Built in 1939, the Queensbridge Houses were built to house about 3,000 families with an annual income limit of $1,400. The site in Ravenswood was chosen due to the low cost of the land.
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Queensbridge Houses is the largest NYCHA development in New York... City. Queensbridge North Houses has 13, six-story buildings with 1,540 apartments. Completed March 15, 1940, the 20.35-acre Queens development is between 40th and 41st Avenues, 21st Street and Vernon Boulevard.(Show more)