Brooklyn Heights Historic District

Infobox_nrhp | name =Brooklyn Heights Historic District
nrhp_type = nhld


caption = Typical Brooklyn Heights architecture, seen here in 2006
location= Brooklyn, New York
area =
built =1816
architect= Multiple
architecture= Greek Revival, Late Victorian, Gothic
designated = January 12, 1965 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=377&ResourceType=District
title=Brooklyn Heights Historic District|date=2007-09-14|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = State
refnum=66000524

Brooklyn Heights Historic District is a historic district that comprises much of Brooklyn Heights. It was named a National Historic Landmark in January, 1965, designated a New York City Landmark in November, 1965, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in October, 1966.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000524.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Brooklyn Heights] |419 KB|date=May, 1975 |author=Patricia Heintzelman |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000524.pdf Accompanying photos, from 1975.] |5.89 MB]

The district is bounded by Cadman Plaza West (Old Fulton Street) on the north, the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway on the west, Atlantic Avenue on the south, and an irregular line that partly follows Clinton and Henry Streets on the east.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/maps/brooklyn_heights.pdf Brooklyn Heights Historic District, Brooklyn, Designated November 23, 1965] |191 KB|accessdate=2007-10-30 |author=New York City Landmarks Commission |publisher=New York City Landmarks Commission]

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