Cypress Avenue West Historic District

Cypress Avenue West Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
PS 81 in the historic district
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Location	Roughly bounded by St. Nicholas and Seneca Aves., Linden and Stockholm Sts., New York, New York
Coordinates	40°42′15″N73°54′45″W / 40.70417°N 73.91250°W / 40.70417; -73.91250
Area	36.5 acres (14.8 ha)
Built	1888
Architect	Berger, Louis, & Co.; multiple
Architectural style	Renaissance, Romanesque, Romanesque Revival
MPS	Ridgewood MRA
NRHP reference No.	83001768 [1]
Added to NRHP	September 30, 1983

Cypress Avenue West Historic District is a national historic district in Ridgewood, Queens, New York. It includes 440 contributing buildings built between 1888 and 1906. They consist mainly of brick two and three story row houses with one apartment per floor and three story tenements with two apartments per floor. Also included in the district is Public School #81, St. John's Ridgewood United Methodist Church, and a row of commercial buildings. They feature Romanesque Revival style applied detailing. ^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Donald G. Presa (August 1983). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York MPS Cypress Avenue West Historic District. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 2, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)