DESIGNATION REPORT Boerum Hill Historic District Extension Landmarks Preservation Designation Report Designation List 508 Commission Boerum Hill Historic District LP-2599 Extension June 26, 2018

ESSAY RESEARCHED AND WRITTEN BY Jessica Baldwin and Margaret Herman BUILDING PROFILES Jessica Baldwin, Margaret Herman, MaryNell Nolan-Wheatley and Donald Presa ARCHITECTS’ APPENDIX COMPLIED BY Jessica Baldwin and Margaret Herman EDITED BY Kate Lemos McHale PHOTOGRAPHS BY Jessica Baldwin Sarah Moses COMMISSIONERS Frederick Bland, Vice Chair Diana Chapin Wellington Chen Michael Devonshire Michael Goldblum John Gustafsson Anne Holford-Smith Jeanne Lutfy Adi Shamir-Baron Kim Vauss LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION Sarah Carroll, Executive Director Lisa Kersavage, Director of Special Projects and Strategic Planning Mark Silberman, Counsel Kate Lemos McHale, Director of Research Jared Knowles, Director of Preservation Landmarks Preservation Designation Report Designation List 508 Commission Boerum Hill Historic District LP-2599 Extension June 26, 2018

DESIGNATION REPORT Boerum Hill Historic District Extension LOCATION Borough of Brooklyn LANDMARK TYPE Historic District SIGNIFICANCE The Boerum Hill Historic District Extension consists of approximately 288 buildings developed in the mid- 19th century. Encompassing residential blocks and an important commercial corridor adjacent to the Boerum Hill Historic District, the Extension contains cohesive rows of buildings designed in the Greek Revival, Italianate and other 19th-century styles, constructed for the working- and middle-class as the growth of commerce, industry, and transportation drove development in Brooklyn around the Civil War. Landmarks Preservation Designation Report Designation List 508 Commission Boerum Hill Historic District LP-2599 Extension June 26, 2018

Table of Contents Boerum Hill Historic District Extension 1 Boerum Hill Historic District Extension Map 2 Testimony at the Public Hearing 3 Boundary Description 5 Summary 6 The Historical and Architectural Development of the Boerum Hill Historic District Extension 20 Findings and Designation 22 Illustrations 33 Building Descriptions Atlantic Avenue 34 North Side (odd numbers) 47 South Side (even numbers) Bergen Street between Smith and Hoyt Streets 79 North Side (odd numbers) 95 South Side (even numbers) Bergen Street between Bond and Nevins Streets 114 North Side (odd numbers) 138 South Side (even numbers Bond Street 166 East Side (even numbers) 169 West Side (odd numbers) Dean Street 179 South Side (even numbers) Hoyt Street 201 West Side (even numbers) Nevins Street 206 West Side (even numbers) Pacific Street 212 North Side (odd numbers) 229 South Side (even numbers) Wyckoff Street 231 North Side (odd numbers) 253 South Side (even numbers) 276 Building Description Bibliography 277 Architects Appendix Landmarks Preservation Designation Report Designation List 508 Commission Boerum Hill Historic District LP-2599 Extension June 22, 2018

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Testimony at the Public Hearing Boerum Hill Historic District Extension On May 8, 2018, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing on the proposed designation of the Boerum Hill Historic District Extension (Item No. 1). The hearing had been duly advertised in accordance with the provisions of the law. Sixteen people testified in favor of designation, including Council Member Stephen Levin, representatives of the Boerum Hill Association, Historic Districts Council, the New York Landmarks Conservancy, and ten individuals. Nine individuals spoke in opposition to the inclusion of certain properties within the proposed extension, in particular on Atlantic Avenue. The Commission also received two written submissions in favor of designation, and two written submissions in opposition. The Commission received one petition in opposition to the inclusion

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