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INGERSOLL, RAYMOND V. HOUSES Street Boundaries Myrtle Avenue/Tillary and Park Avenue Prince Street/Saint Edward Street Subway Lines A, C, F to Jay Street and Borough Hall M, N, Q<>, R to Dekalb Avenue – walk to Flatbush Avenue – north to Prince Street – make a right on Myrtle Avenue Bus Lines B54 to Myrtle Avenue and Ashland Place B61 to Ashland Place and Park Avenue NAMED AFTER: RAYMOND V. INGERSOLL (1875 – 1940) – He had served as Parks Commissioner and Brooklyn Borough President and was a staunch advocate for Public Housing. He also championed broader public use of parks, playgrounds and beaches. He was instrumental in the consolidation of the subway systems, creation of health centers, a central library building, the Brooklyn College campus, Brooklyn Civic Center site, and better roads and parkways linking Brooklyn to the other boroughs. He was a member of the State Commission which revised tenement and housing laws in 1928-29. Ingersoll strongly advocated non-partisan municipal government. He once wrote: "The Dreamer Dies, But Never Dies The Dream." Ingersoll Houses is in Brooklyn. SITE STATISTICS AND DESCRIPTION: Raymond V. Ingersoll Houses in Brooklyn has 20 buildings, 6 and 11-stories tall on 22.9-acres with 1,802 apartments housing some 4,532 residents. Completed February 24, 1944, it is bordered by Park and Myrtle Avenues, Saint Edward's and Prince Streets. |  |
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