Draft:Marlboro Houses

The Marlboro Houses is a public housing project for people with low incomes in Gravesend, Brooklyn. West 11th Street cuts through the middle of the projects, separating the area. There are 30 buildings in total, but only 28 of the buildings are residential. 25 of these residential buildings are 7-story buildings, but 3 of the buildings are 16-story buildings. The other 2 buildings are equivalent to a one-story house. These buildings contain about 1,250 apartments but the exact number is unknown. The projects contain 6 playgrounds. The area of the projects stretches from Stillwell Avenue to 86th Street.

Development
The Marlboro Houses were designed in the 1950s, about 70 years ago. Due to the buildings being so old, conditions are deteriorating throughout the buildings.

Residents
Though the amount of residents of the projects are unknown, data shows that most people living in the Marlboro Houses is either Hispanic or African American. Many residents have low-income jobs or receive money from the government, though very little people have average income jobs.

Conditions
The conditions of Marlboro Houses are very unsafe according to incidents that has happened in the past few years. Many apartments are in poor conditions. For example, most apartments have roach infestations and/or deteriorating when it comes to the quality of the apartments. Gun violence is also a large unsafe condition in these projects. About 11 shootings has happened in these projects, killing 4 people and injuring 8 in total since 2014. Multiple fires have also occurred in the buildings, but the amount of fires is unknown.

Incidents
On August 21, 2016, one person was killed in a shooting on the northwest corner of the Marlboro Houses.

On May 29, 2019, one person was injured in a shooting.

On January 4, 2020, a fire killed one person.

On December 1, 2021, one person was killed in a shooting.

On March 23, 2022, two people were injured in a shooting.

On June 15, 2023, two residents and three firefighters were injured in a fire.