Park Slope Historic District is a national

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. It consists of 1,802 contributing buildings built between 1862 and about 1920. The 40-block district is almost exclusively residential and located adjacent to Prospect Park. It includes a variety of two and three story

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built in a variety of popular architectural styles of the late-19th and early 20th centuries. ''See also:'' ''and'' It was listed on the

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in 1980. The national historic district is overlaid by another district, designated by the

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in 1973. The city district was expanded in 2012 to cover 2,575 buildings stretching over part or all of around 40 city blocks, and again to the north in 2016. The historic district is New York's largest landmarked neighborhood in terms of the number of buildings.

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File:2012-09-06 at 17-25-30.jpg, Park Slope in 2012

References

Park Slope 1862 establishments in New York (state) Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Brooklyn New York City designated historic districts New York City Designated Landmarks in Brooklyn {{Brooklyn-NRHP-stub