Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Two Historic Districts for Brooklyn in 2025

Bed Stuy Locals Race to Buy Historic Stuyvesant Avenue Mansion as Sale Looms

A group of Bed Stuy residents is scrambling to take community ownership of a historic early 20th-century mansion on Stuyvesant Avenue following a court-ordered sale, organizing to form a community land trust and raise millions of dollars to buy and repair the property before it is sold to a private buyer.

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Brooklyn Got Two New Historic Districts, But No Individual Landmarks in 2025

Brooklyn had another slow year for landmarking in 2025, with no new individual landmarks designated. The borough did, however, gain two new historic districts.

Both districts, located in Flatbush, were designated unanimously by the Landmarks Preservation Commission in November, expanding protections for blocks south of Prospect Park that preservation advocates have long sought to see designated. The new Beverley Square West and Ditmas Park West historic districts bring the area’s total number of historic districts to five.

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Suzanne Spellen’s Tales of Brooklyn History and Architecture in 2025

Historian, preservationist, and longtime Brownstoner columnist Suzanne Spellen penned a bevy of captivating tales of Brooklyn’s history and architecture this year. If you missed her 2025 monthly columns or her features in the Brownstoner broadsheet, we’ve rounded them up for some winter reading.

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Brownstoner’s Top 10 Insiders of 2025

Each week Brownstoner columnist Cara Greenberg provides an inspirational look at interior design and renovation in homes across the borough, from prewar apartments to brownstones. Each Insider column, which has appeared on Brownstoner since 2011, offers a tour of a finished project with details on layout decisions, finishes, and decoration.

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Most Popular Upstate Listings of 2025: Greek Revival to Shingle Style

While some of these historic properties outside of Brooklyn might already be off the market, you can still gaze upon the period details and delve into historic tales of a Greek Revival charmer, a manse designed by Frederick Clarke Withers, and a Shingle Style dwelling that was home to a presidential candidate.

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