Park Slope Extension II on Calendar, Former Business School in Williamsburg Landmarked

Exciting news: The Landmarks Preservation Commission yesterday voted to calendar public hearings on a proposal to extend the Park Slope Historic District (known as Park Slope Historic District Extension II). While nothing is a done deal yet, usually when the LPC votes yes to calendar (or schedule) a district, it eventually designates it. This would be the second extension of the original Park Slope Historic District, which was landmarked in 1973.

Also yesterday the LPC designated a building in south Williamsburg, a Romanesque Revival-Second Empire brick building that started out as a commercial college and is now an apartment building. The Long Island Business College at 143 South 8th Street, pictured above, was built in 1892 and designed by architect William H. Gaylor. It has rough-hewn brownstone trim and a slate mansard roof and was recently a Building of the Day.

The LPC also voted to calendar the M.H. Renken Dairy Company Engine Room building in Clinton Hill (the M.H. Renken Dairy Company office building is already calendared), according to Curbed.

Building of the Day: 143 South 8th Street [Brownstoner]
LPC to Vote on Calendaring Park Slope Extension Tomorrow [Brownstoner]
Photo by Christopher Bride for PropertyShark