Marven Gardens

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Marven Gardens is a housing area in Margate City, New Jersey, in the United States. Located 2 miles south of Atlantic City, it is famous as a Yellow property on the original Atlantic City version of the Monopoly game board, although the game misspelled the name as Marvin Gardens. It is the only such property on the game board that is not located within Atlantic City. The name Marven Gardens is said to be derived from MARgate City and VENtnor City, because it lies on the border of Margate City and Ventnor City. Marven Gardens is bounded by Ventnor Avenue, Winchester Avenue, Fredericksburg Avenue and Brunswick Avenue. The streets within it are Circle Drive, East Drive and West Drive. Most of the homes were built in the 1920s and 1930s.

For many years, houses in the neighborhood had fallen into disrepair. During the housing boom of the 2000s, though, many houses changed ownership and have been return to their former beauty.