[3][4] The Red Hook Houses were designed by architect Alfred Easton Poor with landscaping by Charles N. Lowrie.

The 325-square-foot (30.2 m2) piece, located in the lobby, was titled Blueprint for Living and was intended to express optimism for a more harmonious future for residents.

[8][9] Eleanor Roosevelt toured the development, seeing Greenwood at work, and gave a speech entitled “Restoring Community Life Through Planned Housing Development.”[10][9] On December 17, 1992, P.S.

15 principal Patrick Daly was killed when he walked into the crossfire looking for a student who left the school after a fight at the Red Hook Houses.

[16] When Hurricane Sandy struck, the development was inundated with 6 feet (1.8 m) of flood water through sewer overflow and high tides.

[20] In 2002, the non-profit Red Hook Initiative (RHI) was founded to tackle health and social problems affecting public housing residents.

[24][20] In 2013, as a response to Hurricane Sandy, RHI launched Local Leaders, a program to train public housing residents about emergency preparedness and community organizing.

[20] Founded in 2013 and managed by RHI, Red Hook Farms is part of NYCHA's Building Healthy Communities (BHC) initiative.

The farm was built and is maintained by residents of Red Hook Houses who are between 18 and 24 and who are members of AmeriCorps' Green City Force.