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Marcus Garvey Village, also known as Marcus Garvey Apartments, is a 625-unit affordable housing development located in the Brownsville neighborhood of
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. The complex was developed by the
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and designed by British
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(then at the
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) in 1973 and completed in 1976. In 2016,
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of GDSNY completed a substantial renovation of the buildings and site. It consists of multiple four-story
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-like structures spread across nine city blocks with stoops, private backyards, and semi-public courtyards. The Village was one of the first low-rise, high-density public housing projects and was included in a 1973
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exhibition titled ''Another Chance for Housing: Lowrise Alternatives'' as it began construction. The complex was named after Jamaican politician and activist
Marcus Garvey Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. (17 August 188710 June 1940) was a Jamaican political activist. He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL) (commonly known a ...
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* {{coord, 40.66321, -73.90985, type:landmark_globe:earth_region:US-NY, display=title Residential buildings in Brooklyn Residential buildings completed in 1976