Marcy Houses

Marcy Houses
NYCHA property
Nickname: 
Marcy
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Location within New York City
Coordinates: 40°41′49″N 73°57′04″W / 40.697°N 73.951°W / 40.697; -73.951
Country United States
State New York
CityNew York City
BoroughBrooklyn
ZIP codes
11206
Area code(s)718, 347, 929, and 917

The Marcy Houses, or The Marcy Projects, is a public housing complex built and operated by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) and located in Bedford–Stuyvesant and is bordered by Flushing, Marcy, Nostrand and Myrtle avenues.[1][2][3] The complex was named after William L. Marcy (1786–1857), a lawyer, soldier, and statesman.[4] Consisting of 27 six-story buildings on 28.49 acres (0.1153 km2; 0.04452 sq mi), it contains 1,705 apartments housing about 4,286 residents (average of 2.5 people to an apartment).[1]

  1. ^ a b "NYCHA Housing Developments - Marcy Houses". nyc.gov. City of New York. Archived from the original on January 11, 2009. Retrieved January 1, 2009.
  2. ^ "Happy 60th Marcy and Jacob Riis House". Archived from the original on May 2, 2010. Retrieved October 24, 2009.
  3. ^ "Marcy Houses Populated Place Profile". Retrieved October 25, 2009.
  4. ^ "Marcy Playground: New York City Department of Parks & Recreation". nyc.gov. New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. Retrieved January 2, 2009.