{"nrhp_refnum":"83001762","name":"Central Ridgewood Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Fresh Pond Rd., Putnam, 68th, Forest, Catalpa, Onderdonk, and 71st Aves.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Queens","state":"NY","lat":40.70378938300004,"lon":-73.89810402538012,"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 56-acre residential historic district in the Ridgewood neighborhood of Queens, New York City, made up of 782 structures built between about 1895 and 1927. It consists mainly of two-story brick row houses with full-height bay fronts.","why_significant":"The district is a large, well-preserved concentration of early twentieth century working-class row houses in an intact neighborhood setting. Builders cooperated in using uniform setbacks, scale and materials, and one firm, Louis Berger and Co., designed nearly every row. It is especially distinguished by bay projections rising the full height of the facades.","narrative":"Central Ridgewood is a 56-acre part of Queens, New York City, covering all or part of 23 blocks north of Myrtle Avenue and west of Fresh Pond Road. Its 782 structures, built between about 1895 and 1927, are mostly two-story brick row houses with one apartment per floor and bay fronts that rise the full height of each building. Most bays are round, some are box-shaped, and speckled brick in amber, orange, red and brown adds variety along the rows. Brownstone stoops, cast-stone lintels, pressed metal cornices and iron gates are common details. Louis Berger and Co. designed nearly every row, and builder Paul Stier erected some of the most notable ones in 1908 and 1909, including rows with columned wooden porches on 69th and 70th Avenues. Covenant Lutheran Church, a Gothic Revival building of 1914 by Carl L. Otto, also stands within the district. It was listed for its intact plan, scale and design and for its link to the German immigrants who developed the neighborhood.","period_of_significance":"c. 1895-1927","architect_builder":"Louis Berger and Co. (designs for nearly every row); Paul Stier (builder of notable rows on 69th and 70th Aves., 1908-09); Carl L. Otto (Covenant Lutheran Church)","architectural_style":"Applied Romanesque Revival and Renaissance Revival detailing; Gothic Revival (Covenant Lutheran Church)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Most brick row houses remain largely unaltered, with typical changes such as new doors, stoops, ironwork and awnings. Six buildings are classed as non-historic.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.360164-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83001762.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001762/1466c6515d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001762/1466c6515d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"ALT55 - Victor M","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RIDGEWOOD-GLENDALE-FRESH_POND_188.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">ALT55 - Victor M</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:RIDGEWOOD-GLENDALE-FRESH_POND_188.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314424","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Ridgewood_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5061777"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/queens/central-ridgewood-historic-district-83001762/"}