Clinton Houses

Named after DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828) a state senator, mayor of New York City Mayor and Governor of New York State.

Listen to Marie Levelle tell her story of living in the housing complex for 36 years.

Governor DeWitt Clinton Houses in Manhattan has six buildings, 9 and 18-stories high with 749 apartments housing an estimated 1,823 people. Completed October 31, 1965, the 5.6-acre site is bordered by Park and Lexington Avenues, East 104th, East 106th, East 108th and East 110th Streets.

In recent months, mayor Bloomberg has moved toward the privatization of public housing grounds.  Many NYCHA residents have been strongly organizing to oppose the initiative.

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