Brooklyn Neighborhood Awarded Landmark Status
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The Landmarks Preservation Commission has designated the entire Prospect Heights Historic District as a city landmark.
A total of 850 buildings will be now protected, following the unanimous vote. Single-family brownstones, commercial buildings and apartment homes are among the protected buildings.
Some of the oldest buildings in the historic district are believed to date back to the 1850s.
The Commission also voted to designate three individual landmarks in Manhattan -- 94 Greenwich Street, a 210-year-old Federal style row house, the Mount Olive Fire Baptized Holiness Church in Harlem, and the John Peirce Residence, a former single-family residence in Midtown.