Jonathan Williams Plaza

Jonathan Williams Plaza is NYCHA housing project that has 5 buildings. Buildings I, III, and IV have 21 stories while Buildings II and V have 14 stories. It is located between Roebling Street to Marcy Avenue and also between Broadway and Division Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

History

The first residents began moving into the housing project in November 1963 and the complex was completed in April 1964. Named after Jonathan Williams, the engineer who surveyed the Williamsburg area after the Revolutionary War, the project was designed by the architecture firm of Eggers & Higgins.

21st century

In 2020, NYCHA finalized the 7th Permanent Affordability Commitment Together transaction to provide more than $370M for major repairs and renovations throughout Brooklyn for nine NYCHA complexes including this project. It will renovate each of the apartment interiors, elevator & heating rehabilitation, improving security systems, and extensive mold & lead abatement repairs.