Template:Did you know nominations/Starrett City, Brooklyn

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 23:17, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

Starrett City, Brooklyn

  • ... that after the creation of a private police force in the 1970s, Starrett City went from being one of New York City's most dangerous neighborhoods to one of its safest? Source: NY Magazine; NY Times 1979
    • ALT1:... that to circumvent a racial quota struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, apartments at Starrett City were left vacant instead of being rented to black and Hispanic families? Source: NY Times 1990
    • ALT2:... that Starrett City is said to be the largest federally assisted rental property in the United States? Source: NY Times 2017

Improved to Good Article status by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 21:24, 13 September 2019 (UTC).

  • New enough Good Article. All the hooks are cited and in the article (AGF on the Times archive material). All the hooks are good, though I think ALT0 and ALT1 are probably the most likely to be promoted. QPQ present. Raymie (tc) 18:19, 17 September 2019 (UTC)