Park Slope Historic District

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
Park Slope Historic District, October 2005
LocationRoughly bounded by Prospect Park West, Berkeley Pl., 15th St., 6th, 7th and Flatbush Aves., New York, New York
Coordinates40°40′8″N 73°58′35″W
Area150 acres (61 ha)
Built1862
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Italianate, Romanesque
NRHP reference No.80002636 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 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]

  • Park Slope in 2012

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 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".
  3. "Park Slope Historic District" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. July 7, 1973. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  4. "Park Slope Historic District Extension I" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. April 7, 2012. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  5. "Park Slope Historic District Extension II" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. April 12, 2016. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  6. Newman, Andy (April 17, 2012). "Park Slope Historic District Now City's Biggest". City Room. The New York Times. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
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