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The Boulevard Gardens Apartments, Queens in Woodside, Queens opened in June 1935, during the Great Depression. Woodside is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The buildings are located at 51st Street and 32nd Avenue. [1] They were designed by architect Theodore H. Englehardt[2] and operated under the New York City Housing Authority. The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA provides housing for low and moderate income residents throughout the five boroughs of New York City. [1]

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Low-income housing

The housing project had ten units which housed 96 families each,[2], 960 families in all. [3] The buildings were low-rent model tenements[3] with an average rental price of $11 a room. They were completed with a Federal loan of $3,450,000 from the Public Works Administration in Woodside, Queens. The Public Works Administration (PWA, a New Deal government agency headed by Harold Ickes, was created by the National Industrial Recovery Act in June [1] By September 1935 the builders, Boulevard Gardens Housing Corporation, reported that all of the units were leased. [3]

The Dick-Meyer Corporation built a block front of fourteen stores adjacent to the apartments. They were entirely rented by October 1935. [4] The 3,000 inhabitants of the development had easy access to twenty-seven retail stores, a 300 car garage, and a movie theater. [1]

In October 1935 John Volpe, president of the Lower East Side Public Housing Conference, wrote a letter to the editor of the New York Times. The Lower East Side is a Neighborhood in the southeastern part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. He contended that the slum problem was only partially solved by government assistance to projects like Knickerbocker Village, Boulevard Gardens, and Hillside, Queens. A slum, as defined by the United Nations agency UN-HABITAT, is a run-down area of a city characterized by substandard housing and squalor and lacking in tenure security Knickerbocker Village Limited is a lower-middle class Housing development located at 10 Monroe Street in Lower East Side Manhattan, New York City. The low income group was unable to afford the rent as the prices were not low enough. He offered the example of a New York City Housing Authority project on East 3rd Street (Manhattan). This article covers numbered east-west streets in Manhattan, New York City between and including 1st Street and 14th Street. These dwellings were most attractive and were much less expensive. [5]

In May 1936 the majority of the families in the larger buildings paid between $35 and $50 per month for rent. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A ruling by the New York State Board of Housing cautioned the Boulevard Gardens Housing Corporation to reserve their accommodations for low income families. Management was advised to gradually eliminate tenants whose annual family incomes exceeded five times their annual rentals. Eleven other housing projects were affected by the action. State board data indicated that 3. 8 % of families residing at the Boulevard Gardens Apartments had annual incomes of $4,000 or more. [6]

Dwight L. Hoopingarner, associate director of the Public Works Administration housing division, reported a waiting list of 5,000 families for vacancies at Boulevard Gardens on July 29, 1936. [1] Boulevard Gardens was assessed a property tax of $3,635,000 for 1937, an increase of $660,000 from the previous year. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [7]

Late 20th century

In November 1999 the Boulevard Gardens were a 960-unit co-op encompassing 12-acres and 10 buildings with 6 stories each. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) [8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Reports Big Waiting List, New York Times, July 30, 1936, pg. 36.
  2. ^ a b Model Apartments Opening In Queens, New York Times, June 23, 1935, pg. RE2.
  3. ^ a b c Model Flats in Woodside Are Fully Rented; Last of Ten Units to Be Opened on Oct. 15, New York Times, September 29, 1935, pg. RE1.
  4. ^ Store Group Quickly Rented, New York Times, October 13, 1935, pg. RE3.
  5. ^ The Housing Problem, New York Times, October 4, 1935, pg. 20.
  6. ^ Curbs On Tenants Widened By States, New York Times, May 9, 1936, pg. 5.
  7. ^ Tentative Tax Valuations on Big Buildings and Other Realty in Five Boroughs, New York Times, October 2, 1936, pg. 19.
  8. ^ Real Estate, New York Times, November 14, 1999, pg. RE7.

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