HDC@LPC – December 20, 2011

  Item 1 LP – 2202 BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN New York and Long Island Coignet Stone Company Building, 360 Third Avenue Avenue, Tax Map Bock 987, Lot 7 HDC is opposed to the significant decrease proposed for the landmarked site of the New York and Long Island Coignet Stone Company Building.  A five-foot “buffer zone” […]

HDC@LPC – December 6, 2011

Item 5 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN 119285- Block 270, lot 9- 163 State Street – Brooklyn Heights Historic District A Greek Revival style rowhouse built in 1841. Application is to replace paired entrance doors. While the LPC’s rowhouse manual is certainly a valuable resource, a landmarked house itself isthe best place to start […]

HDC@LPC – November 22, 2011

Item 4 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN 123794- Block 253, lot 13- 89 Joralemon Street – Brooklyn Heights Historic District An Anglo-Italianate style rowhouse built in 1861-1879. Application is to alter the stoop newel posts and areaway walls.  While it is nice to see an application to improve upon this fine rowhouse, it is […]

HDC@LPC – November 1, 2011

Item 2 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN 117642- Block 1079, lot 49- 627 3rd Street – Park Slope Historic District A neo-Renaissance style rowhouse designed by Axel S. Hedman and built in 1910. Application is construct a rooftop addition, perform excavation, and modify the rear façade and front areaway. HDC finds the proposed work […]

HDC@LPC – October 18, 2011

Item 9 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN 122116- Block 1063, lot 37- 52 8th Avenue aka 242-253 Berkeley Place – Park Slope Historic District A mansion designed by F. Carlos Merry and built in 1886. Application is to alter openings on the Berkeley Place façade. HDC finds the proposed opening alteration appropriate, but asks […]

HDC@LPC – September 27, 2011

Item 3 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN 117865 – Block 20, lot 6- 25 Jay Street – DUMBO Historic District A Renaissance Revival style factory building designed by Flemer & Koehler and built in 1892. Application is to construct a rooftop additions and replace windows.   In general, appropriate rooftop additions to landmarked structures […]

HDC@LPC – September 20, 2011

Item 2 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN 121799- Block 195, lot 7- 396 Broadway – TriBeCa East Historic District A Renaissance Revival-style office building designed by William H. Birkmire and built in 1899. Application is to construct rooftop additions, install storefront infill, and alter the facade. Although rooftop mechanicals and other accretions are not […]

HDC@LPC – September 13, 2011

CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF STATEN ISLAND 108898- Block 891, lot 205- 91 Flagg Court – Ernest Flagg Estate, Individual Landmark A garage constructed prior to 1909 and altered c. 1989. Application is to alter the façade of the garage and construct an addition. CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF STATEN ISLAND 118774- Block 891, lot […]

HDC@LPC – September 6, 2011

Item 1 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF QUEENS 111328- Block 8023, lot 16- 330 Knollwood Avenue – Douglaston Historic District A Colonial Revival style house built in 1941. Application is to construct a rear addition.     HDC finds the proposed addition to be far too large for this Douglaston home.  Instead of an addition, […]

HDC@LPC – August 9, 2011

ITEM 5 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN 12-0228 – Block 2102, lot 54- 314 Carlton Avenue – Fort Greene Historic District An Italianate style house built c. 1857. Application is to demolish an existing rear extension and construct a rear addition. While the existing extension is modest in scale, the new extension would project […]