments. The project is located between 93rd and 95th Streets with playground & ball courts from 95th-97th street, stretching from1st Avenuetothe FDR Drive.[3]
Development[edit]
The Isaacs Houses were designed by architects Frederick G. Frost Jr. & Associates and completed in 1965.[3]They were originally called theGerard SwopeHouses but renamed in 1963 the Isaacs Houses afterStanley M. Isaacs,who served asManhattan Borough PresidentunderMayor LaGuardiaand later on theNew York City Councilfor 20 years, the last 12 of those years as minority leader.[4][5][3]45 percent of the apartments in Isaacs are set aside for tenants over the age of 62.[3]
The development has been designated a "high crime zone" by theNew York City Police Department's 19th precinct since the early 2000s, and are thus policed to a higher extent, especially due to the heavy socio-economic mi xing of the immediate surrounding area, which includes public housing, working-class small tenement buildings, middle-class medium-size buildings, and upper-middle class to upper-class luxury buildings along 1st avenue in the area.[6]
The housing project started as a unique and unprecedented community experiment by selecting many of the initial residents from the local Catholic parish, with assistance of Leyda Jimenez and other community ambassadors involved with the local Catholic Church. While this created a tight-knit, low-crime community for the first few decades of the Isaac Houses’ history, today the houses are known for higher crime rates. In 2018, the Isaacs Houses along with theHolmes Towersand Robbins Plaza, which are all run by the same managers, ranked the worst in the nation after federal inspections by theUnited States Department of Housing and Urban Development.[7]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^"Isaacs Houses Population".
- ^"St. Nicholas Houses Area".RetrievedNovember 7,2019.
- ^abcd"MyNYCHA Developments Portal".my.nycha.info.RetrievedJuly 2,2019.
- ^Zipp, Samuel (May 24, 2010).Manhattan Projects: The Rise and Fall of Urban Renewal in Cold War New York.Oxford University Press.ISBN9780199779536.
- ^"New City Housing to Bear Name of Stanley Isaacs".The New York Times.July 11, 1963. p. 18.RetrievedJuly 2,2019.
- ^Crow, Kelly (November 10, 2002)."NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: UPPER EAST SIDE; With Affluence All Around, A Little Crime Seems a Lot".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.RetrievedFebruary 7,2019.
- ^Hicks, Nolan; Fenton, Reuven; Golding, Bruce (September 11, 2018)."Feds rank UES housing projects among worst in nation".New York Post.RetrievedJuly 2,2019.
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