Williamsburg Houses

Williamsburg Houses
Williamsburg Houses looking east on Leonard and Scholes Streets in 2012
Former names	Ten Eyck Houses
General information
Location	Brooklyn, New York City
Country	United States
Coordinates	40°42′36″N 73°56′36″W / 40.71000°N 73.94333°W / 40.71000; -73.94333
Construction started	1936
Opened	April 10, 1938
Cost	$12.5 million
Owner	New York City Housing Authority
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Designated	April 22, 2021[1]
Reference no.	100006484[1]
New York City Landmark
Designated	June 24, 2003[2]
Reference no.	2135

The Williamsburg Houses, originally called the Ten Eyck Houses (pronounced TEN-IKE), is a public housing complex built and operated by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. It consists of 20 buildings on a site bordered by Scholes, Maujer, and Leonard Streets and Bushwick Avenue.^[3] The Williamsburg Houses were built in 1936–1938 under the auspices of the Housing Division of the Public Works Administration (PWA). Richmond Shreve was the chief architect of the project; the design team of nine other architects was led by the Swiss-American modernist William Lescaze. The construction contract was awarded to Starrett Brothers & Eken. The designs called for the inclusion of modern art commissioned through the Federal Arts Project.

The Williamsburg Houses were designated a New York City Landmark in 2003. They were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.

Since December 28th, 2021, NYCHA converted the housing development into Section 8 RAD PACT management in Public–private partnership leases with private real estate developers and companies named RDC Development and Wavecrest Management Group LLC as well as adding social service provider programs named St. Nicks Alliance Corp and Grand Street Settlement. ^[4][5]