Crown Heights North Historic District Explained

Crown Heights North Historic District
Nrhp Type:HD
Nocat:yes
Location:Albany, Brooklyn & St. Mark's Aves., Dean & Pacific Sts., Hampton, Lincoln, Park, Prospect, Revere & St. John's Pls.,, Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates:40.6767°N -73.9453°W
Built:c. -1942
Architecture:Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival, Renaissance Revival, Beaux-Arts, Colonial Revival
Added:March 31, 2014
Increase:March 11, 2016
Refnum:14000092[1]
Increase Refnum:16000111[2]
Designated Other2 Name:New York City Landmark
Designated Other2 Date:April 24, 2007 (Crown Heights North I)
June 28, 2011 (Crown Heights North II)
March 24, 2015 (Crown Heights North III)
Designated Other2 Abbr:NYCL
Designated Other2 Link:New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
Designated Other2 Number:2204, 2361, 2489
Designated Other2 Color:
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Crown Heights North Historic District is a national historic district located in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. The district encompasses 1,019 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Brooklyn. The district features noteworthy examples of Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival, Renaissance Revival, Beaux-Arts, and Colonial Revival style architecture. It largely developed between about 1853 and 1942, and consists of densely constructed rowhouses, townhouses, two-family houses, semi-attached houses, freestanding houses, flats, apartment buildings, and institutional and commercial buildings.

Notable buildings include the former Union League Club Building (c. 1889), Union United Methodist Church (1889–1891), Brooklyn Methodist Episcopal Church Home (1889, 1913), Bedford Central Presbyterian Church (1897, 1906), Hebron French Speaking Seventh Day Adventist Church (1909), St. Gregory the Great Roman Catholic Church (1915–1916), and the former Kings County Savings Bank (1929–1930).[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1] Two years later, its boundaries were expanded to take in 600 more buildings, including some associated with Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American woman elected to Congress.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings. 2011-05-06. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 3/31/14 through 4/05/14. National Park Service.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings. 2011-05-06. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 4/30/16 through 5/06/15 . National Park Service.
  3. Web site: Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS) . https://archive.today/20150701003048/http://cris.parks.ny.gov/ . dead . July 1, 2015 . . Searchable database . 2015-12-01 . Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Crown Heights North Historic District . 2015-12-01 . Gregory Dietrich . PDF . October 2013 .