It consists of 22 eight-storey buildings with 1,500 apartment units over a 31.1-acre expanse, bordered by Crescent Street, Linden Boulevard, Elderts Lane and Stanley Avenue.

[8] In another incident, a resident complained about how lights in the stairway had not been functioning for at least three years, contributing to one of the many factors that has encouraged violent crime, weapons, and drugs in the Pink Houses.

The mailboxes have not been functioning for a good number of months, creating the inconvenience of forcing residents from multiple floors of the complex to go to the local post office to collect their mail.

[12] Following an NYPD accidental killing of unarmed Pink Houses resident Akai Gurley in 2014, concerns were raised by city officials regarding NYCHA's practices citing chronic problems in the Pink Houses and other developments including broken windows and burned-out light bulbs as being deemed "maintenance repairs" rather than "emergency repairs" by the agency.

[15][16] The practice of vertical patrols has been seen by civil rights advocates as leading to the baseless questioning and searching of residents, similar to stop-and-frisk.