New York City Housing Authority

The first municipal housing authority in the United States.

From the description of Records, 1933-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155483749

The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) was created during the Depression. With funding promised by President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Public Works Administration to for the construction of public housing, Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia secured legislation in 1934 to create a housing authority in New York. By 1935 First Houses had been completed. At the end of the World War II, NYCHA built more housing units, especially for veterans and their families. The 1950s saw a reduction in funds and resources for public housing. The new political climate of the 1960s affected not only the scale and appearance of NYCHA public housing, but also eligible groups, the financing formulas, and the understanding neighborhood and renewal. NYCHA offered apartments to the needy groups--Blacks and Hispanics. Currently, NYCHA operates 324 projects, housing some 60,000 people.

From the description of Records 1923-1986 1934-1977. (Laguardia Community College Library Media Resources Center). WorldCat record id: 33184126

The residential Brooklyn neighborhood of Sheepshead Bay was settled in the late 18th century and named for the abundance of local sheepshead fish. It is located on a bay of the same name that borders the Rockaway Inlet from the Atlantic Ocean. The neighborhood's boundaries were originally declared from the east side of Ocean Avenue to Plum(b) Beach Creek, and from the south side of Neck Road to the waterfront of Sheepshead Bay, but have since extended to being from the east side of Ocean Parkway to Plumb Beach, and from the south side of Kings Highway to Sheepshead Bay.

The Independent Civic Association of Sheepshead Bay was founded in 1922, 24 years after Brooklyn's consolidation with New York City. The Association was one of 70 group members of the Brooklyn Civic Council, which addressed civic issues for the whole of Brooklyn. The Association's members were male, over the age of 21, and residents or property owners in Sheepshead Bay. The association's objectives focused on suggesting and securing community improvements and promoting community spirit.

From the guide to the Independent Civic Association of Sheepshead Bay and Brooklyn Civic Council records, Bulk, 1924-1960, 1924-1975, (Brooklyn Historical Society)