Fulton Houses


The Robert Fulton Houses is a housing project located in the Chelsea neighborhood in the New York City Borough of Manhattan and is owned and operated by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). The 6.27-acre (2.54 ha) site is located between West 16th and 19th Streets and bounded by Ninth and Tenth Avenues. The project consists of 945 apartments in eleven buildings; three of the developments are 25 stories, while the others are 6 stories high.

Fulton Houses
NYCHA property
Location in New York City
Coordinates: 40.74325°N 74.003972°W / 40.74325; -74.003972
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CityNew York City
BoroughManhattan
Area
 • Total0.009 sq mi (0.02 km2)
Population
 • Total2,175 [2]
ZIP codes
10011
Area code(s)212, 332, 646, and 917
Websitemy.nycha.info/DevPortal/

History

The Robert Fulton Houses were designed by architects Brown & Guenther and were developed as a "vest pocket" site that retains the street grid.[3] The groundbreaking ceremony was held on October 15, 1962 and the buildings were completed on March 31, 1965. Its confines are within the 10th Police Precinct.[4][5]

The housing project is named after engineer and inventor Robert Fulton (1765-1815).

Due to financial needs of the NYCHA, the de Blasio administration began putting plans together to begin working with private developers in 2019. Fulton Houses is located in the rapidly gentrifying neighborhood where median asking rent is $3,462. The plan proposed by the city includes demolishing and rebuilding the two buildings and a parking garage in the housing project and replacing them with three larger buildings that 70 percent would be market-rate, and 30 percent would be “affordable enough” for current residents; and to turn over management to a private developer.[6][7][8][9] Residents of the project do not have any input in land-use decisions, and residents are organizing in opposition noting that previous conversions of public housing came with a 57 percent rent increase.[10] Average monthly rent for residents is $660.[6]

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Notes
  1. "Fulton Houses Area". Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  2. "Gompers Houses Population".
  3. Bloom, Nicholas Dagen; Lasner, Matthew Gordon (2016). Affordable Housing in New York: The People, Places, and Policies That Transformed a City. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691167817.
  4. "Fulton Houses". New York City Housing Authority. Archived from the original on April 14, 2009. Retrieved September 5, 2009.
  5. "Fulton Houses Dedicated at 9th Ave. Near 19th St". New York Times. October 16, 1962. Retrieved September 5, 2009.
  6. Ferré-Sadurní, Luis (April 25, 2019). "To Save Public Housing, New York Warily Considers a New Approach: Tear Some Down". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
  7. Goldenberg, Sally. "City considers demolishing and rebuilding 2 NYCHA sites". Politico PRO. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
  8. Goldenberg, Sally. "City quietly pauses plans for private development at Brooklyn NYCHA site". Politico PRO. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
  9. Ricciulli, Valeria (April 22, 2019). "City may demolish and rebuild two NYCHA buildings in Chelsea: report". Curbed NY. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
  10. May 9, guest; Am, 2019-11:05 (May 8, 2019). "Fulton Houses fearful over RAD'ical plan". The Villager. Retrieved May 10, 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)


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