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The national historic district is overlaid by another district, designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1973. [3] The city district was expanded in 2012 to cover 2,575 buildings stretching over part or all of around 40 city blocks, [ 4 ] and again to the north in 2016. [ 5 ]
Park Slope is generally ranked as one of New York City's most desirable neighborhoods. Park Slope is part of Brooklyn Community District 6 , and its primary ZIP Codes are 11215 and 11217. [ 1 ] It is patrolled by the 78th Precinct of the New York City Police Department . [ 10 ]
The 14th Regiment of the New York State Militia, organized in the 1840s, [3] [4] was the United States' most active state militia by the late 19th century. [5] Nicknamed the "Fighting Fourteenth" and the "Red-Legged Devils", [4] [6] the 14th Regiment participated in numerous battles during the American Civil War. [7]
The Old Stone House is a house located in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. [2] [3] The Old Stone House is situated within the J. J. Byrne Playground, at Washington Park, on Third Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues.
In April 1993, the New York State Legislature agreed to give the MTA $9.6 billion for capital improvements. Some of the funds would be used to renovate nearly one hundred New York City Subway stations, [21] [22] including Grand Army Plaza. [23] The renovation was completed in 1996. [24]
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South Brooklyn is a historic term [1] [2] for a section of the former City of Brooklyn – now the New York City borough of Brooklyn – encompassing what are now the Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Gowanus, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Sunset Park and Red Hook neighborhoods.
Grand Army Plaza, originally known as Prospect Park Plaza, is a public plaza that comprises the northern corner and the main entrance [3] of Prospect Park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It consists of concentric oval rings arranged as streets, with the namesake Plaza Street comprising the outer ring.