NYCHA’s Capital Projects Roundup: Summer 2025 

This summer, NYCHA’s Asset and Capital Management division (A&CM) completed a range of improvement projects across the portfolio, from elevator upgrades in the Bronx to building façade enhancements in Brooklyn and roofing repairs in Manhattan and the Bronx. 

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.  

Early in the summer, Mitchel Houses and Butler Houses in the Bronx received newly upgraded elevators, which were among 125 elevator replacement projects that have been completed across the five boroughs. The projects were made possible by $1.2 billion in funding that has been provided by New York State since 2019 for elevator and heating system upgrades as well as building façade renovations. The State funding is also supporting 126 elevator replacements currently under construction across NYCHA and 172 elevator replacements in design or procurement.  

The $20.3 million elevator project at Mitchel Houses also received City and federal funding, while the $20.9 million project at Butler Houses was additionally supported by federal funding. Home to more than 7,100 residents combined, the two developments received a wide range of repairs and upgrades to enhance elevator service for residents. Crews replaced or upgraded elevator cabs (along with new controllers, hydraulics, and traveling cables) and installed new power switches, breakers, and feeders as well as remote elevator monitoring systems.  

Elevator service is a key focus of the 2019 Agreement with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and NYCHA has been working to reduce the length and frequency of service disruptions and expedite its response to any elevator issues.  

Elevator service upgrades at Mitchel Houses (left, center) and Butler Houses in the Bronx.

Also this summer, A&CM marked the completion of various exterior brickwork and façade upgrades at Ingersoll Houses and Red Hook West Houses in Brooklyn as part of federally funded projects. The $38.2 million project at Ingersoll Houses, where nearly 3,600 residents live, featured the installation of new masonry, structural beams, and drainage systems. Other work included installations of concrete or steel-decked balconies and terraces as well as fire escape and chimney repairs.  

Exterior brickwork improvements at Ingersoll Houses.

In addition to exterior façade improvements (including brick replacement) and bulkhead railing installation, the $7.9 million project featured roof tank repairs at Red Hook West, where 2,700 residents live.   

The Red Hook West façade improvement project included roof tank repairs.

More than $20 million in roofing repairs were completed this summer at Saint Mary’s Park Houses in the Bronx and Manhattan’s Washington Houses, home to nearly 5,000 residents combined. The City and federally funded projects included the installation of new structural features, railings, beams, and insulation. Work also involved waterproofing and replacing roof drains.  

New railings were installed as part of the wide-ranging roofing repairs at Washington Houses (left) and Saint Mary’s Park Houses.