Cypress Hills Houses
The Cypress Hills Houses is a NYCHA Housing Project with 11 buildings that are 7-stories tall. It is located between Sutter Avenue to Linden Boulevard and also between Fountain to Euclid Avenues in the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn. Designed by the architectural firm of Carson & Lundin, the complex was completed in May 1955.
History
The Cypress Hills Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library opened at the complex in September 1955 and was the first branch of the public library system to open in a housing project; it was replaced in 1995 by a new building located on the north side of Sutter Avenue.In May 1967, two experimental playgrounds designed by architect Charles Forberg opened at the complex. The larger of the two circular playgrounds was in diameter and contained a pattern of concrete slabs. The $70,000 project was sponsored by NYCHA, the Museum of Modern Art and the Park Association of New York City.