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Marcy Houses

Public housing development in Brooklyn, New York

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The Marcy Houses, or The Marcy Projects, is a public housing complex built and operated by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) and located in Bedford–Stuyvesant and is bordered by Flushing, Marcy, Nostrand and Myrtle avenues. The complex was named after William L. Marcy (1786–1857), a lawyer, soldier, and statesman. Consisting of 27 six-story buildings on 28.49 acre, it contains 1,705 apartments housing about 4,286 residents (average of 2.5 people to an apartment).

Development

The land Marcy is on was bought in 1945 by the City of New York; it had been the site of an old Dutch windmill. Homes and businesses (including two banks) were cleared for the construction of Marcy, as well as sections of Hopkins, Ellery, Floyd (now Martin Luther King Jr. Place), and Stockton streets that went through where the complex now sits. Marcy was completed on January 19, 1949. In 1946, 3.2 acre of the 28.49 acre were set aside for a playground; this playground was reconstructed in 1989.

Marcy has taken steps to become more environmentally friendly; in 2006, it replaced all conventional water heaters with energy-saving, instantaneous water heaters. In October 2008, Marcy's neighborhood garden earned 3rd place at the 43rd Annual Garden and Greening Awards Ceremony, and its evergreen garden earned second place. On January 19, 2009, the 60th anniversary of the building's completion, Mayor Michael Bloomberg proclaimed the day Marcy Houses Day.

Notable people

Jay-Z (born 1969), musician
Jaz-O (born 1964), musician
Memphis Bleek (born 1978), musician
Sauce Money (born 1969), musician

References

"NYCHA Housing Developments - Marcy Houses". City of New York.
"Happy 60th Marcy and Jacob Riis House".
"Marcy Houses Populated Place Profile".
"Marcy Playground: New York City Department of Parks & Recreation". New York City Department of Parks & Recreation.
Birchmeier, Jason. [https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jay-z-mn0000224257 Jay-Z Biography]. [[AllMusic]]. Retrieved Jan 21, 2023.
Findlay, Mitch. (2019-08-19). "Jaz-O Is the Originator: Reflections on Jay-Z, B.I.G, & Creating the Triplet Flow".
Saponara, Michael. (2023-03-14). "Memphis Bleek Shares Throwback Clip of His First Ever Performance with Jay-Z".
Blair, Robert. (2020-02-01). "How Sauce Money Became East Coast Hip-Hop's Silent Witness".

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