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, April 20, 2021 at 9:30 AM, the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC or agency) will hold a public hearing by teleconference with respect to the properties list below, 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. Please note that the order and estimated times are subject to change. The teleconference will be by the Zoom app and will be live streamed on the LPC’s YouTube channel www.youtube.com/nyclpc. Members of the public should observe the meeting on the YouTube channel and may testify on particular matters by joining the meeting using either the Zoom app or by calling in from any phone. Specific instructions on how to observe and testify, including the meeting ID and password, and the call-in number, will be posted on the agency’s website, under the “Hearings” tab https://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/hearings/hearings.page, on the Monday before the public hearing. Any person requiring language assistance services or other reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the hearing or attend the meeting should contact the LPC by contacting Rich Stein, Community and Intergovernmental Affairs Coordinator, at richstein@lpc.nyc.gov or 646-248-0220 at least five (5) business days before the hearing or meeting. Please note: Due to the City’s response to COVID-19, this public hearing and meeting is subject to change and/or cancellation.
Dorrance Brooks Square Historic District
LP-2651- Manhattan
ITEM PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC HEARING
Area I of the proposed Dorrance Brooks Square Historic District consists of the property bounded by a line beginning at the
intersection of the southern curbline of West 140th Street with the eastern curbline of Edgecombe Avenue, extending easterly along
the southern curbline of West 140th Street to the western curbline of Frederick Douglass Boulevard, southerly along said curbline to
the northern curbline of West 139th Street, westerly along said curbline to a point on a line extending northerly from the eastern
property line of 302 West 139th Street, southerly along said line and along the eastern property lines of 302 West 139th Street and 303
West 138th Street to the northern curbline of West 138th Street, westerly along said curbline to a point on a line extending northerly
from the eastern property line of 302 West 138th Street, southerly along said line and the eastern property line of 302 West 138th
Street, westerly along the southern property line of 302 West 138th Street and part of the southern property line of 304 West 138th
Street, to the eastern property line of 307 West 137th Street, southerly along the eastern property line of 307 West 137th Street and
across West 137th Street to the southern curbline of West 137th Street, easterly along said curbline to a point on a line extending
northerly from the eastern property line of 302 West 137th Street, southerly along said line and the eastern property line of 302 West
137th Street, westerly along the southern property line of 302 West 137th Street and part of the southern property line of 304 West
137th Street to the eastern property line of 305 West 136th Street, southerly along the eastern property line of 305 West 136th Street
to the northern curbline of West 136th Street, westerly along said curbline to the eastern curbline of Edgecombe Avenue, northerly
along the eastern curbline of Edgecombe Avenue to a point on a line extending easterly from the southern curbline of Dorrance
Brooks Square, westerly along said line and the southern curbline of Dorrance Brooks Square to the eastern curbline of St. Nicholas
Avenue, northerly along said curbline to a point on a line extending westerly from the northern property line of 580 St. Nicholas
Avenue (aka 578-580 St. Nicholas Avenue; 337-341 West 139th Street; 101-103 Edgecombe Avenue), easterly along said line and the
northern property line of 580 St. Nicholas Avenue (aka 578-580 St. Nicholas Avenue; 337-341 West 139th Street; 101-103 Edgecombe
Avenue) to the eastern curbline of Edgecombe Avenue, northerly along said curbline to the point of beginning.
Area II of the proposed Dorrance Brooks Square Historic District consists of the property bounded by a line beginning on the western
curbline of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard at a point on a line extending easterly from the northern property line of 2348 Adam
Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, extending southerly along the western curbline of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard to the northern
curbline of West 135th Street, westerly along the northern curbline of West 135th Street to a point on a line extending southerly from
the western property line of 2300 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard (aka 201 West 135th Street), northerly along said line and the
western property lines of 2300 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard (aka 201 West 135th Street) through 2306 Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Boulevard, westerly along the southern property lines of 202 through 268 West 136th Street, northerly along the western property
line of 268 West 136th Street to the southern curbline of West 136th Street, easterly along said curbline to a point on a line extending
southerly from the western property line of 265 West 136th Street, northerly along said line and the western property line of 265
West 136th Street to the southern property line of 290 West 137th Street, westerly along part of the southern property line of 290
West 137th Street and the southern property line of 292 West 137th Street, northerly along the western property line of 292 West
137th Street to the southern curbline of West 137th Street, easterly along said curbline to a point on a line extending southerly from
the western property line of 261 West 137th Street, northerly along said line and the western property line of 261 West 137th Street,
easterly along the northern property lines of 261 through 203 West 137th Street and a portion of the northern property line of the
alley (Block 2023, Lot 32) between 2348 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and 2340 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard (aka 2340-
2344 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard; 201 West 137th Street), northerly along the western property line of 2348 Adam Clayton
Powell Jr. Boulevard, easterly along the northern property line of 2348 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard to the point of beginning.
9 West 124th Street (aka 9--11 West 124th Street) - New York Public Library, Harlem Branch
LP-2652 - Block 1722 - Lot 30 Zoning:
ITEM PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC HEARING
A three-story, Carnegie-funded library designed in the
Classical style by McKim, Mead & White for the
New York Public Library and built from 1907-1909.