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Regional Clusters

Mobilizing the Blocks

The Regional Clusters of NYCHA Power. By grouping New York's public housing developments into 18 strategic geographic clusters, we bypass arbitrary legislative boundaries and organize voters exactly where they live.

Explore the map, select a cluster, and pinpoint the leadership nodes for our 2029 citywide canvassing campaign.

The 18 Regional Clusters

18 regional proximity clusters — each circle is sized to the geographic footprint of the cluster.

Cluster Region Apartments Est. Population Buildings Voter Target Priority
Queensbridge / Ravenswood Houses (3): Queensbridge (North), Queensbridge (South), Ravenswood 5,313 9,660 57 CORE BASE (72%)
Astoria / Woodside Houses (2): Astoria, Woodside 2,461 5,249 42 HIGH / STABLE
Douglass / Lincoln Center Houses (13): Frederick Douglass Houses (I & II), Douglass Addition, Amsterdam Houses, Amsterdam Addition, 830 Amsterdam Avenue, 154 West 84th Street, WSUR Site A, WSUR Site B, WSUR Site C, WSUR Brownstones, Douglass Rehabs, Wise Towers, Wise Rehab 4,829 8,894 80 MEDIUM / EXPANSION
Lower East Side & Downtown Houses (32): Baruch, Baruch Addition, Smith, La Guardia, La Guardia Addition, Rutgers, Vladeck, Vladeck II, Wald, Riis, Riis II, Campos Plaza, Lower East Side III, 45 Allen Street, First Houses, Fulton, Gompers, Hernandez, Meltzer Tower, Seward Park Extension, Stanton Street, Two Bridges (Site 7), Lower East Side I Infill, Lower East Side II, LES Rehab Group 5, Bracetti Plaza, Chelsea Addition, Elliott, Harborview Terrace, 344 East 28th Street, Lavanburg Homes, Others / Rehab (Manhattanville Rehab Group 3) 16,627 30,959 159 HIGH / STABLE
Chelsea Houses (1): Chelsea 425 822 2 MEDIUM / PRECISION
East Harlem "El Barrio" Corridor Houses (22): Wagner, Jefferson, Taft, Taft Rehabs, Clinton, Carver, Lehman Village, Lexington, Metro North Plaza, Washington, East River, De Hostos, Robbins Plaza, Thomas Apartments, 335 East 111th Street, Johnson, White, UPACA (Site 5), UPACA (Site 6), Robinson, Corsi Houses, Park Avenue-East 122nd & 123rd Streets 14,190 26,561 128 HIGH / VANGUARD
North & Central Harlem Heights Node Houses (26): Others / Sub-30 (Samuel MHOP II & Samuel MHOP III) (2 houses) St. Nicholas, Drew-Hamilton, Polo Grounds Towers, King Towers (Stephen Foster), Randolph Houses, Dyckman, Manhattanville, Manhattanville Rehab, Grant, Rangel, Straus, Wilson, Lincoln, Samuel (City), Samuel (MHOP) I, Public School 139 (Conversion), Grampion, Bethune Gardens, Marshall Plaza, Audubon, Harlem River, Harlem River II, Randolph South, 131 St. Nicholas Avenue, Others / Rehab (Fort Washington Avenue & Washington Heights Rehab) 16,784 32,068 205 MEDIUM / EXPANSION
South West Bronx — Millbrook & Neighbors Houses (14): Millbrook, Mill Brook Extension, Patterson, Mitchel, Betances, Jackson, Adams, Mott Haven, Saint Mary's Park, Melrose, Moore, East 152nd Street-Courtlandt Avenue, South Bronx Area (Site 402), Others / Rehab (Betances II–VI) 11,605 24,547 118 VANGUARD / EXTREME (19.3)
South East Bronx — Bruckner Boulevard Houses (14): Bronx River, Bronx River Addition, Soundview, Castle Hill, Throggs Neck, Throggs Neck Addition, Clason Point Gardens, Monroe, Boynton Avenue Rehab, 1471 Watson Avenue, Hunts Point Avenue Rehab, Sack Wern, Middletown Plaza, Stebbins Avenue-Hewitt Place 8,752 17,904 156 HIGH / FORTRESS
Fort Greene / Brooklyn Waterfront Node Houses (11): Ingersoll, Whitman, Farragut, Atlantic Terminal, Gowanus, Wyckoff Gardens, Red Hook (East), Red Hook (West), Red Hook I, Red Hook II, 572 Warren Street 12,831 23,893 123 MEDIUM / FORTRESS
