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Crown Heights North Historic District II Designation Report Cover Photographs: 258 to 284 New York Avenue (c. 1899, Frederick L. Hine); St. Gregory the Great, 999 St. John’s Place (1915-16, Frank J. Helmle); 860 and 862 Prospect Place (c. 1896, George P. Chappell); 847 Prospect Place (c. 1886, Albert H. Kipp); 1115 Bergen Street (c. 1876, E.B. Stringer); 247 New York Avenue (c. 1906, William Van Alen); 893-901 Lincoln Place (c. 1906, Axel S. Hedman). Christopher D. Brazee, 2011 Crown Heights North Historic District II Designation Report Essay researched and written by Michael D. Caratzas Architects’ Appendix researched and written by Cynthia Danza Building Profiles by Christopher D. Brazee, Michael D. Caratzas, Cynthia Danza, and Olivia Klose Edited by Mary Beth Betts, Director of Research Photographs by Christopher D. Brazee Map by Jennifer L. Most Additional Research by Matthew Coody Technical Assistance by Lauren Miller Commissioners Robert B. Tierney, Chair Pablo E. Vengoechea, Vice-Chair Frederick Bland Christopher Moore Diana Chapin Margery Perlmutter Michael Devonshire Elizabeth Ryan Joan Gerner Roberta Washington Michael Goldblum Kate Daly, Executive Director Mark Silberman, Counsel Sarah Carroll, Director of Preservation TABLE OF CONTENTS CROWN HEIGHTS NORTH II HISTORIC DISTRICT MAP .......................... FACING PAGE 1 TESTIMONY AT THE PUBLIC HEARING ................................................................................ 1 CROWN HEIGHTS NORTH II HISTORIC DISTRICT BOUNDARIES .................................... 1 SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................... 4 THE HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CROWN HEIGHTS NORTH II HISTORIC DISTRICT ................................................................................................. 6 The Early History of the Area ................................................................................................... 6 Early Development ................................................................................................................... 8 The Blossoming of the Crown Heights North II Historic District .......................................... 12 Freestanding and Single-Family Row Houses ........................................................................ 15 Residents of the Historic District ............................................................................................ 19 Flats Buildings and Two-Family Houses ................................................................................ 20 Post-1920 Development .......................................................................................................... 25 Later History ........................................................................................................................... 29 FINDINGS AND DESIGNATION .............................................................................................. 33 BUILDING PROFILES ................................................................................................................ 36 Bergen Street (Odd Numbers) ................................................................................................ 36 Bergen Street (Even Numbers) ............................................................................................... 46 Brooklyn Avenue (Even Numbers) ........................................................................................ 58 Eastern Parkway (Odd Numbers) ........................................................................................... 79 Lincoln Place (Odd Numbers) ................................................................................................ 96 Lincoln Place (Even Numbers) ............................................................................................. 136 New York Avenue (Odd Numbers) ...................................................................................... 174 New York Avenue (Even Numbers) ..................................................................................... 197 Nostrand Avenue (Odd Numbers) ........................................................................................ 239 Park Place (Odd Numbers) ................................................................................................... 244 Park Place (Even Numbers) .................................................................................................. 276 Prospect Place (Odd Numbers) ............................................................................................. 314 Prospect Place (Even Numbers)............................................................................................ 334 St. John's Place (Odd Numbers) ........................................................................................... 360 St. John's Place (Even Numbers) .......................................................................................... 389 St. Mark's Avenue (Odd Numbers) ....................................................................................... 425 St. Mark's Avenue (Even Numbers) ..................................................................................... 428 Sterling Place (Odd Numbers) .............................................................................................. 436 Sterling Place (Even Numbers) ............................................................................................. 469 ARCHITECTS APPENDIX ....................................................................................................... 509 ILLUSTRATIONS ..................................................................................................................... 533 Crown Heights North II Historic District Atlantic Av Crown Heights North II Historic District Borough of Brookyn, NY Landmarks Preservation Commission Pacific St Calendared: June 23, 2009 Public Hearing: October 27, 2009 Designated: June 28, 2011 Dean St Crown Heights North Boundary of Existing Districts 110 Historic District Boundary of Designated District 1109 1155 1100 135 1180 Bergen St Tax Map Lots, Designated District BedfordAv Manhattan 731 785 744 St Mark's810 Av Brooklyn 801 905 671 802 Prospect940 Pl Prospect Pl 186 831 995 Park Pl 832 998 Existing Historic Districts Rogers Av Rogers Kingston Av Kingston Proposed Historic District ¯ Nostrand Av Nostrand Brooklyn Av Brooklyn New York Av NewYork 723 855 1023 860 Sterling Pl 1014 853 1009 856 St John's Pl 1000 767B 787 951 Lincoln Pl 954 788 276 791 299 300 500 539 619 ¯ Feet Eastern Pkwy Graphic Source: MapPLUTO, Edition 06C, 2006. Date: June 28, 2011. Author: JM. Union St Landmarks Preservation Commission June 28, 2011, Designation List 444 LP-2361 TESTIMONY AT THE PUBLIC HEARING On October 27, 2009, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing on the proposed designation of the Crown Heights North II Historic District (Item No. 2). The hearing had been duly advertised in accordance with the provisions of law. Fifteen people spoke in favor of designation, including Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, Councilmembers Letitia James and Albert Vann, and representatives of Community Board 8, the 1100 Block Bergen Street Association and Garden, Bedford Central Presbyterian Church, Crown Heights North Association, Historic Districts Council, Landmark West, Lincoln Civic Block Association, Municipal Art Society, New York Landmarks Conservancy, and Society for the Architecture of the City. There was no testimony in opposition to the proposed designation. CROWN HEIGHTS NORTH II HISTORIC DISTRICT BOUNDARIES The Crown Heights North II Historic District consists of the properties bounded by a line beginning at the northwest corner of Block 1213 Lot 72 (1109 Bergen Street), extending southerly across Bergen Street to its southern curbline, westerly along the southern curbline of Bergen Street to a point formed by its intersection with a line extending northerly from the western property line of 1100 Bergen Street, southerly along said property line, easterly along the southern property lines of 1100 to 1108 Bergen Street, southerly along a portion of the western property line of 1110 Bergen Street (aka 715 St. Mark‘s Avenue, Block 1220, Lot 19) to a point formed by its intersection with a line extending westerly from the southwest corner of the northern building on Lot 19, easterly along said line, the southern building line of the northern building on Lot 19, and a line extending easterly to the western property line of 1120 Bergen Street, southerly along a portion of the western property line of 1120 Bergen Street, easterly along the southern property line of 1120 Bergen Street, southerly along a portion of the western property line of 1130 Bergen Street and the western property line of 731 St. Mark‘s Avenue (aka 731-751 St. Mark‘s Avenue and 150 New York Avenue) and across St. Mark‘s Avenue to the southern curbline of St. Mark‘s Avenue, westerly along the southern curbline of St. Mark‘s Avenue to a point formed by its intersection with a line extending northerly from the western property line of 744 St. Mark‘s Avenue (aka 744-748 St. Mark‘s Avenue), southerly along the western property line of 744 St. Mark‘s Avenue (aka 744-748 St. Mark‘s Avenue), westerly along the northern property lines of 837 to 833 Prospect Place, northerly along the eastern property line of 827 Prospect Place, westerly along the northern property lines of 827 and 825 Prospect Place, northerly along eastern property line
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