Aug. 2, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith A controversial development on the site of a 19th century home for the aged in the Crown Heights North II Historic District appears to be wrapping up construction, and a housing lottery for pricey but income-restricted apartments has opened. Approved by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, the building at 959…
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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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Jun. 14, 2024 By Susan De Vries
In time for Juneteenth celebrations, the Landmarks Preservation Commission launched a new interactive audio tour exploring Brooklyn’s significant role in the abolitionist movement and the Underground Railroad.
Jun. 6, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith
The Brooklyn Edison building in Downtown Brooklyn got a step closer to its possible designation as an individual landmark on Tuesday, when it was the subject of a public hearing at the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission meeting.
May. 27, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith
After first contemplating a stretch of Willoughby Avenue and Hart Street in Bed-Stuy for protection in 1992, the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission has officially added it to the calendar for consideration as a new historic district, triggering an upcoming public hearing.
May. 21, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith
The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously approved a sleek six-story apartment building, which nods to the neighboring historic architecture, for a long-vacant site on Park Slope’s Seventh Avenue at a meeting on Tuesday.
Feb. 22, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith
Construction of a new “almost invisible” multi-family row house planned for a vacant lot on Bed Stuy’s Macon Street was unanimously approved by the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission last week, with commissioners agreeing the plans are well-suited to the historic block.
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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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.
Sep. 19, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith More than a year after the shocking demolition of the historic Jacob Dangler mansion at 441 Willoughby Avenue by a local developer with plans for a new apartment building, the site remains empty and still under the ownership of the struggling nonprofit that said it made a deal to sell the beloved French Gothic Revival building to avoid foreclosure. While court filings show the nonprofit has not yet filed a petition with the state attorney general to sell the property, documents recorded only last week by the city show a $1.525 million mortgage was…
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