Hammel Houses

The Hammel Houses
Project
CompletedSeptember, 1954
Opening dateSeptember, 1954
StatusCompleted
Size712 units
DeveloperNew York City Housing Authority
ArchitectJohn V. Dinan Associates
OperatorNew York City Housing Authority
OwnerNew York City Housing Authority
Physical features
Major buildingsFourteen
Public spacesA gymnasium, a playgroud
StreetsRockaway Beach Boulevard, Rockaway Freeway, Beach 86th Street, Beach Channel Drive, Beach 81st Street
Location
Address84-16 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Far Rockaway, New York
Population
  Total
1,602

The Hammel Houses are a public housing project by the New York City Housing Authority. The project began in 1952 and consists of 712 apartments housing 1,602 residents in fourteen seven-story buildings. They are located in Hammels, Queens on the Rockaway peninsula just west of the Arvern by the Sea development.