NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to the provisions of Title 25, chapter 3 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York (Sections 25-303, 25-307, 25-308, 25,309, 25-313, 25-318, 25-320) on Tuesday, September 24, 2019, a public hearing will be held at 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Borough of Manhattan with respect to the following properties and then followed by a public meeting. The final order and estimated times for each application will be posted on the Landmarks Preservation Commission website the Friday before the hearing. Any person requiring reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the hearing or attend the meeting should contact the Landmarks Commission no later than five (5) business days before the hearing or meeting.
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Brooklyn Office, Shelter, and Garage (Calendared as the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Rogers Memorial Building) 233 Butler Street (aka 231-237 Butler Street)
LP-2637 - Block 405 - Lot 51 in part - Zoning:
ITEM PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC HEARING
A neo-Romanesque-style office, animal shelter, and garage designed
by Renwick, Aspinwall & Tucker, built in 1913 and expanded in 1922
for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
196 Butler Street - Gowanus Canal Flushing Tunnel Pumping Station and Gate House
LP-2638 - Block 411 - Lot 14 in part - Zoning:
ITEM PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC HEARING
The proposed designation of a Neo-Classical-style brick pumping station
and brick gate house designed by Arthur L. L. Martin of the Brooklyn
Bureau of Sewers in 1909 and completed in 1911 to house the pumping
equipment for the Gowanus Canal Flushing Tunnel.
153 Second Street (aka 322 Third Avenue, 340 Third Avenue) - Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company Central Power Station Engine House
LP-2639 - Block 967 - Lot 1 in part - Zoning:
ITEM PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC HEARING
The proposed designation of the monumental Central Power Station
Engine House, built in 1901-04 for the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
as part of an ambitious electrical power network planned by prominent
electrical engineer Thomas E. Murray.
238-246 3rd Street (aka 232-236 3rd Street, 361-363 Third Avenue, 365-379 Third Avenue) - Somers Brothers Tinware Factory (later American Can Company)
LP-2640 - Block 980 - Lot 8 in part - Zoning: C8-2
ITEM PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC HEARING
The proposed designation of a commanding former factory that was constructed
in 1884 by Somers Brothers, a major manufacturer of decorated tinware boxes,
in the American round-arched style.
170 Second Avenue (aka 75 13th Street) - Montauk Paint Manufacturing Company Building
LP-2641 - Block 1025 - Lot 49 - Zoning:
ITEM PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC HEARING
The proposed designation of an American Round Arch-style industrial
building designed by George Heghinian and built in 1908 for William Kelly.