Royal Castle Apartments

STATUS Designated Individual Landmarks

26 Gates Avenue

ARCHITECT: Wortmann & Braun

DATE: 1911-12

STYLE: Early 20th Century Viennese

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Designated December 22, 1981 

An imposing Beaux-Arts-style apartment house, the Royal Castle Apartments were built for the development firm of Levy & Baird. Six stories high with stone details, the building is an imposing composition complementing the dignified and exclusive nature of Clinton Avenue, which was once called Brooklyn’s “Gold Coast.”

STATUS Designated Individual Landmarks

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Clinton Hill has a variety of building types including row houses, mansions, stables, apartment houses, and institutional buildings. They were constructed during the 1840s into the 1920s and display the many styles popular over the course of nearly a century.

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