Marcy Houses
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| Location | Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York |
| Status | 1,705 apartments |
| Constructed | 1949 |
Marcy Houses, or Marcy Projects, is a public housing complex built and operated by the New York City Housing Authority and located in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, at 40°41′49″N 73°57′04″W / 40.697°N 73.951°WCoordinates: 40°41′49″N 73°57′04″W / 40.697°N 73.951°W. The complex was named after William L. Marcy (1786-1857), a lawyer, soldier, and statesman. 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). Marcy was completed on January 19, 1949, and is bordered by Flushing, Marcy, Nostrand and Myrtle Avenues.
Homes and businesses (including two banks) were cleared for the construction of Marcy Houses, as well as sections of Hopkins, Ellery, Floyd (now Martin Luther King Jr. Place), and Stockton streets that went through where the complex now sits. Marcy has taken steps to become more environmentally friendly; in 2006, it replaced all conventional water heaters with energy-saving, instantaneous hot water heaters. On January 19, 2009, Marcy Houses turned 60 years old. Mayor Michael Bloomberg proclaimed this day as Marcy Houses Day.
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