Isaacs Houses

Public housing development in Manhattan, New York

NYCHA property in New York, United States

Isaacs Houses

NYCHA property

Isaacs Houses in 2010

Location in New York City

Coordinates: 40°46′53″N 73°56′44″W﻿ / ﻿40.781320°N 73.945510°W﻿ / 40.781320; -73.945510
Country| United States
State| New York
City| New York City
Borough| Manhattan
Area

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• Total

| 0.005 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Population

• Total

| 1,274[1]
ZIP codes|

10128

Area code(s)| 212, 332, 646, and 917
Website| my.nycha.info/DevPortal/

The Stanley M. Isaacs Houses (or Isaacs Houses) is a public housing project for those of low-to-moderate incomes located just south of 96th Street in the Yorkville neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The Isaacs Houses and the Holmes Towers border East Harlem, which has the second highest concentration of public housing in New York City. The three public housing buildings are 24 stories tall and contain 635 apartments. The project is located between 93rd and 95th Streets with playground & ball courts from 95th-97th street, stretching from 1st Avenue to the FDR Drive.[3]

## Development

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The Isaacs Houses were designed by architects Frederick G. Frost Jr. & Associates and completed in 1965.[3] They were originally called the Gerard Swope Houses but renamed in 1963 the Isaacs Houses after Stanley M. Isaacs, who served as Manhattan Borough President under Mayor LaGuardia and later on the New York City Council for 20 years, the last 12 of those years as minority leader.[4][5][3] 45 percent of the apartments in Isaacs are set aside for tenants over the age of 62.[3]

The development has been designated a "high crime zone" by the New York City Police Department's 19th precinct since the early 2000s, and are thus policed to a higher extent, especially due to the heavy socio-economic mixing of the immediate surrounding area, which includes public housing, working-class small tenement buildings, middle-class medium-size buildings, and upper-middle class to upper-class luxury buildings along 1st avenue in the area.[6]

The housing project started as a unique and unprecedented community experiment by selecting many of the initial residents from the local Catholic parish, with assistance of Leyda Jimenez and other community ambassadors involved with the local Catholic Church. This created a tight-knit, low-crime community for the first few decades of the Isaac Houses’ history, and crime here is considered to be relatively minimal compared to the projects further north.[6]

In 2018, the Isaacs Houses along with the Holmes Towers and Robbins Plaza, which are all run by the same managers, ranked the worst in the nation after federal inspections by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.[7]

## See also

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* New York City Housing Authority
* List of New York City Housing Authority properties

## References

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1. ^ "Isaacs Houses Population".[permanent dead link]
2. ^ "St. Nicholas Houses Area". Retrieved November 7, 2019.[permanent dead link]
3. ^ a b c d "MyNYCHA Developments Portal". my.nycha.info. Archived from the original on December 11, 2018. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
4. ^ Zipp, Samuel (May 24, 2010). Manhattan Projects: The Rise and Fall of Urban Renewal in Cold War New York. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199779536.
5. ^ "New City Housing to Bear Name of Stanley Isaacs". The New York Times. July 11, 1963. p. 18. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
6. ^ a b Crow, Kelly (November 10, 2002). "NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: UPPER EAST SIDE; With Affluence All Around, A Little Crime Seems a Lot". New York Times. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
7. ^ Hicks, Nolan; Fenton, Reuven; Golding, Bruce (September 11, 2018). "Feds rank UES housing projects among worst in nation". New York Post. Retrieved July 2, 2019.

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Upper East Side (including Carnegie Hill, Lenox Hill, and Yorkville)

Manhattan, New York City

Buildings

| 59th–72nd Sts|

* 19 East 64th Street
* 36 East 72nd Street
* 45 East 66th Street
* 131 East 66th Street
* 520 Park Avenue
* 535 Park Avenue
* 550 Park Avenue
* 620 Park Avenue
* 625 Park Avenue
* 655 Park Avenue
* 720 Park Avenue
* 730 Park Avenue
* 737 Park Avenue
* 740 Park Avenue
* 810 Fifth Avenue
* 820 Fifth Avenue
* 825 Fifth Avenue
* 834 Fifth Avenue
* 880 Fifth Avenue
* 907 Fifth Avenue
* Barbizon 63
* Bloomingdale's
* Edward J. Berwind House
* Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo House
* Harold Pratt House
* Henry Clay Frick House
* Herbert N. Straus House
* Imperial House
* Manhattan House
* Marshall Orme Wilson House
* Millan House
* Park Avenue Armory
* Park Avenue Houses
* Henry P. Davison House
* Oliver D. Filley House
* Percy R. Pyne House
* William Sloane House
* Park Cinq
* The Pierre
* Rowhouses at 322–344 East 69th Street
* Sara Delano Roosevelt Memorial House
* Trump Palace Condominiums
* Trump Park Avenue
* Trump Plaza
* United States Post Office–Lenox Hill Station

