CROWN HEIGHTS NORTH HISTORIC DISTRICT Designation Report New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission April 24, 2007 Cover Photograph: 855 and 857 St. Mark’s Avenue (Montrose Morris, c.1892). Carl Forster, 2007 Crown Heights North Historic District Designation Report Essays researched and written by Michael D. Caratzas and Cynthia Danza Architects’ Appendix by Donald G. Presa Building Profiles by Michael D. Caratzas, Cynthia Danza and Donald G. Presa Research Assistance by Valeria Giontella Edited by Mary Beth Betts, Director of Research Photographs by Carl Forster Map by Kerri Kirvin Commissioners Robert B. Tierney, Chairman Pablo E. Vengoechea, Vice-Chairman Stephen Byrns Richard M. Olcott Diane Chapin Margery Perlmutter Joan Gerner Jan Hird Pokorny Roberta B. Gratz Elizabeth Ryan Christopher Moore Ronda Wist, Executive Director Mark Silberman, Counsel Sarah Carroll, Director of Preservation TABLE OF CONTENTS Crown Heights North Historic District Map........................................................................1 Testimony .........................................................................................................................2 Boundary Description ..........................................................................................................2 Summary..............................................................................................................................4 Historical and Architectural Development of the Crown Heights North Historic District..7 Architects’ Appendix.........................................................................................................38 Findings and Designation ..................................................................................................61 BUILDING PROFILES 1327 to 1351 Bedford Avenue (aka 1327 to 1351 Grant Square) .....................................65 1353 to 1363 Bedford Avenue (see 19-29 Rogers Avenue)..............................................66 1161 to 1235 Bergen Street................................................................................................67 1188 to 1236 Bergen Street................................................................................................75 1237 to 1297 Bergen Street................................................................................................76 1238 to 1308 Bergen Street................................................................................................88 71 to 95 Brooklyn Avenue...............................................................................................100 96 Brooklyn Avenue (aka 1331 to 1343 Dean Street).....................................................102 97 to 117 Brooklyn Avenue.............................................................................................104 98 to 120 Brooklyn Avenue.............................................................................................106 119 to 143 Brooklyn Avenue...........................................................................................112 122 to146 Brooklyn Avenue............................................................................................115 148 to 172 Brooklyn Avenue...........................................................................................119 1122 to 1192 Dean Street.................................................................................................121 1123 to 1195 Dean Street.................................................................................................131 1197 to 1265 Dean Street.................................................................................................142 1198 to 1268 Dean Street.................................................................................................156 1270 to 1344 Dean Street.................................................................................................165 1285 to 1343 Dean Street ................................................................................................176 1345 to 1417 Dean Street.................................................................................................183 1346 to 1402 Dean Street.................................................................................................199 19 to 29 Grant Square (see 19 to 29 Rogers Avenue)......................................................207 1327 to 1351 Grant Square (see 1327 to 1351 Bedford Avenue)....................................207 120 to 144 Kingston Avenue ...........................................................................................207 70-74 New York Avenue (aka 1361 Pacific Street) ........................................................210 76 to 98 New York Avenue .............................................................................................210 100 New York Avenue (aka 1256 to 1268 Dean Street) .................................................211 101 to 121 New York Avenue (aka 1270-1276 Dean Street and 1161 Bergen Street) ...211 585-591 Nostrand Avenue (aka 1197 Dean Street) .........................................................215 599 to 607 Nostrand Avenue ...........................................................................................215 622 to 628 Nostrand Avenue ...........................................................................................215 630-638A Nostrand Avenue (aka 1192 Dean Street) ......................................................216 1182 to 1200 Pacific Street..............................................................................................216 1284 to 1316 Pacific Street..............................................................................................217 1325 to 1361 Pacific Street..............................................................................................222 1392 to 1452 Pacific Street..............................................................................................229 1435 to 1477 Pacific Street..............................................................................................240 907 to 961 Prospect Place................................................................................................250 19 to 29 Rogers Avenue (aka 19 to 29 Grant Square) .....................................................253 787 to 833 St. Mark’s Avenue .........................................................................................254 828 to 850 St. Mark’s Avenue .........................................................................................259 839 to 905 St. Mark’s Avenue .........................................................................................263 Photographs........................................................................................... Following Page 280 Landmarks Preservation Commission April 24, 2007, Designation List 391 LP-2204 Testimony at the Public Hearing On September 19, 2006, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing on the proposed designation of the Crown Heights North Historic District (Item No. 1). The hearing was duly advertised in accordance with the provisions of the law. Twenty-eight people spoke in favor of the designation, including Councilperson Letitia James, Councilperson Al Vann, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, a representative of the Crown Heights Neighborhood Association, Brooklyn Community Boards 3 and 8, the Metropolitan Chapter of the Victorian Society in America, the Society for the Architecture of the City, the Historic Districts Council, the New York Landmarks Conservancy, and the Municipal Arts Society. Four people spoke in opposition to the proposed designation. The Commission also received several letters and e-mails in support of designation. Boundary Description The Crown Heights North Historic District consists of the properties bounded by a line beginning at the southeast corner of Bedford Avenue (aka Grant Square) and Pacific Street, extending southerly along the eastern curbline of Bedford Avenue (Grant Square), continuing southerly across Dean Street to the point formed by its intersection with a line extending westerly from the southern property line of 19-29 Grant Square (aka 19-29 Rogers Avenue, 1353-1363 Bedford Avenue, and 1122 Dean Street), eastward along the southern property lines of 19-29 Grant Square and 1136 to 1144 Dean Street, northerly along the eastern property line of 1144 Dean Street, easterly along the southern property lines of 1146 to 1182 Dean Street, northerly along the eastern property line of 1182 Dean Street, easterly along the southern property lines of 1184 to 1192 Dean Street (aka 630-638 Nostrand Avenue) to the eastern curbline of Nostrand Avenue, southerly along said curbline to the point formed by its intersection with a line extending westerly from the southern property line of 593-607 Nostrand Avenue (aka 1198-1206 Dean Street), easterly along the southern property line of 593-607 Nostrand Avenue, northerly along the eastern property line of 593-607 Nostrand Avenue, easterly along the southern property lines of 1208 to 1228 Dean Street, northerly along the eastern property line of 1228 Dean Street, easterly along the southern property line of 1230 Dean Street, southerly along the western property line of 1232 Dean Street, easterly long the southern property lines of 1232 to 1238 Dean Street, northerly along the eastern property line of 1238 Dean Street, easterly along the southern property lines of 1240 to 1268