THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
RESOLUTION NO. 1006
Resolution affirming the designation by the Landmarks Preservation Commission of the Bedford Historic District, Borough of Brooklyn, Designation List No. DL-485/LP-2514 (L.U. No. 336; 20165266 HKK; N 160134 HKK).
By Council Members Greenfield and Koo
WHEREAS, the Landmarks Preservation Commission filed with the Council on December 18, 2015 a copy of its designation dated December 8, 2015 (the "Designation"), of the Bedford Historic District, Community District 3, Borough of Brooklyn, with the following district boundaries:
The Bedford Historic District consists of the properties bounded by a line beginning at the northwest corner of Jefferson Avenue and Tompkins Avenue, extending westerly along the northern curb line of Jefferson Avenue to a point in said curb line formed by extending a line northerly from the eastern property line of 338 Jefferson Avenue, southerly across Jefferson Avenue and along said property line and a portion of the eastern property line of 297 Hancock Street, easterly along the northern property line of 299 Hancock Street, southerly along the eastern property line of 299 Hancock Street to the northern curb line of Hancock Street, westerly along said curb line to a point in said curb line formed by extending a line northerly from the eastern property line of 288 Hancock Street, southerly across Hancock Street and along said property line, westerly along the southern property lines of 288 to 256 Hancock Street, southerly along the eastern property line of 191 Halsey Street to the northern curb line of Halsey Street, westerly along said curb line to the northwest corner of Marcy Avenue and Halsey Street, southerly across Halsey Street and along the western curb line of Marcy Avenue to a point in said curb line formed by extending a line easterly from the southern property line of 112 Macon Street (aka 936 Marcy Avenue), westerly along the southern property lines of 112 to 104 Macon Street, southerly along a portion of the eastern property line of 102 Macon Street, westerly along the southern property lines of 102 to 94 Macon Street, southerly along the eastern property lines of 9 to 17 Verona Place and a portion of the eastern property line of 19 Verona Place, easterly along a portion of the northern property line of 21 Verona Place, southerly along a portion of the eastern property line of 21 Verona Place, westerly along a portion of the southern property line of 21 Verona Place, southerly along a portion of the eastern property line of 21 Verona Place, westerly along a portion of the southern property line of 21 Verona Place, across Verona Place and long the southern property line of 20 Verona Place, northerly along the western property lines of 20 to 16 Verona Place and a portion of the western property line of 14 Verona Place, westerly along southern property lines of 72 to 38 Macon Street, northerly along the western property line of 38 Macon Street to the northern curb line of Macon Street, westerly along said curb line, across Nostrand Avenue, to the northeast corner of Macon Street and 1 Arlington Place, northerly along the eastern curb line of Arlington Place to a point in said curb line formed by extending a line easterly from the southern property line of 22 Arlington Place, westerly across Arlington Place and along said property line, northerly along the western property lines of 22 to 14 Arlington Place, westerly along the southern property lines of 48 to 22 Halsey Street, northerly along the western property line of 22 Halsey Street to the northern curb line of Halsey Street, westerly along the northern curb line of Halsey Street to a point in said curb line formed by extending a line southerly from the western property line of 9 Halsey Street, northerly along the western property lines of 9 Halsey Street and 60 Hancock Street to the northern curb line of Hancock Street, westerly along the northern curb line of Hancock Street to a point in said curb line formed by extending a line southerly from the western property line of 57 Hancock Street, northerly along said property line, easterly along the northern property lines of 57 to 61 Hancock Street, northerly along a portion of the western property line of 63 Hancock Street, easterly along the northern property lines of 63 to 137 Hancock Street, southerly along a portion of the eastern property line of 137 Hancock Street, easterly along the northern property lines of 139 to 147 Hancock Street, across Nostrand Avenue to the eastern curb line of Nostrand Avenue, northerly along said curb line to the southeast corner of Jefferson Avenue and Nostrand Avenue, easterly along the southern curb line of Jefferson Avenue to a point in said curb line formed by extending a line southerly from the eastern property line of 189 Jefferson Avenue, northerly across Jefferson Avenue and the western property line of 189 Jefferson Avenue, easterly along the northern property lines of 189 to 193 Jefferson Avenue, northerly along a portion of the western property line of 280 Putnam Avenue, westerly along the southern property lines of 278 to 270 Putnam Avenue, northerly along the western property line of 270 Putnam Avenue to the southern curb line of Putnam Avenue, easterly along the southern curb line of Putnam Avenue to a point in said curb line formed by extending a line southerly from the western property line of 299 Putnam Avenue, northerly across Putnam Avenue and along said property line, easterly along the northern property line of 299 Putnam Avenue and a portion of the northern property line of 301-303 Putnam Avenue, northerly along the western property line of 230 Madison Street to the northern curb line of Madison Street, westerly along the northern curb line of Madison Street to a point in said curb line formed by extending a line southerly from the western property line of 227 Madison Street, northerly along said property line, westerly along the southern curb line of 230 Monroe Street, northerly along the western property line of 230 Monroe Street to the southern curb line of Monroe Street, easterly along said curb line to the southwest corner of Marcy Avenue and Monroe Street, southerly along the western curb line of Marcy Avenue to a point in said curb line formed by extending a line westerly from the northern property line of 815 Marcy Avenue, easterly across Marcy Avenue and said property line, southerly along the eastern property lines of 815 to 829 Marcy Avenue, westerly along the southern property line of 829 Marcy Avenue to the western curb line of Marcy Avenue, southerly along said curb line across Madison Street and Putnam Avenue to the southwest corner of Marcy Avenue and Putnam Avenue, easterly across Marcy Avenue and along the southern curb line of Putnam Avenue to a point in said curb line formed by extending a line northerly from the eastern property line of 418 Putnam Avenue, southerly along said property line, easterly along the northern property lines of 335 to 343 Jefferson Avenue to the western curb line of Tompkins Avenue, southerly along said curb line to the point of the beginning.
WHEREAS, the Designation is subject to review by the Council pursuant to Section 3020 of the City Charter;
WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission submitted to the Council on February 5, 2016, its report on the Designation dated February 3, 2016 (the "Report");
WHEREAS, upon due notice, the Council held a public hearing on the Designation on February 25, 2016; and
WHEREAS, the Council has considered the land use implications and other policy issues relating to the Designation;
RESOLVED:
Pursuant to Section 3020 of the City Charter, and on the basis of the information and materials contained in the Designation and the Report, the Council affirms the Designation.
Adopted.
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The City of New York, } ss.:
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a Resolution passed by The Council of The City of New York on March 9, 2016, on file in this office.
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City Clerk, Clerk of The Council