Fiske Terrace, Brooklyn
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Fiske Terrace is a planned community and neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Fiske Terrace is located in south central Brooklyn in the southern edge of the community of Flatbush and north of the community of Midwood. It is bounded by Foster Avenue on the north, Ocean Avenue on the east, the Bay Ridge Branch of the Long Island Rail Road/New York and Atlantic Railway right-of-way on the south, and the New York City Subway BMT Brighton Line subway line ({{NYCS trains|Brighton}}) on the west.Caratzas, Michael D. [https://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2208.pdf#page=7 Fiske Terrace – Midwood Park Historic District Designation Report], New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, March 18, 2008. Accessed December 31, 2023.
Overview
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Fiske Terrace was developed, along with Midwood Park, with individually designed housing by the T.B. Ackerson Company in 1905;{{Cite web|title=Aging Beauties, Factory-Made|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/30/nyregion/thecity/30mass.html?_r=0|work=The New York Times|author=Jennifer Bleyer|date=September 30, 2007|access-date=June 3, 2014}} after the T. B. Ackerson Company bought what was then a forest, it was razed within 18 months, giving way to about 150 custom-made houses as well as streets and utilities, and the Midwood Malls.Historic Districts Council—"FISKE TERRACE-MIDWOOD PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT" Prominent past residents included Richard Hellmann, creator and founder of "Hellmann's Mayonnaise",{{Cite web|url=https://www.longislandexchange.com/new-york-city/brooklyn/fiske-terrace/|title=Fiske Terrace|website=www.longislandexchange.com}} and Charles Ebbets, owner of Ebbets Field Baseball Stadium and the Brooklyn Dodgers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/sports/baseball/charles-ebbets-brooklyns-team-and-their-ballpark.html|title=Ebbets, His Team and His Ballpark|first=Bob|last=McGee|work=The New York Times |date=April 6, 2013|via=NYTimes.com}} On March 18, 2008, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously approved designation of the Fiske Terrace-Midwood Park Historic District. 250 homes were designated.{{cite press release |publisher=New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission |date=2008-03-18 |title=250 Houses in Brooklyn's Fiske Terrace-Midwood Park Earn Landmark Status |url=http://nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/press/03_18_08_webster.pdf |access-date=2010-01-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100302191951/http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/press/03_18_08_webster.pdf |archive-date=2010-03-02 |url-status=dead }} The community is served by the Avenue H (formerly Fiske Terrace) station of the BMT Brighton Line, whose century-old station house is a New York City designated landmark.{{cite web |url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/avenueh.pdf |title=Avenue H Station House |access-date=2008-10-28 |author=Landmarks Preservation Commission |date=2004-06-29 }}
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Category:Neighborhoods in Brooklyn