Bay View Houses
The Bay View 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.[3] The 34.02-acre complex is bordered by Seaview Avenue, East 102nd Street, and Rockaway Parkway.[4]
Bay View Houses | |
|---|---|
Location in New York City | |
| Coordinates: 40.634610°N 73.887920°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| City | New York City |
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Area | |
| • Total | .053 sq mi (0.14 km2) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 3,578 [2] |
| ZIP codes | 11236 |
| Area code(s) | 718, 347, 929, and 917 |
| Website | my |
Development
Construction on the Bay View Houses began in November 1954[3] and was completed on June 7, 1956.[4] It was designed for middle-income families to keep these residents from moving to the suburbs.[5] The Bayview Houses was mostly inhabited by low- to middle-income working class New Yorkers.[6]
The development was designed in the superblock style which bounds the property with local roads and without roads crossing. The buildings take up roughly 14% of the site to ensure green space, typical of the time. This design ignores the surrounding environment, particularly the view of Jamaica Bay from the buildings.[7][8] Located in the center of the development is the Bay View Houses Farm, managed by East New York Farms.[9]
Notable residents
- John Brockington (born 1948), former NFL player[10]
- Steven Keats (1945–1994), actor
- John Salley (born 1964), former NBA player and the first player to win an NBA championship on three different teams[10][11]
- Howard Schultz (born 1953), former CEO of Starbucks[12][11]
References
- "Bay ViewHouses Area". Retrieved November 7, 2019.
- "Bay View Houses Population".
- "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.
- "By way of Canarsie". The Weekly Nabe. May 5, 2012. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
- "Mayor to Inspect New Housing Project In Brooklyn for Middle Income Tenants". NY Times. September 4, 1955. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
- Fisher, Marc. "Howard Schultz says he grew up in a poor, rough place. Those who lived there called it the 'country club of projects.'". Washington Post. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
- Bellamy, A. A. (1958). "Housing in Large Cities in the U.S.A.: A Short Review with a Note on Some Implications for High Density Redevelopment in Britain". The Town Planning Review. 29 (3): 179–197. doi:10.3828/tpr.29.3.g77rp727n7123gq3. ISSN 0041-0020. JSTOR 40101541.
- "WAGNER INSPECTS BAY VIEW HOUSES; He Is Impressed by First Unit of Brooklyn Non-Subsidy, Middle-Income Project". NY Times. September 8, 1955. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
- "Farms at NYCHA - Green City Force". Retrieved October 2, 2019.
- Sherman, Joel (October 25, 2008). "RAYS' OWNER HAS BROOKLYN IN BLOOD". New York Post. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
- "Which NYC Housing Projects Have Produced the Most Famous People?Bayview Houses". Complex. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
- "Howard Schultz says he grew up in a poor, rough place. Those who lived there called it the 'country club of projects.'". Washington Post. March 13, 2019.