Doctor’s Row one step closer to becoming Bay Ridge’s first historic district
Proposal has wide support at Landmarks Commission hearing
The residents of a picturesque Bay Ridge block moved a step closer on Tuesday to winning their fight for landmarking, an achievement that would establish the first historic district in the neighborhood.
The city’s Landmark Preservation Commission held a public hearing on the proposal, where they heard testimony from a wide variety of witnesses.
Neighborhood residents, preservation experts, Community Board 10 representatives and local lawmakers testified in front of the city’s Landmark Preservation Commision on Tuesday, either in person or via written testimony, on the proposal to grant official historic district status to the block of Bay Ridge Parkway between Fourth and Fifth avenues.