Tag: landmarks

Brewing change: Historic William Ulmer Brewery in Bushwick to become mixed-use residential and retail space

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Dec. 11, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith The historic William Ulmer Brewery in Bushwick is set to trade hops for housing. The landmarked 19th-century Rundbogenstil Romanesque revival building at 73-81 Beaver Street and 35-47 Belvidere Street will be converted from an industrial complex into a mixed commercial and residential one with 34 rental apartments as…

Three Brooklyn churches blessed with preservation grants totaling $90k

(L to R) Flatbush -Tompkins Congregational Church, Ditmas Park; St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church, Sunset Park; Holy Family-St. Thomas Aquinas, Park Slope

Oct. 23, 2024 By Adam Daly Preservationists have answered the prayers of three Brooklyn churches, blessing them with a combined $90,000 in grants to carry out necessary repairs at the aging houses of worship. St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church in Sunset Park, Flatbush-Tompkins Congregational Church in Ditmas Park and Holy Family-St.Thomas Aquinas in Park…

Historic Bed-Stuy brownstones’ fate debated at heated public hearing on Willoughby-Hart landmarking proposal

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Jun. 14, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith More than 30 years after the city’s landmarking body first considered preserving a historic section of Willoughby Avenue and Hart Street in Bed-Stuy, residents — some whose brownstones have been in their family for five generations — were able to share at a public hearing why they are calling…
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Landmarks rejects townhouse proposal pitched for Brooklyn Heights’ historic Grace Court

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Feb. 2, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith A Greek Revival-style townhouse pitched to rise on a garden lot on Brooklyn Heights’ historic Grace Court was roundly rejected by the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday for being out of character, out of proportion, and “the visual equivalent of a defensive crouch,” according to one commissioner. At issue was also whether the lot, one of 10 street-facing backyards attached to Remsen Street houses that have provided greenery and open space along Grace Court for more than 170 years, should be developed at all or preserved. The backyard lot in question at 39…
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In 2023, Linden Street became a first for Bushwick

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Jan. 1, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith

With 2023 on the way out, we take our annual look back at the Brooklyn buildings and neighborhoods considered significant enough to merit designation by the Landmarks Preservation Commission during the year.