Queensbridge

Queensbridge Houses is the largest public housing development in the United States. Queensbridge which is located in Long Island City, New York in Queens opened in 1933. The 3,142 unit complex is the country's largest such housing project and is owned by the New York City Housing Authority.

Sources

• ?Queensbridge, New York, N.Y.,? Architectural Forum 72 (Jan. 1940), pp. 13-15.
• Samantha Henry, ?A Good Rap: Residents of the Queensbridge Houses Make Their Claim To Fame,? Newsday, 5 Aug 2001.
• New York City Housing Authority, ?Factsheet? April 19, 2004. http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycha/html/factsheet.html
• Gail Radford, ?The Federal Government and Housing During the Great Depression? in John F. Bauman, ed., From Tenements to the *Taylor Homes: In Search of an Urban Housing Policy in Twentieth Century America (University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylania State University Press, 2000), pp. 102-120.
• Linda Rogers, resident of Queensbridge Houses from 1950 to 1959.