NYCHA Alumni - Notable Residents: Past & Present
NYCHA Alumni - Notable Residents: Past & Present
Ultra-High Net Worth - NYC Public Housing Notables
Anthony, Marc – Metro North Plaza Houses, East Harlem,
pop singer. Net worth $20.8 million.
Blankfein, Lloyd – Linden Houses, East New York, Brooklyn, CEO Goldman Sacks; $1.1 billion in 2015
Blankfein, Lloyd – Linden Houses, East New York, Brooklyn, CEO Goldman Sacks; $1.1 billion in 2015
Goldberg, Whoopi (Caryn Elaine Johnson) – Elliot-Chelsea
Houses, Manhattan, actress, comic; net worth $45 million
Schultz, Howard – Bayview Houses, Canarsie, Brooklyn,
Starbucks CEO; $2.8 billion (1-5-18)
Streisand, Barbra – East Flatbush, Newkirk Av & Van
Nostrand Av; singer; $370 million net worth
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NYC Public Housing Notables (non-rap)
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem (Lew Alcindor) – Dyckman Houses,
Inwood, Harlem, basketball.
Ackerman, Gary – Walt Whitman Houses, Fort
Greene, Brooklyn, Congressman.
Benton, Ephraim – Tompkins Houses, Brooklyn, actor.
Burns, Ursula M. – Baruch Houses, Lower East Side; Xerox
CEO; first African-American
woman CEO to head a Fortune 500 company.
Camacho, Hector “Macho” – James Weldon Johnson Houses, East
Harlem, boxer.
Diaz, Al – Jacob Riis Houses, Lower East Side
(early Graffiti artist; duo with Basquiat).
Engel,
Eliot L. – Eastchester Gardens, Williamsbridge, Bronx, congressman, NY 16th district.
Ericsson, Dr. Aprille – Eleanor Roosevelt Houses, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn; first woman to
Ericsson, Dr. Aprille – Eleanor Roosevelt Houses, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn; first woman to
earn a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Howard
University, as well as the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in
engineering from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
Espinal, Jayro – Queensbridge Houses, Queens,
musician, illustrator, graffiti artist.
Estrada, Erik – Amsterdam Houses, Upper West Side, actor, TV
CHiPs.
Gardenhire, Jonathan – Smith Houses, Lower East Side; artist
/ photographer.
George, Nelson – (location?); author, filmmaker, critic,
journalist.
Harrell, Andre – Bronxdale Houses, South Bronx, founder Uptown Records; pres/CEO Motown Records.
Jones, Sharon – Samuel J. Tilden Houses, Brooklyn, singer, actress.
Klein, Joel I. – Woodside Houses, Queens, NYC Education
Commissioner; Broad Foundation.
Marbury, Stephon – Surfside Houses, Coney Island,
basketball, an NBA All-Star
in '01 and '03 and was voted into the All-NBA Third Team in '00 and '03.
Meeks,
Gregory W.– (location?), East Harlem, congressman, NY 5th district.
Olu Dara (Charles Jones III) – Queensbridge Houses, Queens, jazz musician.
Paupaw, Brian (Deka) – (location?), Brooklyn, “How to Woods”
Foundation; graphic designer, illustrator.
Pinckne, Ed – James Monroe Houses, Soundview, Bronx,
basketball.
Price, Richard – (location?), northeast
Bronx, “Clockers” and “Lush Life,” novelist; screenplays.
Quinones, Lee – Smith Houses, Lower East Side; the most
influential graffiti artist.
Reid, Daphne Maxwell – Amsterdam Houses, Upper West Side,
(actress).
Shabazz, Jamel – Red Hook Houses, Brooklyn, photographer;
book Back In The Days has
impacted the trajectory of street photography over the past decade.
Snipes, Wesley – James Monroe Houses, Soundview, Bronx, film
actor.
Sotomayor, Sonia – Bronxdale Houses, South Bronx, Supreme
Court Justice.
Stanis, Bern Nadette – Brownsville Housing Development,
Brooklyn; 1970s TV “Good Times”;
actress.
Telfair, Sebastian – Surfside Houses, Coney Island,
basketball (China) (gun charges).
Torres,
Ritchie – Throgg’s Neck Houses, Bronx, city council.
Tyson,
Mike – Metro North Houses, East Harlem, world heavyweight champion boxer.
Vandross, Luther – Smith Houses, Lower East Side, singer, songwriter and record producer. (died 2005)
Wilds, Tristan – Stapleton Houses, Staten Island, actor.
Yanagawa, Shino – Red Hook Houses?, Brooklyn; photographer,
from Japan in 2004, the pair
(with Washington) created “We The People: The Citizens of NYCHA In Photos + Words”.
NYCHA Public Housing Notables - Rap
Bambaataa, Afrika – The Bronx River Projects, South
Bronx; seminal hip-hop icon, disc jockey.
Bey, Yasiin – hip-hop artist, formerly known as Mos Def.
Biz Markie – Ralph Rangel Houses Harlem, rap.
Cormega – Queensbridge Houses Long Island City, Queens, rap.
Craig G – Queensbridge Houses Long Island City, Queens, rap.
Diamond D – Forest Houses Morrisania, Bronx, rap.
Fat Joe – Forest Houses Morrisania, Bronx, rap.
G-Dep – James Weldon Johnson Houses East Harlem, rap.
Ghostface Killah – Stapleton Houses Staten Island, rap.
Jay-Z – Marcy Houses Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, rap.
Jaz-O – Marcy Houses Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, rap.
Kool DJ Red Alert (Frederick Crute) – Ralph Rangel Houses
Harlem, rap.
Lord Finesse – Forest Houses Morrisania, Bronx, rap.
Marley Marl – Queensbridge Houses Long Island City, Queens,
rap.
Mashburn, Jamal – Ralph Rangel Houses Harlem, rap.
MC Shan – Queensbridge Houses Long Island City, Queens, rap.
Memphis Bleek – Marcy Houses Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, rap.
Metta World Peace – Queensbridge Houses Long Island City,
Queens, rap.
Mobb Deep – Queensbridge Houses Long Island City, Queens,
rap.
Nas – Queensbridge Houses Long Island City, Queens, rap.
Nature – Queensbridge Houses Long Island City, Queens, rap.
Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Walt Whitman Houses, Fort Greene,
Brooklyn, rap.
Sauce Money – Marcy Houses Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, rap.
Shante, Roxanne – Queensbridge Houses Long Island City,
Queens, rap.
Showbiz – Forest Houses Morrisania, Bronx, rap.
Tragedy Khadafi – Queensbridge Houses Long Island City,
Queens, rap.
Dana Dane (Dana
McLeese) – Walt Whitman Houses, Fort Greene, Brooklyn, rap.
NYCHA Bibliography on Notables
“Up and Out of New York’s Projects,” NY Times, May 29, 2009.
Pam Fessler, “An Exhibit Offers A Different Angle On Life In
Public Housing,” NPR All Things Considered, Jan. 12, 2015.
Doyle Murphy, “NYCHA residents star in myth-busting
exhibit,” NY Daily News, Sep. 25, 2014.
Julian Kimble, “Which NYC Housing Projects Have Produced the
Most Famous People?” Complex, Sep. 26, 2013.
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