Below is an ongoing list of press mentions for the Historic Districts Council.
Forest Hills Jewish Center to be sold
Queens Chronicle
04/16/2026
https://www.qchron.com/editions/queenswide/forest-hills-jewish-center-to-be-sold/article_c7fc673a-9d8c-5255-8a87-6f99e414d29c.html
How to Build a Rest Stop for Delivery Workers in a Hurry
NY Times
04/07/2026
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/nyregion/how-to-build-a-rest-stop-for-delivery-workers-in-a-hurry.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
This Year’s HDC Preservation Conference Will Focus on Manufacturing
Brownstoner
03/23/2026
This Year’s HDC Preservation Conference Will Focus on Manufacturing
Planned Tower for Duffield Street Houses Lacks Identity, Needs Work, LPC Says
Brownstoner
03/23/2026
Planned Tower for Duffield Street Houses Lacks Identity, Needs Work, LPC Says
Village Star Review
Landmarked Soho building at risk due to loophole
03/01/2026
https://villagestar-revue.com/landmarked-soho-building-at-risk-due-to-loophole/
HDC’s ‘Six to Celebrate’ Highlights Preservation in Coney Island and Stuyvesant North
Brownstoner
02/20/2026
Ephemeral New York
The silk ribbon mill is long gone, but the company’s 120-year-old faded ad remains on the building
03/01/2026
WBAI Radio
Living for the City
02/04/2026
https://www.wbai.org/archive/program/episode/?id=62706
News 12
Historic Greenpoint firehouse at center of redevelopment debate
02/09/2026
https://brooklyn.news12.com/historic-greenpoint-firehouse-at-center-of-redevelopment-debate
The Village View
“What Now?” – Panelists Ponder Preservation and the Press in the New Administration
02/01/2026
The Broadsheet
A Renaissance Revival, Revivified
01/19/2026
https://www.ebroadsheet.com/a-renaissance-revival-revivified/
QNS
Lithuanian officials visit historic church in Maspeth to honor the Knights of Lithuania
12/16/2025
https://qns.com/2025/12/lithuanian-officials-visit-historic-maspeth-church/
New York Almanack
Virtual Tour of Fort Washington Area of Washington Heights
12/14/2025
https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/2025/12/tour-fort-washington-heights/
AM NY
Landmarks Preservation Commission hears pleas to save West Park Presbyterian Church
12/11/2025
https://www.amny.com/news/landmarks-preservation-commission-west-park-presbyterian-church/
News 12 LI
Community Board 2 votes against plan to build tower above historic Fort Greene church
12/8/2025
Brooklyn Reporter
Bay Ridge hosts Art Deco Centennial Walking Tour
11/20/2025
https://brooklynreporter.com/2025/11/bay-ridge-hosts-art-deco-centennial-walking-tour/
UES Patch
New Luxury Tower On UES From Ex-Gov. Spitzer Gets City Approval
11/19/2025
New York Times
In a Skyscraper City, They Fix Cobblestone Streets by Hand
11/8/2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/nyregion/nyc-cobblestone-streets.html
Brooklyn Paper
Landmarks Preservation Commission axes proposal to gut historic Duffield Street homes for high-rise tower
10/23/2025
https://www.brooklynpaper.com/lpc-axes-proposal-gut-duffield-street-homes/
News 12
Landmark homes in Downtown Brooklyn spared from high-rise development – for now
10/24/2025
Brownstoner
Locals Call on Landmarks to Extend Proposed Flatbush Historic Districts
10/27/2025
https://www.brownstoner.com/architecture/flatbush-historic-districts-hearing-landmarks-lpc/
Brownstoner
LPC Rejects Plan That Would Gut DoBro’s Duffield Street Houses for 33-Story Tower
10/22/2025
https://www.brownstoner.com/architecture/lpc-rejects-plan-that-would-gut-duffield-street-houses/
6Sq feet
Developer’s plan for 30-story tower behind row of 19th-century homes in Downtown Brooklyn is stalled for now
10/20/2025
https://www.6sqft.com/tower-behind-duffield-street-houses-downtown-brooklyn-landmarks/
Curbed
A Row of Downtown Brooklyn’s Oldest Townhouses May Be Doomed
10/22/2025
https://www.curbed.com/article/four-of-downtown-brooklyns-oldest-townhouses-may-be-doomed.html
Brooklyn Heights Blog
Op Ed: The Duffield Houses Are Worth Preserving
10/18/2025
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/102161
Brownstoner
