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Established in the early 1930s following the clearance of twelve blocks of tenement houses bounded by Bushwick Avenue, Leanord, Maujer, and Scholes Streets, this 23.3-acre, rectangular site was a collaborative project between the Federal Public Works Administration and the New York City Housing Authority. Developed between 1934 and 1938, from twelve city blocks into four “superblocks," each clustered development includes apartment buildings, communal courtyards, and recreational amenities. 

Designed by Gilmore D. Clarke, Michael Rapuano, and a partnership of ten architects that included Richmond Shreve and William Lescaze, the development is composed of twenty, four-story buildings totaling 1,630 units. The layout is characterized by stylized “H,” “h,” and “T” footprints, with each skewed at a fifteen-degree angle off the street to maximize access to sunlight and northwest breezes. 

Closed to traffic, the east-west thoroughfares (Ten Eyck and Stagg Street) provide pedestrian access to irregularly shaped lawn panels planted with deciduous canopy trees, such as oak, maple, sweet gum, and London plane. Three of the superblocks, at their core, hold oblique-shaped park spaces that support playgrounds and athletic courts. The remaining block contains two H-shaped apartment buildings, a public-school complex, community center, and park (Martinez Playground). The distinctively shaped apartment buildings also frame secondary courtyards, characterized by lawns interspersed with shade trees and shrubs. A network of winding paths and breezeways connect the complex’s primary and secondary outdoor spaces. 

The Williamsburg Houses were listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2021 and rehabilitated in 2024.