The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is reviewing an application for 1184 Dean Street, a three-story residential building in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Built in 1931, the property contains eight residential units. The current proposal seeks approval for the replacement of existing street-facing façade windows as part of a preservation-focused scope of work.
Restoration work is complete on Hunterfly Road Houses at the Weeksville Heritage Center in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The $4 million city-funded project was led by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York City Department of Design and Construction, and began in the fall of 2024. The 19th-century wood-frame houses are the last remaining structures of Weeksville, one of the nation’s largest free Black communities before the Civil War.
Construction is underway on a two-building, 58,000-square-foot retail expansion of Cross County Center, an open-air shopping complex at 8000 Mall Walk in Yonkers, Westchester County. The 1.15 million-square-foot property opened in 1954 with 30 stores. The expansion was designed by TPG Architecture and is being developed by Marx Realty.
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is reviewing a proposal for modifications to 317 Jefferson Avenue, a three-story residential building in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Designed by Gerald J. Caliendo Architects, the project consists of a vertical enlargement and rear yard extension to the existing rowhouse, along with its conversion into a two-family dwelling. The proposal was presented at a public hearing on February 24.
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) has announced new historic district markers commemorating the Central Harlem–West 130th–132nd Streets Historic District in Manhattan. LPC Executive Director Lisa Kersavage was joined by State Senator Cordell Cleare, Assemblymember Jordan J.G. Wright, Councilmember Yusef Salaam, Manhattan Community Board 10, the New York Landmarks Preservation Foundation (NYLPF), and Save Harlem Now! for the installation ceremony. The district, designated by LPC in 2018, encompasses more than 160 primarily late-19th-century row houses between West 130th and West 132nd Streets from Lenox Avenue to Seventh Avenue.
