{"nrhp_refnum":"83001699","name":"Prospect Park South Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by BMT RR Tracks, Beverly Rd., and Coney Island and Church Aves.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.645456955500066,"lon":-73.96697352947761,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-07-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Landscape Architecture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district in central Brooklyn, New York City, made up of 203 large single-family houses in gardens across fifteen blocks. It is the entire Prospect Park South real estate development, built mainly in the early twentieth century.","why_significant":"The document describes a homogeneous, landscaped suburban neighborhood whose houses are larger and more architecturally distinguished than those around it. It displays a wide range of eclectic styles, mostly Colonial Revival, many designed by John J. Petit. The district boundaries match those designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.","narrative":"Prospect Park South is a planned residential district in the center of Brooklyn, covering all or part of fifteen blocks and the whole of the original real estate development. It holds 203 large single-family houses set in gardens, along landscaped streets, with central garden malls on Albemarle and Buckingham Roads. The houses were built in many styles, reflecting the eclecticism of the period. Colonial Revival dominates, but Queen Anne, neo-Tudor, Italian Villa, French Gothic, Swiss Chalet and Spanish Mission designs also appear. Architect John J. Petit designed many of them, including the grandest Colonial Revival mansion on Albemarle Road and the well-known Japanese style house at 131 Buckingham Road, created in 1902 with the help of Japanese artisans and used by developer Dean Alvord to advertise the development. The district's houses are larger and more distinguished than those nearby. Only nine intrusions, mostly apartment buildings and mid-century houses, break its character. Its boundaries match those of the city landmark district.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"John J. Petit, Petit & Green, Charles Werner, Walter Cassin, Woodruff Leeming, George Hitchings, Benjamin F. Hudson, Clement B. Brun (Brun & Hauser)","architectural_style":"Predominantly Colonial Revival, with Queen Anne, neo-Tudor, neo-Elizabethan, Italian Villa, French Gothic, Swiss Chalet, Japanese and Spanish Mission examples","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is listed as excellent to good, with some alterations. Present use is private residence, religious and occupied, with nine intrusions noted.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.908523-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83001699.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001699/5236f3d45c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001699/5236f3d45c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Beyond My Ken","credit_html":"Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1306_Albemarle_Road_Prospect_Park_South_from_front.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318487","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospect_Park_South","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7250806"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/prospect-park-south-historic-district-83001699/"}