Senator Street Historic District

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Senator Street Historic District
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Location318-370 and 317-347 Senator St., Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates 40°38′12″N74°1′27″W / 40.63667°N 74.02417°W / 40.63667; -74.02417
Area2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built1906
ArchitectEisenla, Fred W.
Architectural styleRenaissance
NRHP reference No. 02001115 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 10, 2002

Senator Street Historic District is a national historic district in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York City. It consists of 40 contributing residential buildings (including two garages) built between 1906 and 1912. They are all three story brownstone rowhouses in the Neo-Renaissance style. The houses feature high stoops and full sized subterranean basements. [2] Located between 67th and 68th Streets, the street is named for New York State Senator Henry Cruse Murphy, [3] who also held other elected positions. [4] [5]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Kathy Howe (April 2002). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Senator Street Historic District. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 3, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
  3. Smith, Sarah Harrison (April 5, 2013). "Where Urban Meets Suburban". The New York Times .
  4. Mooney, Jake (July 17, 2005). "On a Wrought-Iron Block, a 21st-Century Interloper". The New York Times .
  5. Gordon, David (June 3, 1973). "Woman Digging Into Brooklyn Past". The New York Times .