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.

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Marcy Houses, Brooklyn, New York City canonical 2

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

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Memphis Bleek grewUpIn Marcy Houses, Brooklyn, New York City
Marcy Me associatedPlace Marcy Houses, Brooklyn, New York City