{{Short description|Public housing development in the Bronx, New York}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Webster Houses | settlement_type = NYCHA Property | image_skyline = Park Av 168 St sun Webster Houses NYCHA jeh.jpg | imagesize = 300px | mapframe = yes | mapframe-coordinates = {{coord|40.833|-73.9085|type:city_region:US-NY|display=inline,title}} | mapframe-zoom = 15 | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = United States | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|New York}} | subdivision_type2 = City | subdivision_name2 = New York City | subdivision_type3 = Borough | subdivision_name3 = Bronx | area_footnotes = <ref name="NYCHA Data Book 2025" /> | area_total_acre = 4.43 | population_footnotes = <ref name="NYCHA Data Book 2025">{{Cite web |title=NYCHA Development Data Book 2025 |url=https://www.nyc.gov/assets/nycha/downloads/pdf/Development-Data-Book.pdf |website=New York City Housing Authority |page=20, c. 5 |access-date=2025-12-27}}</ref> | population_total = 1423 | postal_code_type = Zip Code | postal_code = 10456 }}
The '''Webster Houses''' is a NYCHA housing project that has 5 buildings each with 21 stories individually. It is located between Webster and Park Avenues and also between East 168th and 169th Streets in Morrisania, The Bronx. It is also located directly adjacent to the Metro-North Railroad train tracks.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Webster |url=https://www.nyc.gov/assets/nycha/downloads/pdf/Webster.pdf |website=New York City Housing Authority |access-date=2025-12-27}}</ref> It was named after Daniel Webster (1782–1852) and the avenue abutting the complex.
== History ==
This housing project was completed in September 1965.<ref name="NYCHA Data Book 2025"></ref> Named after Daniel Webster and Webster Avenue,<ref>{{cite news |date=1960-02-11 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1960/02/11/archives/housing-authority-names-5-projects.html |title=Housing Authority Names 5 Projects |work=The New York Times |access-date=2025-12-29}}</ref> the complex was designed by architect Seymour R. Joseph.<ref>{{cite news |date=1962-08-20 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/08/20/archives/village-is-rising-in-bronx-section-city-linking-4-big-projects-in.html |title='Village' Is Rising In Bronx Section |work=The New York Times |access-date=2025-12-29}}</ref> It is part of four contiguous public housing projects—which also include the Butler, Morris and Morrisania houses—that are collectively named Claremont Village.<ref>{{cite news |date=1963-05-12 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1963/05/12/archives/project-in-bronx-getting-tenants-families-to-begin-moving-in-this.html |title=Project in Bronx Getting Tenants; 4 Developments, Known as Claremont Village, Will House 4,191 Families |work=The New York Times |access-date=2025-12-30}}</ref>
== See also ==
* New York City Housing Authority
== References == <references />
== External links == * [https://www.laguardiawagnerarchive.lagcc.cuny.edu/pages/SearchFromUrl.aspx?&PageToShow=1&Phrasetype=0&SearchType=2&Photos=1&Docs=0&OH=0&Video=0&Art=0&PhotoID=02.015.16081&UniquePHId=PH_18372 Architectural rendering of Daniel Webster Houses in the Bronx, circa 1960s] – at the La Guardia and Wagner Archives
Category:Public housing in the Bronx Category:Residential buildings in the Bronx Category:Morrisania, Bronx Category:1965 establishments in New York City Category:Residential buildings completed in 1965