Marlboro Houses

The Marlboro Houses are a NYCHA housing complex that consists of 28 buildings, the first three buildings are 16 stories tall while the rest are 7 stories tall. The complex is located between Avenue V/86th Street to Avenue W/X in the Gravesend neighborhood in Brooklyn.

History

These buildings were completed in February 1958. The complex was designed by the architectural firm of Harrison & Abramovitz.

21st Century

In February 2021, NYCHA requested a Technical Assistance Panel from the Urban Land Institute to examine this complex, to be more resilient because of Hurricane Sandy in 2012 and its semi-coastal location, flooding risk, storm surges, and even heat exposures.
In mid-2024, New York City Mayor Adams and senior officials broke ground for a Marlboro Agricultural Education Center within this housing complex itself that has an area of, on top of that will be a greenhouse with healthy fruits and vegetables for $18.2M.