LeFrak City, Queens
Lefrak City is a large housing development in Rego Park, Queens (in New York City) built in the mid-1960s for working and middle-class families. The complex of twenty eighteen-story apartment towers covers 40 acres (162,000 m²) and currently houses over 14,000 people. The development is also served by playgrounds, tennis courts, a swimming pool, a branch of the Queens Borough Public Library, a post office, two large office buildings, retail space, and over 3,500 parking spaces. The complex is named for its developer, Samuel J. LeFrak.