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Public housing development in New York City

NYCHA property in New York, United States

Edenwald Houses are a housing project in the Eastchester and Laconia neighborhoods of the Bronx, New York City. Established on October 30, 1953, the project consists of forty buildings, 3 and 14 stories tall with 2,039 apartment units.

It covers a 48.88-acre development is bordered by Grenada Place, East 225th Street, Baychester Avenue, Schieffelin Avenue and Laconia Avenues. It is owned and managed by New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) and is the largest development in the Bronx.^[4] The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024.^[5]

Development

The Edenwald Houses were built on the former Hebrew Orphan Asylum and was designed by architects Rodgers & Butler.

Paul Tishman Company started building Edenwald Houses in 1951 at a cost of roughly $12 million.^[6] At the dedication ceremony in 1952, Bronx Borough P