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Bronx River Houses
Bronx River Houses
NYCHA property
	Bronx River Houses in 2013
	Location within New York City
	Coordinates: 40°50′02″N 73°52′36″W / 40.833820°N 73.876670°W
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
Borough	Bronx
ZIP codes	10472
Area code(s)	718, 347, 929, and 917

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Bronx River Houses is a low-income public housing project in the Soundview section of the Bronx, New York City. It consists of nine buildings with 1,260 apartments. Completed February 28, 1951, the 13.94-acre (5.64 ha) Bronx development is bordered by East 174th Street, Harrod, and Bronx River Avenues. Bronx River Houses is home to 3,025 residents.^[1] The project is patrolled by P.S.A. 8 located at 2794 Randall Avenue in the Throgs Neck section of the Bronx.

Bronx River Addition comprises two senior-only buildings, 6 and 12 stories tall with 225 apartments. Completed February 28, 1966, the 1.43-acre (0.58 ha) Bronx development is bordered by East 172nd and East 174th Streets and Manor and Harrod Avenues. Bronx River Addition is home to 234 residents.

History

Bronx River Houses was built to provide temporary housing to working-class families. After a few years, crime and urban decay began to plague the development as more generationally poor families moved in. This eventually had an effect on the surrounding community and led to white flight and abandonment. Violent crime remains a serious problem in the Bronx River Houses and the surrounding community.

Until the late 1990s, the Bronx River Houses served as the worldwide ground zero for Hip-Hop culture. In the mid-1990s, the Giuliani administration used the NYPD to drive the drug gangs out of the houses.^[2] The Bronx River Houses were the first housing projects in the country to be put under 24-hour police watch and have their common areas redesigned so that the entire housing project would be watched by cameras. Famous Hip-Hop musicians from the Bronx River Houses include Afrika Bambaataa, DJ Jazzy Jay, Martin Cofield, Sean Perry, Afrika Islam, Jamall Moss, the Soul Sonic Force, Uptown's Greatest, Kylik Clark "Alleymatill", Edwin Brown Jr (RIP aka Duardo aka Neph aka Special Ed... Brodie 4 Ever...), Eshawn Hall (DJ Mista Smoke) and Kareem Kennedo (NY$) Kill Bill Gang. DJ Red Alert also got his start in the Bronx River Houses.

Demographics

Tenants are mostly African American, Dominican and Puerto Rican although there are also Asian, Mexican and Ecuadorian tenants.

Notable residents

Afrika Bambaataa (1957–), disc jockey, rapper, songwriter and producer
Judy Craig (1946–), lead singer of the doo-wop group The Chiffons, James Monroe High School graduate
Darren Carrington, NFL football player

References

^ "Bronx River Houses". New York City Housing Authority. Archived from the original on 2015-06-21. Retrieved 2015-06-21.
^ Lewis, Miles Marshall; Williams, Saul (October 1, 2004). Scars of the Soul Are Why Kids Wear Bandages When They Don't Have Bruises. New York, NY: Akashic Books. p. 98. ISBN 978-1888451719. Bronx River Houses.

External links

http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nycha/downloads/pdf/Bronx%20River%20and%20Bronx%20River%20Addition.pdf

[1] "Bronx River Houses". New York City Housing Authority. Archived from the original on 2015-06-21. Retrieved 2015-06-21.

[2] Lewis, Miles Marshall; Williams, Saul (October 1, 2004). Scars of the Soul Are Why Kids Wear Bandages When They Don't Have Bruises. New York, NY: Akashic Books. p. 98. ISBN 978-1888451719. Bronx River Houses.

