Bushwick-Hylan Houses

The Bushwick-Hylan Houses are 2 different but connected NYCHA housing projects with 8 buildings in the Bushwick side and another building on the Hylan side. Buildings I-IV have 20 stories while the rest have 13 stories in the Bushwick Houses section and the Hylan Houses building has 19 stories. It is located between Moore Street and Flushing Avenue and also between Humboldt Street and Bushwick Avenue on the Bushwick Side and the Hylan Houses Buildings is located between Seigel and Moore Streets and also between Humboldt Street and Bushwick Avenue as well. Both of these developments are in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

History

The Bushwick Houses were built first on April 1, 1960 while the Hylan Houses were built later on June 30 at that same year. The Hylan Houses were named after Mayor John Francis Hylan, who grew up in the Bushwick neighborhood.

21st Century

Somewhere in the near future, the Hylan Houses will have capital renovations after the request of proposals for modernizing as part of the section 8 program of federal funding.