Bedford-Stuyvesant / Bushwick / Williamsburg Hub Houses (36): Marcy, Sumner, Tompkins, Lafayette Gardens, Brevoort, Bushwick, Borinquen Plaza, Borinquen Plaza II, Cooper Park, Hylan, Williamsburg, Williams Plaza, 303 Vernon Avenue, Armstrong I, Armstrong II, Haber, Howard, Long Island Baptist Houses, Taylor Street-Wythe, Berry Street-South 9th, Kingsborough, Kingsborough Extension, Albany, Albany II, Weeksville Gardens, Stuyvesant Gardens I, Stuyvesant Gardens II, Hope Gardens, Palmetto Gardens, Bedford-Stuyvesant Rehab, Sterling Place Rehabs (Sterling-Buffalo), Sterling Place Rehabs (St. Johns-Sterling), Crown Heights, Reid Apartments, Independence, Others / Rehab (Bushwick II & Marcy Avenue-Greene Avenue) 19,959 41,547 298 HIGH / FORTRESS
East New York / Brownsville Monolith Houses (39): Others / Sub-30 (FHA Repossessed Houses Group IX) (1 house) Others / Sub-30 (Howard Avenue & Howard Avenue-Park Place) (2 houses) Pink, Cypress Hills, Boulevard, Linden, Van Dyke, Van Dyke II, Brownsville, Tilden, Marcus Garvey, Glenmore Plaza, Unity Plaza, Unity Plaza II, Nostrand, Low Houses, Woodson, Vandalia Avenue, Roosevelt I, Roosevelt II, Hughes Apartments, East New York City Line, 104-14 Tapscott Street, Brown Houses, Ocean Hill-Brownsville, Pennsylvania Avenue-Wortman Avenue, Ocean Hill Apartments, Fiorentino Plaza, Belmont-Sutter Area, Park Rock Rehab, Sutter Avenue-Union Street, Ralph Avenue Rehab, Saratoga Village, Prospect Plaza I, Prospect Plaza II, Tapscott Street Rehab, Fenimore-Lefferts, Lenox Road-Rockaway Parkway, Rutland Towers 18,036 35,849 318 CRITICAL / DENSEST
Staten Island North Shore Waterfront Houses (10): Stapleton, Richmond Terrace, Mariners Harbor, Todt Hill, West Brighton, South Beach, New Lane Area, Berry, Cassidy-Lafayette, Others / Rehab (West Brighton II) 4,510 8,633 78 BATTLEGROUND / SWING
Central Bronx / Morrisania-Crotona Houses (33): Others / Sub-30 (Franklin Avenue III & West Farms Square) (2 houses) Morrisania, Morrisania Air Rights, Morris I, Morris II, Butler, Forest, Webster, McKinley, Claremont Rehab, Bryant Avenue-East 174th, College Avenue-East 165th, East 165th Street-Bryant, East 173rd Street-Vyse, Hoe Avenue-East 173rd, Longfellow Avenue Rehab, Teller Avenue-East 166th, Glebe Avenue-Westchester, West Farms Road Rehab, Sotomayor Houses, 1162-1176 Washington Avenue, Murphy, East 180th Street-Monterey Avenue, 1010 East 178th Street, Claremont Parkway-Franklin Avenue, Union Avenue-East 163rd Street, Union Avenue-East 166th Street, Eagle Avenue-East 163rd Street, Franklin Avenue I (Conventional), Franklin Avenue II (Conventional), PSS Grandparent Family Apartments, La Preciosa, Others / Rehab (Claremont Rehab Groups III–V) 11,644 24,203 153 HIGH / HUB
North Bronx / Edenwald & Northwest Houses (24): Edenwald, Baychester, Eastchester Gardens, Pelham Parkway, Gun Hill, Parkside, Sedgwick, Marble Hill, Highbridge Gardens, West Tremont-Sedgwick, Randall-Balcom, University Avenue Rehab, Davidson, Fort Independence-Heath, Boston Secor, Boston Road Plaza, Bailey Avenue-West 193rd Street, Harrison Avenue Rehab (Group A), Harrison Avenue Rehab (Group B), Highbridge Rehabs (Anderson Avenue), Highbridge Rehabs (Nelson Avenue), Morris Park Senior Citizens Home, Twin Parks West (Sites 1 & 2), Twin Parks East (Site 9) 12,585 24,424 159 HIGH / TWIN-FRONT
Queens East & Southeast Houses (18): Others / Sub-30 (FHA Repossessed Houses Groups I–VIII & X) (9 houses) Pomonok, Latimer Gardens, Bland, International Tower, Leavitt Street-34th, College Point Rehab, Shelton House, South Jamaica I, South Jamaica II, Baisley Park, Ocean Bay (Bayside), Ocean Bay (Oceanside), Redfern, Hammel, Beach 41st-Beach Channel, Carleton Manor, Conlon LIHFE Tower 9,091 18,355 251 MEDIUM / ARCHIPELAGO
Upper East Side / Yorkville Houses (2): Holmes Towers, Isaacs 1,173 1,992 5 MEDIUM / PRECISION
South Brooklyn / Coney Island Houses (13): Coney Island, Coney Island I (Site 1B), Coney Island I (Site 8), Coney Island I (Sites 4 & 5), Carey Gardens, Surfside Gardens, O'Dwyer Gardens, Gravesend, Marlboro, Bay View, Breukelen, Glenwood, Sheepshead Bay 10,932 21,564 156 HIGH / SOUTHERN ANCHOR

