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Prospect Lefferts Gardens is a residential neighborhood in Flatbush in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
The area is bounded by Empire Boulevard (formerly Malbone Street) to
the north, Clarkson Avenue to the south, New York Avenue to the east,
and Ocean Avenue/Prospect Park to the west. Prospect Lefferts Gardens is part of Brooklyn Community Board 9 and is serviced by the NYPD 71st Precinct.
The area was originally settled by a Dutch
family in 1660. In 1893 the Lefferts estate was divided by James
Lefferts into 600 building lots, now known as Lefferts Manor, and sold
to developers. Lefferts observed construction from the Lefferts homestead, then located on Flatbush Avenue between Maple and Midwood Streets (now a historic museum located in Prospect Park).
In order to ensure that the neighborhood would contain homes of a
substantial nature, Lefferts attached land-use deed restrictions,
dictating that each lot contain a single family residence built of brick
or stone at least two stories in height, among other restrictions. The land-use covenant still exists in Lefferts Manor.
Houses in Lefferts Manor were mostly constructed during the late 19th
Century, the last of which were constructed in the late 1950s.
Lefferts Manor and parts of Lefferts Avenue and Sterling Street, not
in the single-family covenant, were granted landmark status by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission on October 9, 1979. The Lefferts Manor Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
In 2009 the neighborhood gained a second landmark district when the NYC
Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Ocean on the Park
Historic District. As a small, early 20th century enclave that is
set-back from the street, this historic district consists of only 2
brick and 10 limestone townhouses. Yet it stands in striking
architectural contrast to the long line of large and stately apartment
buildings which otherwise dominate Ocean Avenue at the southeastern
border of Prospect Park.
Concurrent with the development of Lefferts Manor was the growth of
the surrounding area, now known collectively as Prospect Lefferts
Gardens. Many one and two family homes were constructed in the early
20th Century.
Presently, other areas of Prospect Lefferts Gardens contain a mixture
of single-family and multi-family homes as well as larger apartment
houses.
Currently the neighborhood contains an ethnically diverse community with a largely Caribbean population.
The Prospect Lefferts Gardens neighborhood is serviced by the Franklin Avenue Shuttle and the Q and B trains (BMT Brighton Line) at the Prospect Park station and the Q and B trains at the Parkside Avenue stop, as well as the Sterling Street and Winthrop Street stops on the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line (2 and 5 trains).
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