New York City Housing Authority

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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.

Sources: Constitution of the Independent Civic Association of Sheepshead Bay, 1925. "Sheepshead Bay." In The Neighborhoods of Brooklyn edited by Kenneth T. Jackson and John Manbeck, 194-199. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2004.

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

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creatorOf Flanagan, Albert E., 1884-1969. Albert E. Flanagan architectural drawings and art, 1913-1950. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Negro Labor Committee records, 1925-1969. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Simkhovitch, Mary K. (Mary Kingsbury), 1867-1951. Papers, 1852-1960 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Wilmington Trust Company. Trust Dept. Investment analysis files ("N-P"), 1909-1959 (bulk 1931-1954). Hagley Museum & Library
creatorOf Records, 1933-1973. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Davis, William Hammatt, 1879- . Papers, 1905-1963. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn James Weldon Johnson Community Centers, Inc. records, 1942-1988 (bulk, 1948-1970 Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section
creatorOf New York City Housing Authority. Records 1923-1986 1934-1977. LaGuardia Community College Library Media Resources Center, Library Media Resources Center
referencedIn New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Standing Committee on Housing. [Hearing of the Assembly Standing Committee on Housing on the maintenance of public housing developments]. New York State Library
referencedIn Recreation Rooms and Settlement collection, Bulk, 1953-1991, 1905-1991 Center for Brooklyn History (2020-)
referencedIn New York (State). Education Dept. Bureau of Public Service Training. Bureau chief's public employee training program files, 1938-1941. New York State Archives
referencedIn Negro Labor Committee records, 1925-1969 Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section
referencedIn Frost, Frederick G. Frederick G. Frost & Associates architectural records and papers, circa 1910-1982. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf New York City Housing Authority. Institutional file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
referencedIn Housing Study Guild Records, 1929-1957, 1929-1941 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
referencedIn Robert Watts Hudgens Papers, 1925-1973 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Plunz, Richard. Richard Plunz papers, 1935-1999 (bulk 1980-1999). Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Records, [ca.1933]-1957. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Emery Roth & Sons architectural records and papers, 1906-1996, (bulk 1951-1994) Columbia University. Avery Architecture and Fine Arts Library. Department of Drawings and Archives.
referencedIn Records, 1870-1986. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Independent Civic Association of Sheepshead Bay and Brooklyn Civic Council records, Bulk, 1924-1960, 1924-1975 Center for Brooklyn History (2020-)
referencedIn Simkhovitch, Mary K. (Mary Kingsbury), 1867-1951. Papers, 1852-1960 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Emery Roth & Sons. Emery Roth & Sons architectural records and papers, 1906-1996 (bulk 1951-1994). Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Denenberg, Tia Schneider. Arbitration files. 1984-2004. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Housing Study Guild. Housing Study Guild records, 1929-1957, 1929-1941 (bulk). Cornell University Library
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associatedWith Abrams, Charles, 1902-1970. person
associatedWith Ackerman, Frederic L. person
associatedWith Brooklyn Borough Gas Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Brooklyn Civic Council (New York, N.Y.). corporateBody
associatedWith Brooklyn Council for Social Planning. corporateBody
associatedWith Davis, William Hammatt, 1879- . person
associatedWith Emery Roth & Sons. corporateBody
associatedWith Emery Roth & Sons. corporateBody
associatedWith Flanagan, Albert E., 1884-1969. person
associatedWith Floyd Bennett Field (New York, N.Y.) . corporateBody
associatedWith Frost, Frederick G. person
associatedWith Gas Consumers' League (New York, N.Y.). corporateBody
associatedWith Housing Study Guild. corporateBody
associatedWith Housing Study Guild. corporateBody
associatedWith Hudgens, Robert Watts, 1896-1973 person
associatedWith Impellitteri, Vincent R. 1900-1987. person
associatedWith Independent Civic Association of Sheepshead Bay, Inc. (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.). corporateBody
associatedWith James Weldon Johnson Community Centers (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Koch, Ed. 1924- person
associatedWith LaGuardia, Fiorello H. 1882-1947. person
associatedWith Lansing, Catherine F. person
associatedWith Levy, Harry. person
associatedWith Lindsay, John V. person
associatedWith Mary Melinda (Kingsbury) Simkhovitch, 1867-1951 person
associatedWith Milgram, Joseph B. person
associatedWith Moses, Robert, 1888-1981. person
associatedWith Negro Labor Committee. corporateBody
associatedWith New York (N.Y.). Citizens' Transit Committee. corporateBody
associatedWith New York (State). Education Dept. Bureau of Public Service Training. corporateBody
associatedWith New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Standing Committee on Housing. corporateBody
associatedWith Pink, Louis Heaton, 1882-1955. person
associatedWith Plunz, Richard. person
associatedWith Post, Langdon Ward, 1899- person
associatedWith Recreation Rooms and Settlement (New York, N.Y.). corporateBody
associatedWith Reid, William. person
associatedWith Robbins, Ira S. person
associatedWith Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945. person
associatedWith Simkhovitch, Mary K. 1867-1951. person
associatedWith Straus, Nathan Jr. person
associatedWith Swope, Gerard, 1872-1957. person
associatedWith Utilities Consumers' League (New York, N.Y.). corporateBody
associatedWith Vladeck, Charney. person
associatedWith Wagner, Robert F. 1910-1991. person
associatedWith Wagner, Robert F. Sr., 1877-1953. person
associatedWith Wilmington Trust Company. Trust Dept. corporateBody
associatedWith YWCA of the City of New York. corporateBody
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Sheepshead Bay (New York, N.Y.) |x History
New York (N.Y.)
Marine Parkway Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) |x Politics and government
Belt Parkway (New York, N.Y.)
New York (State)--New York
Marine Park (New York, N.Y.)
Marine Park (New York, N.Y.) |x History
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
Gateway National Recreation Area (N.J. and N.Y.)
Sheepshead Bay (New York, N.Y.)
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