Renaissance Apartments

Renaissance Apartments
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New York City Landmark
September 2012
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Location	480 Nostrand Ave., Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates	40°40′56″N73°57′1″W / 40.68222°N 73.95028°W / 40.68222; -73.95028
Area	less than one acre
Built	1892
Architect	Morris, Montrose W.
Architectural style	Renaissance
NRHP reference No.	95001026 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 22, 1995
Designated NYCL	March 18, 1986

Renaissance Apartments is a historic apartment building located at Hancock Street and Nostrand Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City. It was built in 1892 and is a five-story masonry building in the French Renaissance style. It features elaborately decorated principal facades and prominent circular corner towers with slate covered conical roofs. It has steeply sloped slate mansard roofs with terra cotta ridge caps and gabled roof dormers. ^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. ^[1]

See also

• List of New York City Landmarks
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Kings County, New York

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Peter D. Shaver (May 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:Renaissance Apartments". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved February 20, 2011.See also: "Accompanying six photos". Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2011.