Riis Houses
The Jacob Riis Houses are a public housing project managed by the New York City Housing Authority in the Alphabet City neighborhood of Manhattan. The project is located between Avenue D and FDR Drive, spanning two superblocks from 6th Street to 13th Street.Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
- Type: Residential area
- Description: public housing development in Manhattan, New York
- Also known as: “Jacob Riis Houses”
- Address: New York
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dry Dock Playground and Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space.
Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space is a not-for profit museum founded by the Times Up! Environmental Organization in 2012. It is dedicated to archiving the history of community gardens, squatting, and grassroots environmental activism of the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space is situated 1,100 feet northwest of Riis Houses.
Williamsburg Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Williamsburg Bridge is a suspension bridge across the East River in New York City, connecting the Lower East Side of Manhattan with the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. Williamsburg Bridge is situated 3,800 feet south of Riis Houses.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alphabet City and East Village.
Alphabet City
Neighborhood
Photo: Rtd2101, Public domain.
Alphabet City is a neighborhood located within the East Village in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Its name comes from Avenues A, B, C, and D, the only avenues in Manhattan to have single-letter names.
East Village
Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The East Village, east of the Village on Manhattan, was traditionally considered part of the Lower East Side, and constitutes the portion north of Houston St, south of 14th St, and east of Broadway.
Lower East Side
Photo: Gryffindor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Lower East Side of Manhattan is a mix of old and new, bohemian and upscale: you can find trendy bars and music venues, a venerable old no-nonsense place that just might serve up the best pastrami sandwich in the world, and great bialys.
Riis Houses
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.72415° or 40° 43′ 27″ northLongitude
-73.97449° or 73° 58′ 28″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
87G8P2FG+M6OpenStreetMap ID
way 147067194OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residential
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In Other Languages
From Igbo to Japanese—“Riis Houses” goes by many names.
- Igbo: “Ụlọ Riis”
- Japanese: “リーイス・ハウス”
- Japanese: “リース住宅”
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