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NYCHA Now
January 2023 

NYCHA’s Capital Projects Roundup: December – January 

Vincent Echavaria

A NYCHA development in Brooklyn recently welcomed dozens of sustainable lighting fixtures, while other developments in Brooklyn and Manhattan received new fire alarms and gas and ventilation system renovations. NYCHA’s Asset and Capital Management Division (A&CM) marked the completion of these capital projects throughout December and January to improve services for residents.    

A&CM oversees a multi-billion-dollar capital projects portfolio funded with federal, State, and City investments. The division works to preserve and modernize public housing for NYCHA residents through professional design and construction services that are carried out efficiently and with the highest degree of safety and quality. 

Residents of Farragut Houses in Brooklyn will notice enhanced lighting in walkways and other outdoor areas thanks to a $551,000 project that was funded by former City Councilmember Laurie Cumbo’s office. In late December, A&CM completed the installation of 34 new LED lighting fixtures at the development, home to nearly 3,100 residents. Existing light fixtures were replaced across the campus with upgraded canopy lighting, flood lights, post-tops, wall packs, and “cobra-head” lights.  

Newly installed LED fixtures provide enhanced lighting in outdoor areas at Brooklyn’s Farragut Houses.

New fire and smoke alarms were installed as part of two separate safety projects at Brooklyn’s Bushwick Houses and at Marshall Plaza in Manhattan. A&CM completed the installations in all 25 buildings at Bushwick II (Groups A & C) on December 23 at a cost of approximately $213,000, while alarm installations in all 25 buildings at Bushwick II (Groups B & D) were completed on December 27 at a cost of approximately $944,000. The two projects were federally funded.  

Marshall Plaza, a 13-story building exclusively for senior residents, was also the recipient of new fire alarm systems as part of a $1.05 million federally funded project. Alarm installations were completed at the development’s senior center and are underway in the residential building. 

As part of a $1.3 million federally funded project at Gowanus Houses in Brooklyn, crews replaced gas mains, risers, and piping to address gas outages in one of the buildings. Gas service was restored there on December 23.    

Also in December, a new high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filtering system was installed at Brooklyn’s Nostrand Houses. The mechanical system provides improved ventilation for the Sheepshead Training Center, where there are no windows to provide natural air and no exhaust fan. The $215,000 project was funded through NYCHA’s operating budget.