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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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