DESIGNATION REPORT Angel Guardian Home Landmarks Preservation Designation Report Designation List 520 Commission Angel Guardian Home LP-2613 November 10, 2020

DESIGNATION REPORT Angel Guardian Home LOCATION 6301 12th Avenue, (aka 6301-6323 12th Avenue, 1202-1216 63rd Street, 1201-1215 64th Street) Brooklyn Tax Map Block 5739 Lot 1 in part LANDMARK TYPE Individual SIGNIFICANCE A monumental orphanage building designed by George H. Streeton in the Renaissance Revival and Beaux-Arts styles for the Sisters of Mercy, the 1899 Angel Guardian Home is symbolic of the importance of religious social services in the Progressive Era and prominent within the neighborhood of Dyker Heights. Landmarks Preservation Designation Report Designation List 520 Commission Angel Guardian Home LP-2613 November 10, 2020 2 of 29

Angel Guardian Home 6301 12th Avenue, Brooklyn Jessica C. Baldwin, November 2020 LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION COMMISSIONERS Lisa Kersavage, Executive Director Sarah Carroll, Chair Mark Silberman, General Counsel Frederick Bland, Vice Chair Timothy Frye, Director of Special Projects and Diana Chapin Strategic Planning Wellington Chen Kate Lemos McHale, Director of Research Michael Devonshire Cory Herrala, Director of Preservation Michael Goldblum John Gustafsson Anne Holford-Smith REPORT BY Everardo Jefferson Theresa C. Noonan, Research Department Jeanne Lutfy Adi Shamir-Baron EDITED BY Kate Lemos McHale and Margaret Herman PHOTOGRAPHS BY Jessica C. Baldwin Landmarks Preservation Designation Report Designation List 520 Commission Angel Guardian Home LP-2613 November 10, 2020 3 of 29

Angel Guardian Home Calendared: June 30, 2020 Public Hearing: August 11, 2020 6301 12th Avenue Brooklyn Designation: November 10, 2020 On August 11, 2020, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing on the proposed designation of the Angel Guardian Home as a New York City Landmark and the proposed designation of Designation List 521 the related Landmark Site (Item No.1). The hearing LP: 2613 was duly advertised in accordance with the provisions of the law. Sixteen people spoke in favor Built: 1899 of designation, including the property owners, Architect: George H. Streeton councilmember Justin Brannan, representatives from Community Board 10, the Historic Districts Council, Landmark Site: Borough of Brooklyn, Tax Map the City Club of New York, the Dyker Heights Civic Block 5739 Lot 1 in part, consisting of the portion of Association, the Guardians of the Guardian, and six the lot beginning at the northwest corner at 63rd individuals. Several of these people also asked the Street and 12th Avenue, extending 200 feet south Commission to designate another building on the along the western lot line to the southwest corner at site. No one spoke in opposition. The Commission 64th Street and 12th Avenue, then east along the also received 71 letters in favor of designation, southern lot line 151.07 feet to the southeast corner including one from Brooklyn Borough President Eric of the south wing, then north at a right angle to the Adams, one from Councilmember Justin Brannan, southern lot line 43.23 feet along the rear (east) Senator Andrew Gounardes, and Assembly member facade of the south wing, then east 4.36 feet, then Peter J. Abbate, Jr. signing jointly, and a north 32.09 feet, then west 25.86 feet, north 0.84 memorandum from the owner’s historic preservation feet, and west 4.17 feet to the rear façade of the main consultant. Among these was a letter from building, then extending north 123.88 feet in a Councilmember Carlos Menchaca signing jointly straight line along the rear facade of the main with Brooklyn Community Board 10, Historic building to the northern lot line, then continuing west Districts Council, the Dyker Heights Civic along the northern lot line 125.34 feet to the point of Association, and Guardians of the Guardian, a letter beginning. from the Bay Ridge Conservancy, and an email campaign of 61 form letters, recognizin

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