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Simeon Bankoff

A collection of 9 issues

Doctor’s Row Designated As Bay Ridge’s First Historic District

Doctor’s Row. (Photo via LPC)UPDATE: It’s now official. While Doctors’ Row became a Historic District on June 25, 2019, when the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously to grant it the designation, the City Council had to approve it to make it truly official, and that happened yesterday,

Developer Plans Office Complex For Former Gowanus Printing Plant

GOWANUS – A developer’s plan to convert the former printing plant on the corner of Butler and Nevins Streets into a hotel have changed. R.G. Dun and Company Building, 255 Butler Street at Nevins (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Sam Boymelgreen filed an application with NYC DOB [http://a810-bisweb.nyc.

DOB To Issue A Criminal Court Summons Against Developer Of S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse

[UPDATED: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at 5pm] The NYC Department of Buildings [DOB] reached out to Bklyner with the following clarifications. “DOB has issued several violations to the building owner already for failure to comply with a DOB issued Stop Work Order,” wrote Andrew Rudansky, DOB Senior Deputy Press Secretary.

Coalition Proposes Gowanus Landmarks Prior To Rezoning

GOWANUS- A group of Gowanus residents and community leaders gathered at the Union Street Bridge Tuesday morning to call on the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] (LPC) to consider key historical sites in the neighborhood for landmark designation. L-R: Brad Vogel, Simeon Bankoff,

Landmarks Preservation Commission Chair Resigns Following Opposition To Proposed Changes In Rules

The Chair of the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] (LPC) announced her resignation on Thursday after serving four years in the role. St. Barbara’s Roman Catholic Church, Bushwick (Photo: Scott Bintner/PropertyShark)“I am honored to have served as Chair of the

[UPDATE] LPC Schedules Hearing For Two Historic Carroll Gardens Buildings

CARROLL GARDENS – [UPDATED: 10am, Wednesday, April 11 2018] The NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission sent out an announcement Tuesday afternoon stating that they have officially voted to “calendar” 236 and 238 President Street, bringing the two buildings closer to a landmark designation decision and protecting 236 President, the former Hans S.

LPC Schedules Hearing For Two Historic Carroll Gardens Buildings

CARROLL GARDENS – On Friday, Council Member Brad Lander’s office sent a release announcing that the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] (LPC) has agreed to consider both 236 and 238 President Street for landmark designation. (L-R) 238 and 236 President Street (Photo: Pamela

Coalition Seeks Landmark Designation For Former Home of Walt Whitman

WALLABOUT – The Walt Whitman Initiative [https://www.facebook.com/WaltWhitmanInitiative/] is urging the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] to reconsider its decision not to designate 99 Ryerson Street [https://www.google.com/maps/place/99+Ryerson+St,+Brooklyn,+NY+11205/@40.6957269,

Panel Nixes Plan To Cut List Of Potential City Landmarks, Including Green-Wood

The city’s Landmark Preservation Commission (LPC) has withdrawn its controversial plan to remove 98 properties awaiting landmark status from their list, including the historic Green-Wood Cemetery [http://www.green-wood.com/] and Lady Moody’s House in Gravesend [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2014/12/nearly-100-nyc-sites-may-removed-landmark-consideration-including-lady-moodys-house-gravesend/] . As we previously reported [/history/