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+'''Bronx River Houses''' is a low-income [[public housing]] project in the [[Soundview, Bronx|Soundview]] section of [[the Bronx]], [[New York City]]. It consists of nine buildings with 1,260 apartments. Completed February 28, 1951, the {{Convert|13.94|acre|adj=on}} Bronx development is bordered by East 174th Street, Harrod, and Bronx River Avenues. Bronx River Houses is home to 3,025 residents.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bronx River Houses|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycha/html/developments/bronxriverhouses.shtml|website=New York City Housing Authority|access-date=2015-06-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621164827/http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycha/html/developments/bronxriverhouses.shtml|archive-date=2015-06-21|url-status=dead}}</ref> The project is patrolled by P.S.A. 8 located at 2794 Randall Avenue in the [[Throgs Neck]] section of the Bronx.
+'''Bronx River Addition''' comprises two senior-only buildings, 6 and 12 stories tall with 225 apartments. Completed February 28, 1966, the {{Convert|1.43|acre|adj=on}} Bronx development is bordered by East 172nd and East 174th Streets and Manor and Harrod Avenues. Bronx River Addition is home to 234 residents.
-==Expansion==
-'''Bronx River Addition''' two senior only buildings, 6 and 14-stories tall with 225 apartments. Completed February 28, 1966, the {{Convert|1.43|acre|m2|sing=on}} Bronx development is bordered by East 172nd and East 174th Streets and Manor and Harrod Avenues. Bronx River Addition is home to 232 residents.
 ==History==
-Bronx River Houses was built to provide temporary housing to working class families. In just a few years crime and decay began to plague the development as more and more generationally poor families moved in. This eventually had an effect on the surrounding community and led to [[White flight]] and abandonment. Today violent crime is still a serious problem in the Bronx River Houses and the surrounding community.
+Bronx River Houses was built to provide temporary housing to working-class families. After a few years, crime and [[urban decay]] began to plague the development as more generationally poor families moved in. This eventually had an effect on the surrounding community and led to [[white flight]] and abandonment. Violent crime remains a serious problem in the Bronx River Houses and the surrounding community.
-Until the late 1990s the Bronx River Houses served as the worldwide ground zero for Hip-Hop culture. In the mid-1990' the Giuliani administration used the NYPD to drive the [[Zulu Nation]] out of the Bronx River Houses after defining them as a gang. The Bronx River Houses were the first housing projects in the country to put under 24 hour police watch and have their common areas redesigned so that the entire housing project would be watched by cameras. Famous Hip-Hop musicians from the Bronx River Houses include [[Afrika Bambaataa]], DJ Jazzy Jay, Sean Perry, Afrika Islam, the Soul Sonic Force and Fernando "Royal" Singleton. [[DJ Red Alert]] also got his start in the Bronx River Houses.
+Until the late 1990s, the Bronx River Houses served as the worldwide [[ground zero]] for [[Hip-Hop]] culture. In the mid-1990s, the Giuliani administration used the NYPD to drive the drug gangs out of the houses.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lewis|first1=Miles Marshall|last2=Williams|first2=Saul|title=Scars of the Soul Are Why Kids Wear Bandages When They Don't Have Bruises|date=October 1, 2004|publisher=Akashic Books|location=New York, NY|isbn=978-1888451719|page=[https://archive.org/details/scarsofsoularewh00lewi/page/98 98]|url=https://archive.org/details/scarsofsoularewh00lewi|url-access=registration|quote=Bronx River Houses.}}</ref> The Bronx River Houses were the first housing projects in the country to be put under 24-hour police watch and have their common areas redesigned so that the entire housing project would be watched by [[Security camera|cameras]]. Famous Hip-Hop musicians from the Bronx River Houses include [[Afrika Bambaataa]], DJ Jazzy Jay, Martin Cofield, Sean Perry, Afrika Islam, Jamall Moss, the Soul Sonic Force, Uptown's Greatest, Kylik Clark "Alleymatill", Edwin Brown Jr (RIP aka Duardo aka Neph aka Special Ed... Brodie 4 Ever...),  Eshawn Hall (DJ Mista Smoke) and Kareem Kennedo (NY$) Kill Bill Gang. [[DJ Red Alert]] also got his start in the Bronx River Houses.
 ==Demographics==
-The development is almost entirely [[African American]] and [[Puerto Ricans in the United States|Puerto Rican]].
+Tenants are mostly [[African American]], [[Dominican Republic|Dominican]] and [[Puerto Ricans in the United States|Puerto Rican]] although there are also [[Asian Americans|Asian]], [[Mexicans|Mexican]] and [[Ecuadorian]] tenants.
+== Notable residents ==
-{{Bronx}}
+*[[Afrika Bambaataa]] (1957–), disc jockey, rapper, songwriter and producer
+*[[Judy Craig]] (1946–), lead singer of the doo-wop group [[The Chiffons]], James Monroe High School graduate
+*[[Darren Carrington]], NFL football player
+==See also==
-[[Category:The Bronx]]
-[[Category:Public housing in New York City]]
+*[[New York City Housing Authority]]
+*[[List of New York City Housing Authority properties]]
-[[Category:United States communities with African American majority populations]]
-[[Category:1951 architecture]]
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
+==External links==
+* http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nycha/downloads/pdf/Bronx%20River%20and%20Bronx%20River%20Addition.pdf
+{{Bronx}}
+[[Category:Public housing in the Bronx]]
-{{Bronx-geo-stub}}
+[[Category:Residential buildings completed in 1951]]
+[[Category:Residential buildings in the Bronx]]
+[[Category:Soundview, Bronx]]

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