Proposed design of new building on Middagh Street with 56 Middagh Street on the left./Image Credit: Pratt + Black Architects

The proposed building features a ground floor garage that is modeled off of storefronts in the historic district. On January 14, 2020, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing for a Certificate of Appropriateness to construct a new four-story residential building on a partially vacant L-shaped lot on Middagh Street, located within the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. The short part of the lot fronts Middagh Street to north and the long part of the lot extends into the rear yard. Currently, there is a three-story residential building, 56 Middagh Street, on the east end of the short part of the lot. There is a 25’ by 25’ foot vacant space currently used as parking located between 56 Middagh Street and a one-story garage that belongs to 45 Hicks Street. The proposed building will be built on this space. Both the existing adjacent building and the proposed building will have the same owner.

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Proposed Park Slope Historic District Extension II. Image Credit: LPC.

Like the existing district, proposed extension would largely be characterized by 19th-century rowhouses, ecclesiastical structures, and 20th-century apartment buildings. On October 29, 2013, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a hearing on the potential designation of the Park Slope Historic District Extension II. The proposed extension would lie to the north and west of the existing Park Slope Historic District, designated in 1973. A majority of the 287 properties to be incorporated into the extension are residential rowhouses from the mid-to-late 19th century. Wide scale development of the area that began in the 1860s were of the Neo-Grec and Italianate architectural styles, while development from the 1880s saw increased Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival and Renaissance Revival architectural styles. The district also includes some apartment buildings dating to the early 20th century, as well as St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church and Seventh Day Adventist and Christian Scientist houses of worship. (more…)

Park Slope Historic District Extension. Image: LPC

New Brooklyn historic district brings another 600 buildings bordering original Park Slope Historic District under Landmarks jurisdiction. On April 17, 2012, Landmarks unanimously approved the creation of the Park Slope Historic District Extension. The extension includes 600 buildings on the southwest border of the 1973-designated Park Slope Historic District. The new district is generally bounded by 7th Street to the north, 15th Street to the south, 8th Avenue to the east, and 7th Avenue to the west. It also includes buildings on 15th Street between Prospect Park West and 8th Avenue lining the northwest side of Bartel-Pritchard Square, as well as a group of buildings facing Prospect Park West between 9th and 10th Streets that were not part of the original Park Slope Historic District.

The extension features rowhouses and apartment buildings representing a variety of architectural styles. According to Landmarks, the earliest row of homes in the district was built between (more…)

Plan reduced after commissioners and neighbors aggressively opposed proposed rooftop addition. On December 20, 2011, Landmarks approved Thomas Dolby and Andrew Frist’s proposal to build a one-story penthouse on top of a three-story limestone-clad townhouse at 627 3rd Street in Brooklyn’s Park Slope Historic District.

The project’s architect, Eric Rowland, presented the initial design at a hearing in November 2011. Dolby and Frist’s proposal included a 600 sq.ft. limestone-clad rooftop addition and modifications to the building’s rear facade. The addition would have been set back 20 feet and ranged in height from between nine and fourteen feet. Portions of the addition’s copper roof would have been visible from several vantages, including the corner of 3rd Street and Prospect Park West. The proposal also included replacing the rear-facade’s brick with glass, and building a rear deck.  (more…)

Broad support voiced for extending Park Slope district, creating new district in Wallabout neighborhood, and protecting row of buildings in Crown Heights. On October 26, 2010, Landmarks considered designating three new Brooklyn historic districts. Landmarks held separate hearings on the proposed Park Slope Historic District Extension, the Wallabout Historic District, and the Park Place Historic District.

The proposed Park Slope extension would encompass 582 buildings located southwest of the original Park Slope Historic District. The district would be generally bounded by 7th and 15th Streets and Seventh and Eighth Avenues. It would also include some properties along Bartel-Pritchard Square and Prospect Park West. The proposed extension features a mix of rowhouses and apartment buildings, many dating to the 1880s, and other notable structures including two 19th century firehouses and the 1879 Ansonia Clock Factory. 7 CityLand 125 (Sept. 15, 2010). (more…)