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72nd–86th Sts|

* 10 Gracie Square
* 20 East End Avenue
* 778 Park Avenue
* 903 Park Avenue
* 927 Fifth Avenue
* 930 Fifth Avenue
* 960 Fifth Avenue
* 970 Park Avenue
* 980 Madison Avenue
* 995 Fifth Avenue
* 998 Fifth Avenue
* 1000 Park Avenue
* 1020 Fifth Avenue
* 1040 Fifth Avenue
* 1049 Fifth Avenue
* Belaire Apartments
* Benjamin N. Duke House
* Casa 74
* The Charles
* Cherokee Apartments
* Clarence Whitman Mansion
* Consulate General of France, New York City
* East 73rd Street Historic District
* East 80th Street Houses
* Edward S. Harkness House
* The Forum at 343 East 74th Street
* Harry F. Sinclair House
* Henry T. Sloane House
* Houses at 157–165 East 78th Street
* Houses at 208–218 East 78th Street
* James B. Duke House
* Joseph Pulitzer House
* Lewis G. Morris House
* Nathaniel L. McCready House
* Oliver Gould Jennings House
* Payne Whitney House
* Raymond C. and Mildred Kramer House
* Stuyvesant Fish House
* William Starr Miller House
* Yorkville Bank Building

86th–96th Sts|

* Andrew Carnegie Mansion
* Carnegie Hill Tower
* Edith Fabbri House
* Felix M. Warburg House
* George F. Baker Jr. Houses
* Gracie Mansion
* Holmes Towers
* Isaacs Houses
* James A. Burden House
* John Henry Hammond House
* Lucy Drexel Dahlgren House
* Mrs. Graham Fair Vanderbilt House
* Municipal Asphalt Plant
* Ogden Codman House
* Otto H. Kahn House
* Willard D. Straight House
* William Goadby Loew House
* Yorkville Bank Building

Former|

* Arthur Curtiss James House
* C. Ledyard Blair House
* Elbridge T. Gerry Mansion
* George Blumenthal House
* George J. Gould House
* Henry Phipps House
* Hotel New Netherland
* Isaac Stern House
* James Speyer House
* Jay Gould House
* Lenox Library
* Mrs. William B. Astor House
* Ogden Mills House
* William A. Clark House
* William C. Whitney House
* William Salomon House
* William Ziegler House

Culture

| Shops, restaurants|

* A La Vieille Russie
* Albertine Books
* Bemelmans Bar
* Brasserie Julien
* Café Boulud
* Caravaggio
* Carlyle Restaurant
* Daniel
* Dorrian's Red Hand Restaurant
* Galerie Chalette
* J.G. Melon
* JoJo
* King's Carriage House
* La Goulue
* Lusardi's
* Kappo Masa Restaurant
* Orwashers Bakery
* Sasabune
* Serendipity 3
* Sfoglia
* Sushi of Gari
* Sushi Noz
* Sushi Seki
* Le Veau d'Or

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Museums|

* Bernard Museum of Judaica
* Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
* Frick Collection
* Jewish Museum
* Metropolitan Museum of Art
* The Met Fifth Avenue
* Mount Vernon Hotel Museum
* Neue Galerie New York
* Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Theaters/performing arts|

* 59E59 Theaters
* Bohemian National Hall
* East 74th Street Theater

Galleries|

* Acquavella Galleries
* Anita Shapolsky Gallery
* Di Donna Galleries
* Doyle New York
* Florian Papp
* Gagosian Gallery
* Jane Kahan Gallery
* Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery
* Kraushaar Galleries
* Venus Over Manhattan

Hotels|

* Bentley Hotel
* Carlyle Hotel
* Lowell Hotel
* The Mark Hotel
* Hotel Plaza Athénée

Social clubs|

* 92nd Street Y
* Cosmopolitan Club
* Harmonie Club
* Knickerbocker Club
* Lotos Club
* Metropolitan Club

