Bayview Houses

The Bayview Houses is a housing project of the New York City Housing Authority in the Canarsie neighborhood of Brooklyn. It has twenty-three, 8-story buildings with 1,609 apartments. Work started in November 1954.[1] Completed June 7, 1956, the 34.02-acres complex is bordered by Seaview Avenue, East 102nd Street, and Rockaway Parkway.[2]

Notable people

Howard D. Schultz was the founder and CEO of Starbucks Coffee Company. He moved with his family to the Bayview Housing projects[3] when he was 3 years old.

Steven Keats is an actor who appeared in such films as Death Wish, Black Sunday and the Chuck Norris thriller Silent Rage. He was raised in Canarsie’s Bayview Houses.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Housing Authority To OK Low Bid for Canarsie Project" (PDF). Brooklyn Daily Eagle. February 10, 1954. p. 6. Retrieved January 28, 2018 – via Fultonhistory.com.
  2. ↑ "By way of Canarsie". The Weekly Nabe. May 5, 2012. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
  3. ↑ "Which NYC Housing Projects Have Produced the Most Famous People?Bayview Houses". Complex. Retrieved 2016-10-27.

Coordinates: 40°38′00.86″N 73°53′09.89″W / 40.6335722°N 73.8860806°W / 40.6335722; -73.8860806

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