{"nrhp_refnum":"84002440","name":"Buildings at 375-379 Flatbush Avenue and 185-187 Sterling Place","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"375-379 Flatbush Ave. and 185-187 Sterling Pl.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.67675445200007,"lon":-73.97158934899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-09-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A group of four brownstone-fronted buildings at 375-79 Flatbush Avenue and 185-87 Sterling Place in the Prospect Heights section of Brooklyn, built in 1885 as a single speculative development: two mixed-use buildings and two row houses.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the group is a relatively intact, architecturally distinguished set of residential and commercial buildings that recall the late nineteenth-century development of Flatbush Avenue and Prospect Heights. It was designed as a cohesive unit by local architect William M. Cook. Its four-story corner tower takes advantage of an unusual projecting corner site and is a landmark visible for many blocks.","narrative":"Four brownstone-fronted buildings at the corner of Flatbush Avenue and Sterling Place in Brooklyn form a compact group built in 1885. Developer John Konvalinka had them built together on speculation, and local architect William M. Cook designed all four. Two are mixed-use buildings with shops below and apartments above, and two are single-family row houses on Sterling Place. The corner building is the focus, with a four-story entrance pavilion facing the corner, topped by a pyramidal tower of slate shingles, iron cresting and a weathervane. The design is conservative Italianate, with Neo-Grec incised details and Queen Anne touches such as sunburst dormer pediments. Interiors keep tin ceilings, mantels and carved woodwork. The group matters as an intact reminder of how Flatbush Avenue and Prospect Heights were built up in the late nineteenth century, and as one of the few architecturally distinguished stretches on this part of the avenue. Its tower can be seen from Grand Army Plaza.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"William M. Cook (architect); John Konvalinka (developer)","architectural_style":"Late Italianate with Neo-Grec and Queen Anne detail","criteria":[],"status_note":"All four buildings are described as in excellent condition; the two Flatbush Avenue buildings have recently been restored, with ground floors holding commercial uses and apartments above.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.715723-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84002440.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002440/335ff92da2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002440/335ff92da2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Beyond My Ken","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:375-379_Flatbush_Avenue_185-187_Sterling_Place.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond My Ken</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:375-379_Flatbush_Avenue_185-187_Sterling_Place.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"16000018","name":"Prospect Heights Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/prospect-heights-historic-district-boundary-increase-16000018/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318337","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buildings_at_375%E2%80%93379_Flatbush_Avenue_and_185%E2%80%93187_Sterling_Place","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4986642"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/buildings-at-375-379-flatbush-avenue-and-185-187-sterling-place-84002440/"}