For Immediate Release: October 20, 2025
Contact: lpcpressoffice@lpc.nyc.gov, 212-669-7938
LPC Awards New Grants to Landmark Buildings Citywide, Announces Completion of Restoration Projects for Three Properties in Alice and Agate Courts Historic District, the Latest in a Series of Grant-Funded Work With Transformative Impact in the Bedford-Stuyvesant Neighborhood
Top: 2025 Grant Awardees (L-R) 115-80 222nd Street, Queens;
1228 Dean Street, Brooklyn; Frederick Douglass Memorial Park, Staten Island
Bottom: Recently Completed Awardees (L-R) 5 Agate Court, Brooklyn;
14 Agate Court, Brooklyn; 16 Agate Court, Brooklyn
LPC’s Historic Preservation Grant Program helps low-to-moderate income property owners make needed exterior repairs on their designated landmark buildings
Grant recipients receive targeted grants for restoration work, as well as hands-on assistance from LPC staff throughout the project
NEW YORK – Today, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) announced three new grants awarded through its Historic Preservation Grant Program, which provides critical funding and ongoing support for low-to-moderate-income homeowners and non-profit organizations looking to repair and restore their landmark properties.
Grant recipients announced today include homeowners of landmark properties in Queens and Brooklyn and one not-for-profit organization in Staten Island, who received targeted grants to restore, repair, or rehabilitate the facades of their buildings, as well as hands-on technical assistance from LPC staff throughout the project.
Homeowner Awards
115-80 222nd Street, Queens – Cambria Heights-222nd Street Historic District: $35,000 awarded for work including door replacement and stained-glass restoration.
1228 Dean Street, Brooklyn – Crown Heights North Historic District: $35,000 awarded for work including brownstone façade and stoop resurfacing.
Non-Profit Awards
Frederick Douglass Memorial Park, Staten Island – Individual Landmark: $35,000 for partial roof replacement work. Frederick Douglass Memorial Park was founded in 1935 and is the only existing non-sectarian cemetery founded by – and specifically for – New York City’s Black community at a time when discrimination and segregation excluded them from other burial sites across the city.
LPC also announced today that grant-funded restoration work is officially complete on designated properties in Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, including three properties in Brooklyn’s Alice and Agate Courts Historic District that received funding in previous rounds of grant awards: 5 Agate Court ($20,000 for work including window replacement), and 14 Agate Court and 16 Agate Court, which received grant funding ($20,000 and $24,000, respectively) for work that included front door replacement. Over the past decade, LPC’s grants have had a transformative effect on the Alice and Agate Courts Historic District, which is comprised of 36 nineteenth-century row houses set on two half-block cul-de-sacs in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. With 12 awards to properties on Agate Court alone since the historic district was designated in 2009, nearly 40% of the homes on the block have now been restored thanks to support from the Historic Preservation Grant Program.
“LPC’s Historic Preservation Grant Program reflects the Commission’s ongoing commitment to investing in New York City’s historic resources and helping property owners preserve their buildings. We are tremendously proud of the collective results the grant program has achieved in the Alice and Agate Courts Historic District, and grateful for our long-standing collaboration with the community there,” said Landmarks Preservation Commission Executive Director Lisa Kersavage. “We are thrilled to build on this legacy of success with our newest recipients in Brooklyn and Staten Island and look forward to the lasting impact the grant-funded restoration work will have for those landmark sites.”
“LPC’s Historic Preservation Grant Program plays a vital role in helping landmark property owners across all five boroughs restore and maintain their designated buildings and sites. As a Staten Island resident, I’m particularly proud that our borough’s most recently designated landmark is among the recipients,” said Landmarks Preservation Commission Vice Chair Angie Master. “Frederick Douglass Memorial Park stands as a testament to the strength and resilience of New York’s Black community in overcoming historical discrimination, and this grant not only supports critical preservation work – it also honors the deep cultural and historical significance of the site as an African American cemetery, both for Staten Island and New York City as a whole, and will help ensure the site stands ready to welcome visitors for generations to come.”
