Landmarks credited the residents of Crown Heights for generating designation. On April 24, 2007, Landmarks voted unanimously to designate the Crown Heights North Historic District encompassing 472 Brooklyn buildings built between the 1860s and the 1930s.

Landmarks Chair Robert Tierney opened the comments by saying that the importance of the designation became clear to him when he stood within the homes of Crown Heights’ residents and viewed what he called “the strength of the neighborhood.” Tierney credited the residents for spurring the designation, adding that he asked Denise Brown, of the Crown Heights North Historic Association, to speak following the commissioners’ comments. Commissioners Jan Hird Pokorny and Roberta Brandes Gratz both emphasized the extraordinary variety of architecture within the new district, referring to the fact that the newly designated buildings include row houses, mansions and churches built in the Romanesque Revival, Georgian, Queen Anne and Renaissance Revival styles of architecture. (more…)

City officials and development partners celebrate the ribbon cutting at 1101 and 1089 President Street as residents move in to the two new residential buildings. Image Credit: HPD.

On March 21, 2023, officials from the New York City Department of Housing preservation and Development (HPD), Housing Development Corporation (HDC), and Economic Development Corporation (EDC) joined development partners to celebrate the opening of 1101 and 1089 President Street in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. New residents moved into the new two affordable buildings that were part of the redevelopment of the Bedford Union Armory.  (more…)

DOT Commissioner Rodriguez joins Council Member Crystal Hudson, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso and community leaders for the ribbon cutting of the new expanded pedestrian plaza on Underhill Avenue. Image Credit: NYC DOT.

On January 21, 2023, the Department of Transportation announced the completion of a new pedestrian plaza on Underhill Avenue between Atlantic Avenue and Pacific Street in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Agency and elected officials joined community partners in celebrating the ribbon cutting for the new plaza, which includes an extension of Lowry Triangle into the roadway.  (more…)

Mayor de Blasio announces a $50 million capital investment in the Brooklyn Museum. Image Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.

The art museum has served as a community gathering and support space. On November 22, 2021, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a $50 million capital investment in the Brooklyn Museum. The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum located on Eastern Parkway near Prospect Heights. (more…)

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The new Inwood and Washington Heights Citi Bike Stations will complete the Manhattan expansion and cause Citi Bike to surpass Paris’ Velib as the second largest bike share system after China. On April 7, 2021, the New York City Department of Transportation and Lyft announced the completion of the Inwood and Washington Heights Citi Bike Expansion. These new expansions will extend the bike share service from the Battery to 220^th street, effectively covering the island of Manhattan. (more…)