5 of Brooklyn's Best Landmarked Buildings (In Honor of Bed-Stuy News)
This week news broke that Bed-Stuy’s controversial historic district will be going up for a vote within the next year. Despite Brooklyn’s multifamily development boom, it’s still home to some of the best preserved historic architecture in the country. We asked Landmark Branding founder & CEO David Griffin to tell us about some of his favorite landmarked buildings in the borough that are currently put to commercial use.
The Alhambra Apartments in Bed-Stuy sit right within the proposed historic district. The terra cotta building was designed by Montrose Morris and built in 1889-1890.
This 1949 classic has unobstructed views of the Statue of Liberty. All you have to do is cross Columbia Street to get to the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, and Brooklyn Bridge Park's also accessible from a newly built pedestrian bridge.
This apartment house dates to 1888, and is said by preservationists to be the first building in what's now Park Slope's historic district to have an elevator.
47 Plaza St W, designed by Rosario Candela, was built in 1923. Its tapered southern face overlooks Prospect Park and Grand Army Plaza.
62 Montague St, also called The Arlington, is the second building on this list designed by Montrose Morris. It dates to the 1880s, and its noteworthy residents over the years have included playwright Arthur Miller.
