Driving through the Bedford Stuyvestant neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY at night.
Marcy, or Marcy Projects, is a public housing complex built and operated by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) and located in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn and is bordered by Flushing, Marcy, Nostrand and Myrtle avenues.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, it contains 1,705 apartments housing about 4,286 residents (average of 2.5 people to an apartment).
Notable residents
Jaz-O (born 1964), rapper
Tracy Morgan (born 1968), comedian
Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter (born 1969), rapper and entrepreneur
Mos Def (born 1973), rapper and activist
Memphis Bleek (born 1978), rapper
Papoose (born 1978), rapper
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