Marble Hill Houses
The Marble Hill Houses is NYCHA housing project that has 11 buildings with 14 and 15 stories. The first 9 buildings are located between West 225th to 230th Streets and also between Broadway and Exterior Street. Building X and XI are located between West 228th and 230th Streets and also between Marble Hill Avenue and Broadway. This housing project is in the Marble Hill neighborhood of Manhattan, and straddles the border between Manhattan and the Bronx.
History
The first tenants began moving into the housing project in August 1951. Construction of the complex was completed in March 1952.In 1955, a tablet marking the former location of the King's Bridge across Spuyten Duyvil Creek was placed on Building XI of the complex by the Kingsbridge Historical Society.