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Crown Heights North Historic District
Imperial Apartments, Crown Heights North Historic District, June 2010
Crown Heights North Historic District is located in New York City
Crown Heights North Historic District
LocationRoughly portions of Pacific, Dean & Bergen Sts., Eastern Pkwy., Bedford, Nostrand, New York, Brooklyn & Kingston Aves, Brooklyn, New York
Area102.86 acres (41.63 ha)
Builtc. 1853 (1853)-1942
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival, Renaissance Revival, Beaux-Arts, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.14000092[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 31, 2014

Crown Heights North Historic District is a national historic district located in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. The district encompasses 1,019 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Brooklyn. The district features noteworthy examples of Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival, Renaissance Revival, Beaux-Arts, and Colonial Revival style architecture. It largely developed between about 1853 and 1942, and consists of densely constructed rowhouses, townhouses, two-family houses, semi-attached houses, freestanding houses, flats, apartment buildings, and institutional and commercial buildings. Notable buildings include the former Union League Club Building (c. 1889), Union United Methodist Church (1889-1891), Brooklyn Methodist Episcopal Church Home (1889, 1913), Bedford Central Presbyterian Church (1897, 1906), Hebron French Speaking Seventh Day Adventist Church (1909), St. Gregory the Great Roman Catholic Church (1915-1916), and the former Kings County Savings Bank (1929-1930).[2]: 5 

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 3/31/14 through 4/05/14. National Park Service. 2011-05-06.
  2. ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2015-12-01. Note: This includes Gregory Dietrich (October 2013). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Crown Heights North Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-12-01.