Marcy Houses, Brooklyn, New York City
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Marcy Houses, located in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, is a large New York City public housing complex known for being the childhood home of several prominent hip-hop artists.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marcy Houses | 0 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NYCHA development
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public housing complex ⓘ residential complex ⓘ |
| borough | Brooklyn ⓘ |
| buildingType | apartment building ⓘ |
| category |
Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
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Public housing in Brooklyn ⓘ Residential buildings in Brooklyn ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1945 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| hasAmenity |
basketball courts
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community center ⓘ playgrounds ⓘ |
| hasBuildingHeightCategory | mid-rise ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateSystem | World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLandArea | approximately 28 acres ⓘ |
| hasPopulation | ~4000 ⓘ |
| hasStreetBoundary |
Flushing Avenue
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Marcy Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ Myrtle Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ Nostrand Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasZIPCode | 11206 ⓘ |
| inception | 1949 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being referenced in hip-hop music and culture
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being the childhood home of Jay-Z ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
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Brooklyn NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| namedAfter | William L. Marcy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Bedford–Stuyvesant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableResident |
Jay-Z
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Jay-Z’s mother, Gloria Carter NERFINISHED ⓘ Memphis Bleek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfApartments | 1700+ ⓘ |
| numberOfBuildings | 27 ⓘ |
| numberOfStoriesPerBuilding | 6 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1949 ⓘ |
| operator | New York City Housing Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | New York City Housing Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | New York City Housing Authority system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicTransit |
Flushing Avenue station (IND Crosstown Line)
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Myrtle Avenue station (BMT Jamaica Line) NERFINISHED ⓘ Myrtle–Willoughby Avenues station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
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