Starrett City Spring Creek Towers | |
|---|---|
 Starrett City, seen across Fresh Creek Basin | |
 Location in New York City | |
| Coordinates: 40°38′53″N 73°52′55″W / 40.648°N 73.882°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New York |
| City |  New York City |
| Borough |  Brooklyn |
| Community District | Brooklyn 5[1] |
| Opened | 1974 |
| Founded by | United Housing Foundation, Starrett City Associates |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 11239 |
| Area code(s) | 718, 347, 929, and 917[2] |
Starrett City (formally known as the Spring Creek Towers) is a housing development in the Spring Creek section of East New York, in Brooklyn, New York City. It is located on a peninsula on the north shore of Jamaica Bay, bounded by Fresh Creek to the west and Hendrix Creek to the east. Starrett City contains both residential and commercial buildings. The residential portion of the property contains eight "sections" in a towers in the park layout. The complex also contains a community and recreation center, as well as two schools.
Plans for developing the site of Starrett City date to 1962, when an investment group bought the property with the intention of developing a residential complex called Park Shore Village. The group ultimately withdrew from the project, and another cooperative housing project named Twin Pines Village was proposed by the United Housing Foundation in 1967. Control of the complex was handed to Starrett City Associates in 1971, and Starrett City opened in 1974. The complex assumed the name of Spring Creek Towers in 2002, though it is still popularly known as Starrett City.
Starrett City is part of Brooklyn Community District 5, and its primary ZIP Code is 11239.[1] It is patrolled by the 75th Precinct of the New York City Police Department.[3] Politically it is represented by the New York City Council's 42nd District.[4]
- ^ a b "NYC Planning | Community Profiles". communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. New York City Department of City Planning. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
- ^ * "Location map, time zone, and phone lookup: 718". Area Code. Archived from the original on January 8, 2019. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
- "Location map, time zone, and phone lookup: 917". Area Code. Archived from the original on January 8, 2019. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
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