Drew-Hamilton Houses

Drew-Hamilton Houses are a public housing project owned by the New York City Housing Authority. The housing complex consists of five 21-story buildings. It is located between Frederick Douglass and Adam C. Powell Jr. Boulevards and also between West 142nd and 144th Streets in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The housing complex was completed in September 1965 and was named after Monsignor Cornelius J. Drew, the former pastor of St. Charles Borromeo Church, and Alexander Hamilton. The complex was designed by the architectural firm of Katz, Waisman, Weber, Strauss.