Proposed DoBro Tower Would Block Neighbors’ Windows, Alter Landmark Row
10/15/2025
https://www.brownstoner.com/development/duffield-street-houses-landmark-tower-review/
Brownstoner
Take a Virtual Tour through the Past and Present of Bushwick
09/24/2025
https://www.brownstoner.com/brooklyn-life/bushwick-architecture-virtual-tour-hdc-history-preservation/
Our Town
The Newly Reopened Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Woos and Wows
08/25/2025
https://www.ourtownny.com/news/the-newly-reopened-waldorf-astoria-hotel-woos-and-wows-IE4978857
W42nd
Garment District Wins Key Protections as City Council Approves MSMX Rezoning
08/15/2025
https://w42st.com/post/garment-district-wins-key-protections-as-city-council-approves-msmx-rezoning/
The Impression
Garment District Rallies to Stand Against Midtown Rezoning Plan
https://theimpression.com/garment-district-rallies-to-stand-against-midtown-rezoning-plan/
Brownstoner
Landmarks Preservation Commission Chair Sarah Carroll Retires
08/08/2025
Tribeca Citizen:
“What will be lost with the demolition of 80 West Broadway”
July 16, 2025
https://tribecacitizen.com/2025/07/16/what-will-be-lost-with-the-demolition-of-80-west-broadway/
MR:
“GARMENT DISTRICT REZONING PLAN APPROVED DESPITE OPPOSITION FROM CFDA AND OTHERS”
June 19, 2025
https://mr-mag.com/garment-district-rezoning-plan-approved-despite-opposition-from-cfda-and-others/
Sourcing Journal:
“‘Rip Seams, Not Communities’: New York’s Garment District Fights for Survival Amid Rezoning Battle”
June 18, 2025
Yahoo:
“Garment District Rally Held to Challenge Midtown South Rezoning Plan”
June 18, 2025
https://www.yahoo.com/news/garment-district-rally-held-challenge-215335708.html?guccounter=1
W42nd:
““Don’t Kill Fashion” — Garment Workers Rally to Stop Rezoning Unraveling Their District”
June 18, 2025
https://w42st.com/post/garment-district-workers-rally-rezoning/
The Pace Press:
“Officials say that The Coney would bring jobs and economic growth to Coney Island, but may come at the cost of the borough’s historic charm and artistic legacy”
May 1, 2025
New York Almanac:
“Historic Lithuanian Church of the Transfiguration Faces Closure and Demolition”
April 16, 2025
https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/2025/04/church-of-the-transfiguration-2/
Brownstoner:
“This Year’s HDC Preservation Conference Will Focus on Rent Stabilized Housing”
March 19, 2025
New York Almanac:
“2025 Six to Celebrate Historic Preservation Awardees Named”
March 14, 2025
https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/2025/03/2025-six-to-celebrate-preservation/
City Land NYC:
“LPC Holds Public Hearing for Designation of Former Whitney Museum and Portions of Interior”
March 13, 2025
Splice Today:
“Bronx Irishtown”
March 12, 2025
https://www.splicetoday.com/writing/bronx-irishtown
Brownstoner:
“Landmarks OKs New Build for Vacant Park Slope Lot”
March 7, 2025
https://www.brownstoner.com/architecture/park-slope-28-7th-avenue-lpc-approves-new-build/span>
Common Ground:
“New York City Is Losing Affordable Housing at an Alarming Rate”
February 20, 2025
https://commonedge.org/new-york-city-is-losing-affordable-housing-at-an-alarming-rate/span>
Artnet:
“Preservation Groups Call for Landmark Designation for Iconic Breuer Building”
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/preservation-groups-landmark-designation-breuer-building-2594996
January 6, 2025
Documented:
“Little Caribbean: Sustaining a Vibrant Legacy in NYC’s Coolest Neighborhood”
December 19, 2024
https://documentedny.com/2024/12/19/little-caribbean-sustaining-a-vibrant-legacy/span>
Brownstoner:
“Proposed Build Too Big for Historic Bed Stuy Block, Landmarks Tells Architect”
November 7, 2024
Untapped:
“Legacies of Redlining on Staten Island: AIA Roundtable”
June 15, 2026
https://untappedcities.com/insiders/events/staten-island-redlining/span>
Brooklyn Paper:
“Downtown Brooklyn’s Edison Building is the borough’s newest landmark”
June 21, 2024
https://www.brooklynpaper.com/downtown-bk-edison-building-landmarked/span>
Brooklyn Daily Eagle:
“Longtime Brooklyn Preservationist Among Those Honored by Historic Districts Council.”
