{"nrhp_refnum":"83001688","name":"Ditmas Park Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bounded by Marlborough Rd., Dorchester, Ocean, and Newkirk Aves.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.63855152350004,"lon":-73.96076505678283,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about 35 acres in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn, New York City, made up of 172 mostly frame single-family houses and one church, built chiefly between 1902 and 1914.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is an intact representative example of an early twentieth century landscaped suburban development built on old Flatbush farms. It was laid out on a street grid and built up with single-family houses in eclectic, neo-Georgian, neo-Tudor and bungalow styles. The developer's grading, tree planting and sales restrictions produced a visually cohesive neighborhood that retains its character.","narrative":"Ditmas Park is a residential district of roughly 35 acres in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, comprising 172 buildings on ten blocks. Nearly all are freestanding, two-and-one-half-story frame houses, plus one church, the Flatbush Congregational Church. Most were built between 1902 and 1914 under realtor Lewis Pounds and his associate Delbert Decker, with compatible construction continuing until 1940. Pounds graded and landscaped the tract, restricted lot sales and construction, and planted street malls with trees that have since matured. The houses are mainly eclectic, with heavy use of colonial and neo-classical detail, alongside neo-Georgian, neo-Tudor and bungalow designs by mostly local architects such as Arlington D. Isham, Slee & Bryson and Frank J. Helmle. The district was recognized as an intact example of the landscaped, single-family suburbs laid out on a street grid on former Flatbush farmland at the turn of the twentieth century. It retains a cohesive appearance.","period_of_significance":"1902 - 1940","architect_builder":"Various","architectural_style":"Eclectic, with Colonial Revival, neo-Georgian, neo-Tudor and bungalow examples","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as excellent to good condition, occupied and in private use, with no intrusions; four houses have non-historic additions and some have aluminum siding.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.030827-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83001688.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001688/04e094bab1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001688/04e094bab1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Fuzheado","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ditmas_Park_Historic_District.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Fuzheado</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ditmas_Park_Historic_District.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318367","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ditmas_Park_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5283688"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/ditmas-park-historic-district-83001688/"}