Park Slope Historic District is a national historic district in Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York, New York. It consists of 1,802 contributing buildings built between 1862 and about 1920. The 40-block district is almost exclusively residential and located adjacent to Prospect Park. It includes a variety of two and three story townhouses built in a variety of popular architectural styles of the late-19th and early 20th centuries.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
Park Slope Historic District | |
 May, 2021 | |
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| Location | Roughly bounded by Prospect Park West, Berkeley Pl., 15th St., 6th, 7th and Flatbush Aves., New York, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°40′8″N 73°58′35″W / 40.66889°N 73.97639°W |
| Area | 150 acres (61 ha) |
| Built | 1862 |
| Architect | Multiple |
| Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Italianate, Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 80002636 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 21, 1980 |
The national historic district is overlaid by another district, designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1973.[3] The city district was expanded in 2012 to cover 2,575 buildings stretching over part or all of around 40 city blocks,[4] and again to the north in 2016.[5] The historic district is New York's largest landmarked neighborhood in terms of the number of buildings.[6]
Gallery edit
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8th Avenue (1995) -
Park Slope (2012) -
St. Johns Place (2023) -
Union Street (2023)
See also edit
- 115-119 Eighth Avenue (Brooklyn), also known as Adams House, a notable building within the district
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Suzanne J. Wilson and Elizabeth Spencer-Ralph (July 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:Park Slope Historic District". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2011-03-19. See also: "Accompanying 68 photos". and "Photo captions".
- ^ "Park Slope Historic District" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. July 7, 1973. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- ^ "Park Slope Historic District Extension I" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. April 7, 2012. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- ^ "Park Slope Historic District Extension II" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. April 12, 2016. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- ^ Newman, Andy (April 17, 2012). "Park Slope Historic District Now City's Biggest". City Room. The New York Times. Retrieved February 1, 2019.