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Fulton Houses

The Robert Fulton Houses are a public housing development located in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, owned and operated by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). The 6.27-acre (2.54 ha) site is located between West 16th and 19th Streets and bound by Ninth and Tenth Avenues. The project consists of 945 apartments in eleven buildings; three buildings are 25 stories tall, and the remaining eight are 6 stories tall.

Fulton Houses
NYCHA property
Map
Interactive map of Fulton Houses
Coordinates: 40°44′36″N 74°00′14″W / 40.74325°N 74.003972°W / 40.74325; -74.003972
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CityNew York City
BoroughManhattan
Area
[1]
 • Total
0.009 sq mi (0.023 km2)
Population
 • Total
2,175
 • Density242,000/sq mi (93,300/km2)
ZIP codes
10011
Area codes212, 332, 646, and 917
Websitemy.nycha.info/DevPortal/

History

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The Robert Fulton Houses were designed by architects Brown & Guenther and were developed as a "vest pocket" site that retains the street grid.[2] The groundbreaking ceremony was held on October 15, 1962 and the buildings were completed on March 31, 1965. It is served by the New York City Police Department's 10th Precinct.[3][4]

The housing project is named after engineer and inventor Robert Fulton (1765-1815).

In 2019, amid NYCHA’s capital-repair backlog, the de Blasio administration considered working with private developers to redevelop parts of Fulton Houses. The development is located in a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood where median asking rent is $3,462. The plan proposed by the city includes demolishing and rebuilding two buildings and a parking garage in the housing project and replacing them with three larger buildings of which 70 percent would be market-rate and 30 percent would be “affordable enough” for current residents; and to turn over management to a private developer.[5][6][7][8] Some residents opposed the proposal, arguing that public-housing tenants had limited input in land-use decisions, noting that previous conversions of public housing came with a 57 percent rent increase.[9] Average monthly rent for residents is $660.[5]

Development firms Related Companies and Essence Development proposed demolishing and then rebuilding this housing project and the nearby Chelsea-Elliott Houses in early 2023.[10] In a survey in June 2023, residents of the Chelsea-Elliott Houses and Fulton Houses voted in favor of demolishing the existing towers and constructing a 3,500-unit apartment complex on the same site. At the time, NYCHA officials estimated that the complexes needed about $1 billion in repairs and that it would cost about as much to build new complexes on the site.[11][12] PAU, COOKFOX Architects, and ILA were hired in early 2024 to design the Fulton Elliott-Chelsea Plan, which would involve converting 2,056 NYCHA apartments into mixed-income units.[13] Under the plan, six new towers would be built on the two sites before the existing buildings were demolished.[14] NYCHA's board approved the redevelopment of the Fulton Houses and Elliot-Chelsea Houses in November 2024.[15][16] The proposed cost for the two projects had risen to $1.9 billion by early 2025.[17] Opponents sued to prevent the demolition of the buildings; the lawsuit gained notice after their lawyers were caught using generative artificial intelligence in legal filings.[18][19]

Demography

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In 2025, NYCHA reported that Fulton Houses included 581 senior apartments, 63 households with a child under age six, 260 households with children aged 6 to 17, 391 single-person households, and 121 households with four or more people.[20]

Notable people

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See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Fulton Houses Area". Retrieved November 7, 2019.[permanent dead link]
  2. ↑ Bloom, Nicholas Dagen; Lasner, Matthew Gordon (2016). Affordable Housing in New York: The People, Places, and Policies That Transformed a City. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691167817.
  3. ↑ "Fulton Houses". New York City Housing Authority. Archived from the original on April 14, 2009. Retrieved September 5, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Fulton Houses Dedicated at 9th Ave. Near 19th St". New York Times. October 16, 1962. Retrieved September 5, 2009.
  5. 1 2 Ferré-Sadurní, Luis (April 25, 2019). "To Save Public Housing, New York Warily Considers a New Approach: Tear Some Down". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
  6. ↑ Goldenberg, Sally. "City considers demolishing and rebuilding 2 NYCHA sites". Politico PRO. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
  7. ↑ Goldenberg, Sally. "City quietly pauses plans for private development at Brooklyn NYCHA site". Politico PRO. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
  8. ↑ Ricciulli, Valeria (April 22, 2019). "City may demolish and rebuild two NYCHA buildings in Chelsea: report". Curbed NY. Archived from the original on April 22, 2019. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Fulton Houses fearful over RAD'ical plan". The Villager. May 8, 2019. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
  10. ↑ Brand, David (March 15, 2023). "Once a long shot, a plan to demolish and rebuild Chelsea public housing complex sees new life". Gothamist. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
  11. ↑ Zaveri, Mihir (June 21, 2023). "NYC Moves on $1.5 Billion Plan to Tear Down and Replace Public Housing". The New York Times. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
  12. ↑ Brand, David (June 21, 2023). "Tenants vote to demolish and rebuild Chelsea public housing complexes". Gothamist. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
  13. ↑ Roche, Daniel Jonas (August 11, 2023). "NYCHA announces plans for "complete rebuilding" of Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Houses in Manhattan. But at what cost?". The Architect’s Newspaper. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
  14. ↑ Brand, David (October 11, 2024). "NYC public housing tenants make last-ditch push to stop demolition in Chelsea". Gothamist. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
  15. ↑ Turner, Tatyana (October 31, 2024). "NYCHA Board Green Lights Plan to Demolish & Rebuild Lower Manhattan Developments". City Limits. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  16. ↑ Kimmelman, Michael; Barth, Lila (October 31, 2024). "Radical Plans for Public Housing Stir Up Hope, and Doubt". The New York Times. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  17. ↑ Elstein, Aaron (March 14, 2025). "As construction costs rise 'particularly fast,' price tag for new Chelsea public housing jumps". Crain's New York Business. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
  18. ↑ Brenzel, Kathryn (October 16, 2025). "The Daily Dirt: Judge rejects challenge to housing ballot proposals". The Real Deal. Retrieved October 16, 2025.
  19. ↑ Elstein, Aaron (October 15, 2025). "Judge slams public housing lawsuit after discovering it was written by AI". Crain's New York Business. Retrieved October 16, 2025.
  20. ↑ https://www.nyc.gov/assets/nycha/downloads/pdf/fec-relocation-english.pdf
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