Redfern Houses
Public housing development in Queens, New York
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The Redfern Houses is a NYCHA housing project with nine buildings each containing six to seven stories. It is located in Far Rockaway, Queens in between Beach Channel Drive/Hassock Street, Redfern Avenue and the Nassau County border.[2] It was named after Redfern Avenue in Queens. It is also located near the Far Rockaway station on the Long Island Rail Road.
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 Interactive map of Redfern Houses | |
| Country | United States |
| State |  New York |
| City | New York City |
| Borough | Queens |
| Area | |
• Total | 16.76 acres (6.78 ha) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,426 |
| Zip Code | 11691 |
History
This housing complex was built in August 1959.[1]
21st Century
All of those buildings were funded by the PACT in October 2017 where it had started for $123M[3] that will strengthen its structure to restore three playgrounds, resurface sidewalks, change rooftops and install the back-up power generators on top of the buildings, renovate 30 of the 1st story apartments that were damaged by Hurricane Sandy, build a new community center and childcare building, replace sump pumps, and more.[3][4][5]
Soon,[when?] There will be six new buildings coming to this complex to be constructed from Hurricane Sandy in 2012.[2]
