Ditmas Park Historic District

NEW YORK LANDMARKS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION

THE CREATION OF THE BROOKLYN, FLATBUSH AND CONEY ISLAND RAILROAD IN THE 1880'S (TODAY THE BRIGHTON LINE OF THE BMT/IND) OPENED UP THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE THEN-INDEPENDENT TOWN OF FLATBUSH TO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. DITMAS PARK IS A TURN OF-THE-CENTURY SUBURBAN COMMUNITY, CREATED ACCORDING TO A UNIFIED PLAN BY BUILDER LEWIS POUNDS AND RETAINING MUCH OF ITS ORIGINAL LANDSCAPING. AN UNUSUAL COMPLEX OF EARLY BUNGALOW-STYLE HOUSES COMPLEMENTS A VARIETY OF COLONIAL REVIVAL AND TUDOR STYLES. THE FLATBUSH TOMPKINS CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IS ONE OF NEW YORK CITY'S FINEST NEO-GEORGIAN CHURCHES.

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