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The Brooklyn Heights Historic District is a historic district that comprises much of the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, United States.It was named a National Historic Landmark in January, 1965, [2] designated a New York City Landmark in November, 1965, [3] and added to the National Register of Historic Places in October, 1966.
Yuma Century Heights Conservancy Residential Historic District: Yuma Century Heights Conservancy Residential Historic District: October 11, 1988 : Roughly bounded by 4th Ave., 8th St., and 1st and Orange Aves.
Century Housing, and its predecessor, the Century Freeway Housing Program (CFHP), was initially created in response to the environmental and social impacts expected from development of the Century Freeway, one of the last urban segments of the Interstate Highway System to be developed in an existing urban area before fiscal realities ended the growth of freeway development. [1]
The original BMT routes form the J/Z, L, M, N, Q, R and W trains, as well as the Franklin Avenue Shuttle, with the IND B and D using BMT trackage in Brooklyn. The M train enters the IND via the Chrystie Street Connection after crossing the Williamsburg Bridge. The Q, along with some rush-hour N trains enter the IND from the BMT 63rd Street Line.
The Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad was incorporated on January 30, 1899, and acquired the property of the bankrupt Brooklyn Elevated Railroad on February 17. The BRT gained control a month later, on March 25, [1] and leased the elevated company to the Brooklyn Heights Railroad, until then solely a street railway company, on April 1.
M (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line) originally Myrtle Avenue Halsey Street: July 14, 1928 [48] Bushwick ↑ Wilson Avenue: July 14, 1928 [48] Station is ADA-accessible in the northbound direction only. Bushwick Avenue–Aberdeen Street: July 14, 1928 [48] East New York: Broadway Junction: July 14, 1928 [48] J Z (BMT Jamaica Line) A C (IND Fulton Street ...
The two neighborhoods extend from Beverley Road in the north (south of Prospect Park South) to Cortelyou Road in the south. The cut for the BMT Brighton Line of the New York City Subway between Marlborough Road (East 15th Street) and East 16th Street forms the boundary between them: Beverley Square East extends east from there to East 19th Street, and Beverley Square West west from there to ...
The Avenue H station became part of the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT) system in 1923 and the New York City Transit system in 1940. It was renovated in the first decade of the 21st century. The Avenue H station contains two side platforms and four tracks; express trains use the inner two tracks to bypass the station.