Hudson View Gardens
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Hudson View Gardens
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Building D elevations, 2009
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 Location within New York City
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| Location | Hudson Heights, New York, NY |
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| Coordinates | 40°51′14.88″N 73°56′20.56″W / 40.8541333°N 73.9390444°WCoordinates: 40°51′14.88″N 73°56′20.56″W / 40.8541333°N 73.9390444°W |
| Built | 1923–24 |
| Architect | George F. Pelham |
| Architectural style | Tudor Revival |
| Website | hudsonviewgardens |
| NRHP reference # | 16000020 |
| Added to NRHP | February 16, 2016 |
Hudson View Gardens is a cooperative apartment complex located on Pinehurst Avenue and Cabrini Boulevard in the near vicinity of West 183rd and 185th Streets, located in the Hudson Heights subsection of the Washington Heights neighborhood Manhattan, New York City. It overlooks the Hudson River to the west and Bennett Park – which includes Manhattan's highest natural point – to the east. The complex was constructed as a housing cooperative from 1923 to 1925. In 2016 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
At a time when some believed that only the wealthy or poor could afford to live in Manhattan, affordable urban housing was viewed a solution to the problem of the middle-class flight to the suburbs. Dr. Charles V. Paterno, a real estate developer, purchased land on Pinehurst Avenue and Cabrini Boulevard, between West 182nd and 186th Streets, across the street from his estate, atop a ridge above the Hudson River. His plan was to create a "garden community" of cooperative apartments to attract those who wanted the comforts of the new suburbs but wanted to reside in New York City.
The project was designed by George F. Pelham, a noted architect of the time, with landscaping by landscape architect Robert B. Cridland from Philadelphia. Pelham's fifteen buildings in the complex occupy 40% of the 3.869-acre (15,660 m2) site. The nine six-story elevator buildings and six four-story walk-ups were situated to make use of the open space and the expansive views of the Hudson River and Bennett Park to the west. Its use of Tudor-style architectural elements in the facade came two years before the construction of Tudor City, the other major Tudor complex in Manhattan. The AIA Guide to New York City describes the complex as "Scarsdale Tudor."
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