Previous grant awardees who have also recently completed work on their designated landmark buildings include:
112-33 178th Street, Queens – Addisleigh Park Historic District: $35,000 awarded for work including partial roof replacement.
114-11 178th Street, Queens – Addisleigh Park Historic District: $14,800 awarded for work including window replacement.
856 Manida Street, Bronx – Manida Street Historic District: $25,000 awarded for work including paint removal, cornice repair and painting, and door repair.
134 Noble Street, Brooklyn – Greenpoint Historic District: $25,000 awarded for work including cornice repair and painting, brownstone resurfacing, and stone trim repair.
136 Milton Street, Brooklyn (Non-Profit Awardee Greenpoint Reformed Church) – Greenpoint Historic District: $35,000 awarded for work including stone step repair and marble replacement for the portico floor and front door threshold.
The grants, funded through the Community Development Block Grants, are awarded based on the number of applications received and funding available, income eligibility and financial need, building conditions and repairs, and the effect the grant will have on improving the building and/or historic district.
In addition to funding, grant recipients receive help with preparing the contractor bid documents and selecting qualified contractors. LPC grant program staff make site visits as work is underway and provide ongoing support until the project is complete.
“We are deeply grateful to the LPC Historic Preservation Grant Program for supporting the restoration of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Park chapel roof,” said Frederick Douglass Memorial Park Board Secretary Lynn Cuffee. “This investment ensures the protection of a landmark that honors African American history and community heritage for generations to come.”
“Our receipt of the grant for windows from the Landmark Preservation Commission has given an environmental, economic, and sustainable vantage to my home, said Marlienne Christian, homeowner of 5 Agate Court and grant recipient. “During the summer, the closed windows help to cool; in spring and autumn, the open windows airily bring in an aromatic mixture of flora, and in winter, the closed windows help to preserve heat. The approval process exercised by LPC in vetting the contractor, materials, and hardware selected led to the majestic finish to the façade of my home.”
“The Historic Preservation Grant Program has had a tremendous impact, not just on our home, but on our entire block. After our neighborhood was designated as a historic district in 2009, we wanted to restore our home’s exterior in a way that honored its original character. Thanks to the grant program, we were able to repair and repoint the façade, resurface our stoop, and repaint the fencing and windows of our brownstone. In 2022, we became eligible to apply for another grant and decided to replace our front door. Once again, the grant program was there, providing financial assistance and preservation expertise that helped ensure our new door complemented the historic beauty of our home,” said Jacqueline Bolling, homeowner of 14 Agate Court and grant recipient. “Today, when I walk down our street, I feel great pride in what we’ve accomplished together as a community, and I’m deeply grateful for the ongoing support of the LPC’s Historic Preservation Grant Program and the difference it continues to make in helping preserve the unique character of our neighborhood.”
To learn more about LPC’s Historic Preservation Grant Program and how to apply, go to https://www.nyc.gov/site/lpc/about/historic-preservation-grant-program.page
Images:
Photos of all grant recipients, including before and after images where applicable, can be found here: https://app.box.com/s/betdi2qild9fcemwxov6qr70pijs7a58
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About the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC)
The Landmarks Preservation Commission is the mayoral agency responsible for protecting and preserving New York City’s architecturally, historically, and culturally significant buildings and sites. Since its creation in 1965, LPC has granted landmark status to more than 38,000 buildings and sites, including 1,470 individual landmarks, 125 interior landmarks, 12 scenic landmarks, and 157 historic districts and extensions in all five boroughs. For more information, visit www.nyc.gov/landmarks and connect with us at www.facebook.com/NYCLandmarks, www.instagram.com/nyc.landmarks/ and www.x.com/nyclandmarks.
To learn more about LPC’s Historic Preservation Grant Program and how to apply, go to https://on.nyc.gov/LPCHistoricPreservationGrantProgram
In addition to LPC’s Historic Preservation Grant Program, the New York State Historic Preservation Office offers a tax credit program for rehabilitation of historic residential buildings. Buildings must be located in a qualifying census tract in order to qualify for the tax credit. LPC’s Discover NYC Landmarks map includes a census tract layer that makes it easier for people to determine whether an area or property is within an income-eligible census tract.