I got a lot of problems with Pink Houses. Uncle Murda: “I’m from Pink Houses, but I fuck with Cypress niggas. After fingering one of her attackers to police, Foxy later decided to “stop snitching” and instead denied the whole thing ever happened. Foxy was dragged out of her car and relieved of her purse containing $500 cash, her hair weave and her hearing aid. Ironically, he then instructed three of his “employees” to jump her. ![]() SMART DUMB CATS: Foxy Brown was allegedly robbed outside of Pink Hoses when she dumped her boyfriend after discovering he was a “small-time pimp”. Legend has it that Pink Houses residents used to split sides before fights based on what floor they lived on (8th floor vs. A generation later the project would spawn the notorious ‘Pink Houses Crew’, a twenty-deep team of thieves accused of stealing $2.5 million worth of jewelry during a dozen robberies that took place between 20. In the mid-80’s Pink Houses was the home of the infamous street gang the A-Team. Established September 30, 1959, its current population is numbered at 3,810 residents. Louis Heaton Pink Houses has twenty-two, 8-story buildings with 1,500 apartments. ![]() Here’s a piece I put together (with additional help from the homey Dallas Penn) for Hip-Hop Connection magazine last year for their ‘Violence Issue’ (hence the focus on head cracks)…ĪCTUAL FACTS: Louis Heaton Pink was a wealthy businessman who became chairman of the New York State Housing Board, and was dedicated to the notion that private and public housing efforts would eventually eradicate slums. You’ve heard the names of these housing projects shouted out in songs over the years, but unless you’re a well-traveled NYC resident, it’s likely you don’t know a whole lot about some of these landmarks. ![]() The PJ’s have always been an essential part of New York hip-hop, for better or worse.
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