Lenox Street Projects
{{short description|Housing project in Boston, Massachusetts, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox housing project
|building name = Lenox Street Housing Projects
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|location = 136 Lenox Street, Boston, MA 02118.
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
|coordinates = {{coord|42.3363|-71.0816|display=inline,title}}
|status =
|constructed = 1939–40
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|governing body = Boston Housing Authority
|famous residents =
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Lenox Street Projects is a low-income housing project in the Lower Roxbury section of Boston, Massachusetts. The 376-unit three-story brick buildings were built in 1939 and was the first housing project in Boston that African American families were able to move into.{{cite web|url=http://www.bostonhousing.org/en/HousingDevelopmentDetail.aspx?hid=126 |title=Boston Housing Authority - Boston Housing Authority |website=Bostonhousing.org |date= |accessdate=2017-01-29}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gejkYgdkDTMC&q=lenox+street+housing+project+boston&pg=PA422 |title=From the Puritans to the Projects |author=Lawrence J. VALE |page=422 |date=2009-06-30 |isbn=9780674044579 |accessdate=2017-01-29}} In recent years, it has become infamous for violence and gang activity.{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/03/24/fixing-lenox-street-will-take-more-than-drug-raid-but-change-coming/5FAG6bMnMiEHrrxLM7kqzL/story.html |title=Fixing Lenox Street will take more than a drug raid, but change is coming |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=2016-03-25 |accessdate=2017-01-29}}