HDC works with our Community Partners to create Requests for Evaluations to the Landmarks Preservation Commission for both individual landmarks and historic districts.
An RFE is a formal request to the Landmarks Preservation Commission with information on a specific building, neighborhood, interior or scenic area that could potentially merit consideration as landmarks, historic districts, interior landmarks or scenic landmarks.
Here are the RFEs we have compiled since 2025, to be used for research, education or advocacy purposes.
2025:
Havemeyer/Huntington Mansion
Address: 2780 Schurz Avenue
Borough: Bronx
Status: Does Not Merit
(Photo Credits to The Bronx and Beyond: Architecture, Art, and History)
Church of Transfiguration (RFE Here)
212-16 38th Avenue and 38-12 213th Street
Borough: Queens
Status: May Merit
(Photo Credits to Bayside Historical Society)
Caro Building
Address: 135 West 225th St
Borough: Manhattan
Status: Does Not Merit
(Photo Credits to The Bronx and Beyond: Architecture, Art, and History)
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Address: 39-04 61st Street
Borough: Queens
Status: Does Not Merit
(Photo Credits to Brandon Munoz)
Denishawn House
Address: 67 Stevenson Place
Borough: Bronx
Status: Does Not Merit
(Photo Credits to LGBTQ Historic Sites Project)
Ketcham House
Address: 190-21 Hollis Avenue
Borough: Queens
Status: Does Not Merit
(Photo Credits to Ketcham House)
Sites in Kips Bay/Rose Hill (RFE Here)
2026:
158 South Oxford Street
Borough: Brooklyn
Status: Does Not Merit
(Photo Credits to HDC)
Former Dollar Savings Bank
Address: 74 Hugh J. Grant Circle
Borough: Bronx
Status: May Merit (but the interior needs more research)
(Photo Credits to Al Westerfield)
Joseph Fallert Brewery
Buildings: Factory Building, Office Building
Address: 56 Meserole Street, 346 Lorimer Street
Borough: Brooklyn
Status: Factory Building Does Not Merit, Office Building May Merit
(Photo Credits to HDC)
Wakefield Complex
Buildings: Neighborhood Government Building (formerly the 47th Precinct), EMS Battalion 15 (formerly Engine 63), Wakefield Library
Address: 4101 White Plains Road, 4109 White Plains Road, 4100 Lowerre Place
Borough: Bronx
Status: Pending
(Photo Credits to jag9889 on Flickr, Paul Frangipane, unknown (clockwise))
Vanderveer Place Historic District
Address: the corner of Vanderveer Place and East 23rd Street
Borough: Brooklyn
Status: May Merit
(Photo Credits to Vanderveer Block Association)
This list will be regularly updated. All research was done to the best of our knowledge and can be independently verified.
If you or your community group require assistance in crafting a successful RFE, please feel free to contact the Advocacy & Community Outreach Manager at [email protected]. You can also read our tips for drafting successful RFEs on our website.
If you would like to inquire about an RFE made before 2025, please contact us at [email protected].