June 20, 2024
BK Reader:
“Downtown Brooklyn Historic Coalition Bolstered by Historic Districts Council.”
April 7, 2024
CUNY Newsletter:
“CUNY DSI-Backed Washington Heights Makes HDC’s 2024 ‘Six To Celebrate’ List.”
April 4, 2024
Columbia Spectator:
“Annual Preservation Conference discusses the need to preserve historic buildings in West Harlem.”
March 23, 2024
Brooklyn Eagle:
“A race to save Downtown Brooklyn’s great buildings.”
March 19, 2024
Brownstoner:
“HDC’s ‘Six to Celebrate’ Highlights Changing Downtown Brooklyn.”
March 15, 2024
Harlem World:
“Community Board 12 Opposes Demolition Of Historic Row Houses, Urges Preservation Improvement.”
March 13, 2024
PIX 11:
“Plan to demolish historic NYC rowhouses gets pushback; developer promises improvement.”
March 11, 2024
LPC Landmark News:
“LPC in the Community 2024 Preservation Conference.”
February / March 2024
https://www.nyc.gov/assets/lpc/newsletters/lpc-february-march-2024.html
Pratt News:
“A Future for Little Caribbean.”
February 6, 2024
https://www.pratt.edu/news/a-future-for-little-caribbean/
Historic Districts Council announces 2023 awardees, including two Bronx organizations
By Bronx Times
Posted on March 18, 2023
https://www.bxtimes.com/historic-districts-bronx-awardees/
Preservation Coalition Calls for Urgent Action to Save a Unique Public Space
CARL GLASSMAN
March 23, 2023
Update 3/27/23:
Bushwick Named One of HDC’s ‘Six to Celebrate’ as Locals Push for New Historic Districts
by Anna Bradley-Smith
March 15, 2023
https://www.brownstoner.com/architecture/bushwick-hdc-six-to-celebrate-landmark/
Rally demands a Landmarks agency that ‘represents our community’ — not developers
March 12, 2023
BY THE VILLAGE SUN
Two ‘Architecturally Distinct’ Buildings and an Effort to Keep Them That Way
By CARL GLASSMAN
March 30, 2023
http://www.tribecatrib.com/content/two-architecturally-distinct-buildings-and-effort-keep-them-way
Bushwick Historic Preservation Association to get boost from Historic Districts Council
By Anna Bradley-Smith
March 16, 2023
https://www.brooklynpaper.com/bushwick-historic-preservation-boost-districts-council/
Landmarks Holds Public Hearing for Proposed Linden Street Historic District in Bushwick
03/08/2023
Veronica Rose
A New Vision for Prospect Park’s Vale of Cashmere Sparks Controversy at Landmarks Hearing
by Anna Bradley-Smith
March 2, 2023
City Advocates Push For The Landmark Designation of Linden Street
BK Reader Staff
March 1, 2023
A proposed Prospect Park development could eliminate important LGBT historic site, advocates say
By Audrey Wachs
February 28, 2023
Advocates voice support for Linden Street as Bushwick’s first historic district
By Ximena Del Cerro
February 28, 2023
https://www.brooklynpaper.com/linden-street-bushwick-historic-district/
What’s News, Breaking:
Historic Districts Council has released a list of at-risk buildings with historic significance across NYC
February 27, 2023
Brooklyn Eagle staff
https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2023/02/27/whats-news-breaking-monday-february-27-2023/
Preservationists Hope New Landmarks Rules Will Better Protect Historic Buildings, Prevent Demos
by Anna Bradley-Smith
April 12, 2023
https://www.brownstoner.com/architecture/landmark-rules-lpc-protect-historic-buildings-demolition/
Bronx Net:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOqBMjNrnL8&t=1s