The GOTV Field Playbook

Toggle a protocol to see the localized operational instructions for each cluster.

01 South West Bronx / Millbrook Vanguard — The "Turnout Awakening" Protocol

This cluster sits in Bronx CD 1 and 2, which has a weighted Voting Participation Score of 19.3 — the lowest in NYC.

Canvassers do not discuss abstract party lines. They knock on doors with a copy of the Physical Needs Assessment (PNA) showing the $66 million in capital repairs needed at Bronx River Addition or the $248 million at Mitchel Houses. They ask the resident: "Do you want to wait 481 days for your intercom to be fixed, or do you want to pledge your vote to a candidate bound by the NYCHA Tenants Charter?" Point to the historic Bronx River Addition vote, where intensive 100-day voter engagement yielded a certified 61% turnout rate of heads of households.

02 East New York / Brownsville Monolith — The "Dual-Peak" Mobilization

With 35,849 residents, this is one of our largest fortresses.

Deploy the "Dual-Peak" canvassing protocol: compress the volunteer ground game into a hyper-targeted footprint, saturating key developments (like Pink Houses or Boulevard) on the opening and closing weekends of the voting period, bypassing the mid-week lull. On-site mobile childcare in adjacent community rooms, in partnership with local houses of worship, clears the logistics hurdle for working parents.

03 Lower East Side, Downtown & Chelsea — Multi-Lingual "Talk to Tenants" Registration

An extremely high percentage of non-English-speaking Asian and Hispanic senior leaseholders.

Deploy bilingual youth organizers equipped with tablets running the Campaign Finance Board OME "Talk to Tenants" API-linked app. They register voters on the spot in Chinese (Cantonese/Mandarin) and Spanish, and legally harvest contact info under SHIELD Act data-minimization guidelines.

Why clusters?

NYCHA's 177,565 apartments across 2,410 buildings are grouped into 18 dense regional clusters by proximity — a massive pocket of latent voting power that represents 1 in 16 New York City residents. Organizing voters where they actually live bypasses arbitrary legislative boundaries and builds durable, year-round political infrastructure in public housing.

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