New York Landmarks Preservation Foundation
Brooklyn Heights, with its elegant promenade and dramatic view of Manhattan, is one of the most uniformly preserved 19th century residential districts in New York City. It was developed soon after 1814, when Robert Fulton's first steam-powered ferry, financially backed by Hezekiah Beers Pierpont, a transplanted New Englander, connected the village of Brooklyn to Manhattan. Distinguished today by frame houses built soon after 1820, Greek Revival and Italianate row houses built in the mid-century, and many 19th century churches, Brooklyn Heights retains its serene upper middle-class atmosphere. Notable early residents included Seth Low, president of Columbia University and an early mayor of consolidated New York; and Henry Ward Beecher, an Abolitionist minister and brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." The completion of the Brooklyn Bridge in 1883, and the consolidation of Brooklyn and New York in 1898, ended Brooklyn Heights' growth. It was the first historic district, designated in 1965.| HM Number | HMM35 |
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| Placed By | New York Landmarks Preservation Foundation |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Wednesday, September 24th, 2014 at 3:26am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18T E 585113 N 4505389 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 40.69501667, -73.99260000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 40° 41.701', W 73° 59.556' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 40° 41' 42.06" N, 73° 59' 33.36" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 718, 917, 347, 212 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 122 Pierrepont St, Rosholt NY 11201, US |
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