A Life Built in New York
1969Bronx / New York CityResidential / Senior Housing

Kittay House / Kittay Senior Apartments

Joseph’s 1969 entry aligns with construction of Kittay House, a Mitchell-Lama senior-housing development in the Bronx.

From Rita’s list

Rita Bartscherer’s handwritten entry: Kittay House — 1969

No building photograph is currently assigned.

01The story

Why this project matters

Project identity
Verified
Kelly connection
Family source
Masonry scope
Strong

Rita’s list

Rita Bartscherer’s handwritten entry: Kittay House — 1969

Transcription: Kittay House — 1969

Recorded by Rita Bartscherer · Bartscherer family record

Entry

KM-067

Sheet

1 of two

As written

“Kittay House — 1969”

State housing records date Kittay House to 1969; it opened around 1970 and still houses seniors today.

Why it matters

A quiet but durable social-infrastructure story: the building Joseph helped construct still serves essentially the same population more than fifty years later.

Verification notes

v3.5.7: New York State HCR independently confirms the building was constructed in 1969–1970. Identity and family-year chronology are now exceptionally well aligned; original project-team/Kelly evidence remains the next proof target. | v3.6.12 photo selected and staged: KM-067_Kittay_House_exterior.jpg

02What Kelly did

What Kelly did here

Kelly connection

Family source

Scope confidence

Strong

Substantial exterior brick masonry on the original 1969–70 Kittay House senior-housing building, plus likely interior CMU/block shafts, stairs, service and fire-separation walls.

This scope is recorded as strong, not documented. It is a disciplined reading of the building and the trade practice of the period, not a contract-level record of Kelly’s work.

03Who built it

The construction team

The construction team for this job has not yet been established.

04What happened

What happened to it

Still standing / active senior housing

On the map

2550 Webb Avenue, Bronx, NY 10468

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What this record rests on
  1. 01
    hcr.ny.gov

    noirrof cest for kittay senior housing 2550 webb avenue city of new york bronx c

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    norwoodnews.org

    aging with grace and independence at kittay

  4. 04
    seniorlivingguide.com

    kittay senior apartments 2550 webb avenue bronx ny 10468

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