Former|

* Bodley Gallery
* Brasserie Julien
* Buck House NYC
* Cachaça
* The Colony
* Dangerfield's
* Elaine's
* Etats-Unis
* Magic Towne House
* Maxwell's Plum
* Met Breuer
* Quo Vadis
* Regine's
* Salon 94
* The Sign of the Dove
* Stable Gallery

Green spaces/recreation

* Carl Schurz Park
* Central Park
* John Jay Park

Education

| Libraries|

* Frick Art Reference Library
* Frick Art Reference Library Photoarchive
* New York Society Library
* Robert Goldwater Library
* Thomas J. Watson Library
* Yorkville Library

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Primary and secondary|

* Allen-Stevenson School
* Brearley School
* Birch Wathen Lenox School
* Buckley School
* Caedmon School* Chapin School
* Dalton School
* Eleanor Roosevelt High School
* Hewitt School
* Hunter College Elementary School
* Hunter College High School
* Julia Richman Education Complex
* Talent Unlimited High School
* Urban Academy Laboratory High School
* La Scuola d'Italia Guglielmo Marconi
* Loyola School
* Lycée Français de New York
* Marymount School of New York
* Nightingale-Bamford School
* PS 6
* PS 158
* Ramaz School
* Regis High School
* St. Jean Baptiste High School
* St. Vincent Ferrer High School
* Sephardic Academy of Manhattan
* Spence School
* The Town School
* Trevor Day School

Post-secondary|

* Hunter College
* Assembly Hall
* Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College
* Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
* Marymount Manhattan College
* New York School of Interior Design
* Rockefeller University
* Nurses Residence
* Welch Hall

Other institutions|

* Cornell School of Nursing
* Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance
* National Academy of Design

Religion

| Churches, chapels|

* Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity
* Brick Presbyterian Church
* Central Presbyterian Church
* Christ Church United Methodist
* Church of the Epiphany
* Church of the Heavenly Rest
* Church of Our Lady of Peace
* Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
* Church of St. Vincent Ferrer
* Holy Trinity Church, St. Christopher House and Parsonage
* Jan Hus Presbyterian Church
* Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church
* Our Lady of Good Counsel Church
* Park Avenue Christian Church
* St. Catherine of Siena Church
* St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church
* St. James' Episcopal Church
* St. Jean Baptiste Roman Catholic Church
* St. Joseph Church
* St. Mary Church
* St. Monica Church
* St. Stephen of Hungary Church
* St. Thomas More Church
* Unitarian Church of All Souls
* Zion-St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church

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Synagogues|

* Altneu
* Congregation Emanu-El of New York
* Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun
* Congregation Or Zarua
* Edmond J. Safra Synagogue
* Fifth Avenue Synagogue
* Park Avenue Synagogue
* Park East Synagogue
* Temple Beth-El
* Temple Israel of the City of New York
* Temple Shaaray Tefila

Other|

* New York Zendo Shobo-Ji

Health

* Gracie Square Hospital
* Hospital for Special Surgery
* Laboratory for Bioregenerative Medicine and Surgery
* Lenox Hill Hospital
* Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital
* Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
* Weill Cornell Medical Center

| Defunct|

* James Ewing Hospital
* Madison Avenue Hospital
* Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic
* Trafalgar Hospital

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Transportation

| Subway stations|

* Fifth Avenue/59th Street
* Lexington Avenue/59th Street
* Lexington Avenue/63rd Street
* Lexington Avenue/68th Street
* Lexington Avenue/77th Street
* Lexington Avenue/86th Street
* Lexington Avenue/96th Street
* Second Avenue/72nd Street
* Second Avenue/86th Street
* Second Avenue/96th Street

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Streets|

* 66th Street
* 72nd Street
* 74th Street
* 79th Street
* 85th Street
* 86th Street
* 89th Street
* 93rd Street
* 95th Street
* 96th Street
* FDR Drive
* East End Avenue
* York Avenue
* First Avenue
* Second Avenue
* Third Avenue
* Lexington Avenue
* Park Avenue
* Madison Avenue
* Fifth Avenue

Other

* 107th Infantry Memorial
* Richard Morris Hunt Memorial

Related topics

* East 73rd Street Historic District
* Hardenbergh/Rhinelander Historic District
* Treadwell Farm Historic District
* Upper East Side Historic District

See also: Manhattan Community Board 8

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