Queensbridge Houses

Queensbridge Houses
NYCHA property
Nickname(s): 
Queensbridge, QB
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Location within New York City
Coordinates: 40°45′18″N 73°56′42″W / 40.755°N 73.945°W / 40.755; -73.945
Country United States
State New York
CityNew York City
BoroughQueens
ZIP Code
11101
Area code(s)718, 347, 929, and 917

Queensbridge Houses, also known simply as Queensbridge or QB, is a public housing development in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens, New York City. Owned by the New York City Housing Authority, the development contains 96 buildings and 3,142 units accommodating approximately 7,000 people in two separate complexes (North and South).[1] The complex opened in 1939[2] and is the largest housing project in North America.[3]

Queensbridge is located in Queens Community District 1, and its ZIP Code is 11101.[4]

  1. ^ "Development Data Book 2007" (PDF). New York City Housing Authority. 2007. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
  2. ^ Griffin, Allie. "Learn About the History of Queensbridge Houses, New Book Released", LIC Post, October 17, 2019. Accessed February 19, 2021. "Queensbridge Houses has 3,142 apartments and nearly 7,000 residents, making it the largest public housing development in North America. The development opened in 1939 next to the Queensboro Bridge along the East River in what was at the time a largely manufacturing area."
  3. ^ Barry, Dan. "Don't Tell Him the Projects Are Hopeless", The New York Times, March 12, 2005. Accessed February 19, 2021. "UP, up, up it rises, this elevator redolent of urine, groaning toward the rooftop of another tired building in the Queensbridge public housing development, the largest in Queens, in New York, in North America."
  4. ^ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), Queens Community District 1. Accessed August 19, 2022. "Queens CB 1 represents the neighborhoods of Astoria, Old Astoria, Long Island City, Queensbridge, Ditmars, Ravenswood, Garden Bay and Woodside. From the Queens borough Bridge and Queens Plaza to the Grand Central parkway and LaGuardia Airport approximately 250,000 people (2010 Census figure) choose to make our district their home."