Beverley Squares
Beverley Square East and Beverley Square West, also spelled Beverly Square, are a pair of
Context and construction
The two neighborhoods extend from Beverley Road in the north (south of
Ackerson arranged for there to be subway stations on the new
Originally Ackerson offered his houses in Beverley Square East for sale at $10,000 and up, and those in Beverley Square West at $6,500 and up;
Gentrification
Like the rest of Victorian Flatbush, the Beverley Squares have been revitalized since the 1970s by an influx of new residents who value the relatively cheap houses in a variety of architectural styles with details such as fluted columns, stained glass, large porches, and turrets. Beverley Square West has an active residents' association that celebrated the centenary of the neighborhood in 2002 and is trying to achieve designation by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission,[1][3] but without success as of 2010[update].[12] Together with Ditmas Park West, the Beverley Squares are now often thought of as part of Ditmas Park.[13][14]
Education
Public School 139, the Alexine Fenty School,[15] occupies the blockfront of Cortelyou Road between Rugby and Argyle Roads in Beverley Square West; several of the original houses were demolished to build an extension to the school.[1] The "mini-school" annex opened in 1989.[16]
References
- ^ ISBN 9780738524535, pp. 142–43.
- ^ a b c Beverly Square East and West Neighborhood Associations, Brooklyn Community Board 14, retrieved January 20, 2013.
- ^ a b c Evan Lerner, "Peaked Roofs, Crossed Fingers", The City, The New York Times, March 16, 2008.
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- ^ a b Metropolis 2 (1982) p. 23.
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- ^ a b The Early Years, Victorian Flatbush, retrieved January 21, 2013.
- ^ Gunnison, pp. 100–01.
- ^ T. B. Ackerson Company sales brochure for Beverley Square West and Beverley Square East, p. 6, online at Beverley Square West Association.
- ^ Gunnison, p. 101.
- ISBN 9780899975580, p. 104.
- ^ Jen Carlson, "The LPC Called Out For Playing Favorites" Archived 2010-03-13 at the Wayback Machine, Gothamist, March 10, 2010.
- ^ John Rather, "If You're Thinking of Living In/Ditmas Park, Brooklyn; A Suburban Enclave in an Urban Setting", Real Estate, The New York Times, July 5, 1998.
- ^ Jake Mooney, "Moved for the Space; Stayed for the Food", Living In | Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, Real Estate, The New York Times, November 13, 2009.
- ^ Rosalie R. Radomsky, "If You're Thinking of Living In/Prospect Park South; A Turn-of-the-Century Brooklyn 'Suburb'", Real Estate, The New York Times, January 1, 1995, p. 2.
- ^ Eve M. Kahn, "A Lesson in Playfulness: School Annexes That Please the Eye", The New York Times, October 19, 1989.