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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marcy Houses, Brooklyn, New York City canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5936984 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Marcy Houses, Brooklyn, New York City Context triple: [Memphis Bleek, grewUpIn, Marcy Houses, Brooklyn, New York City]
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J. B. Duke House, New York City
The J. B. Duke House in New York City is a grand early-20th-century Fifth Avenue mansion, designed in a French Beaux-Arts style and renowned as one of architect Horace Trumbauer’s most opulent residential commissions.
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B.
Brooklyn Historical Society building
The Brooklyn Historical Society building is a landmark Romanesque Revival structure in Brooklyn that houses archives, exhibitions, and programs focused on the history and culture of Brooklyn.
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C.
Blackwell House on Roosevelt Island
Blackwell House on Roosevelt Island is a historic 18th-century farmhouse in New York City, recognized as one of the island’s oldest surviving structures and a notable landmark.
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D.
30 Park Place
30 Park Place is a luxury skyscraper in Lower Manhattan that combines hotel and condominium residences in a classically inspired design by architect Robert A.M. Stern.
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E.
Beach Haven apartments in Brooklyn
Beach Haven apartments in Brooklyn is a large postwar residential complex developed by real estate magnate Fred Trump, known as part of his mid-20th-century New York housing portfolio.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marcy Houses, Brooklyn, New York City Target entity description: 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.
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A.
J. B. Duke House, New York City
The J. B. Duke House in New York City is a grand early-20th-century Fifth Avenue mansion, designed in a French Beaux-Arts style and renowned as one of architect Horace Trumbauer’s most opulent residential commissions.
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B.
Brooklyn Historical Society building
The Brooklyn Historical Society building is a landmark Romanesque Revival structure in Brooklyn that houses archives, exhibitions, and programs focused on the history and culture of Brooklyn.
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C.
Blackwell House on Roosevelt Island
Blackwell House on Roosevelt Island is a historic 18th-century farmhouse in New York City, recognized as one of the island’s oldest surviving structures and a notable landmark.
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D.
30 Park Place
30 Park Place is a luxury skyscraper in Lower Manhattan that combines hotel and condominium residences in a classically inspired design by architect Robert A.M. Stern.
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E.
Beach Haven apartments in Brooklyn
Beach Haven apartments in Brooklyn is a large postwar residential complex developed by real estate magnate Fred Trump, known as part of his mid-20th-century New York housing portfolio.
- F. None of above. chosen
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
NERFINISHED
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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
NERFINISHED
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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
NERFINISHED
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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
NERFINISHED
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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)
NERFINISHED
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Myrtle Avenue station (BMT Jamaica Line) NERFINISHED ⓘ Myrtle–Willoughby Avenues station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Marcy Houses, Brooklyn, New York City Description of subject: 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.
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