The two historic districts expanded protections in an area of Flatbush that advocates have long wanted to preserve. A house on Rugby Road in the newly designated Beverley Square West development in October. Photo by Susan De Vries by Anna Bradley-Smith Brooklyn had another slow year for landmarks in 2025, with no new individual landmarks […]
Members of the United Order of Tents celebrated the start of the restoration on October 24. Photo Susan De Vries On a recent crisp fall afternoon, about three dozen people gathered on the lawn of the 19th-century mansion at 87 MacDonough Street in the Stuyvesant Heights Historic District to celebrate the start of long-awaited restoration […]
During a Landmarks hearing, local residents strongly supported the designation of two proposed historic districts and urged the commission to make them larger. Homes on Rugby Road in the proposed Beverly Square West neighborhood this month. Photo by Susan De Vries Residents of the stately homes in and around two proposed historic districts south of […]