The Bay View Houses is a
housing project
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of the
New York City Housing Authority
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in the
Canarsie
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neighborhood of
Brooklyn
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. It has twenty-three, 8-story buildings with 1,609 apartments.
The 34.02-acre complex is bordered by Seaview Avenue, East 102nd Street,
Shore
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and
Rockaway Parkways.
Development
Construction on the Bay View Houses began in November 1954
and was completed on June 7, 1956.
It was designed for middle-income families to keep these residents from moving to the suburbs. The Bayview Houses was mostly inhabited by low- to middle-income
working class
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New Yorkers.
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
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from the buildings. Located in the center of the development is the Bay View Houses Farm, managed by
East New York Farms.
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In Progress To Be Converted Into RAD PACT Section 8 Management
The development is currently in the process of becoming converted into
RAD PACT Section 8 Management where there will be a
public-private partnership between
NYCHA
The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is a public development corporation which provides public housing in New York City, and is the largest public housing authority in North America. Created in 1934 as the first agency of its kind in th ...
and private companies to manage the development in order to bring in the capital funding needed to revitalize and upgrade the development into better conditions.
Notable residents
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John Brockington (born 1948), former
NFL
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player
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Steven Keats
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(1945–1994), actor
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John Salley
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(born 1964), former
NBA
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player and the first player to win an NBA championship on three different teams
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Howard Schultz
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(born 1953), former CEO of
Starbucks
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See also
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New York City Housing Authority
The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is a public development corporation which provides public housing in New York City, and is the largest public housing authority in North America. Created in 1934 as the first agency of its kind in the ...
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List of New York City Housing Authority properties
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References
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External links
Fact sheet
Residential buildings in Brooklyn
Canarsie, Brooklyn
Public housing in Brooklyn