Ditmas Park Historic District

NEW YORK LANDMARKS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION

DITMAS PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT

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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