Crown Heights North III Historic District

This proposed extension to the Crown Heights North Historic District, east of the original and North II extension, includes about 640 buildings of primarily late 19th and early 20th century residential buildings. It includes a remarkable collection of two-family “Kinko” houses, four-story buildings which were popular from 1905 to 1915, and can be found on the southern side of Hampton Place, and, executed in the Renaissance Revival style, at Nos. 1083 to 1089 Prospect Place.

Around 1900, St. Mark's Avenue was one of Brooklyn's most elegant addresses, and this district today retains many of its finest apartment buildings and row-houses. Shirley Chisholm (1924 to 2005), the first African-American woman to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, and to run as a major-party (Democratic) candidate for President, lived for many years in this area. With her husband, Conrad, she resided at 28 Virginia Place; following her election to Congress, they bought the house at 1028 St. John's Place. ©2014