Why Wasn’t Visitation Monastery and Property in Bay Ridge Landmarked?
When the news came that Visitation Academy and the monetary in Bay Ridge were closing, people began to ask why the buildings and wall were not landmarked. The monastery and walls are from 1855.
Property owned by religious organizations are rarely landmarked. Landmarking status can not be forced on a religious organization.
There are only four places in Bay Ridge that people had landmarked:
1. The Gingerbread House at 8200 Narrows Avenue. Landmarked in 1988.
2. 119 – 95th Street: The Bennet-Farrell-Feldmann House was built in 1847 and moved to 95th Street in 1913. It was landmarked in 1999. (See here)
3. The Fort Hamilton Casement Fort at 9275 Fort Hamilton Parkway built in 1825-1831 (Landmarked in March 2012 – see here) (Pictured here)
4. Doctors’ Row-Bay Ridge Parkway Historic District (between 4th and 5th Avenues) The residents on this block applied for landmarking over the 54 row homes that were built from 1906-1913, and it was landmarked in 2019. (See here) In 2022, they added the sign below.
Senator Street is on the National Register District, but this is just honorary and would not stop any building on the street from being taken down (as landmarking would). No one on Senator Street has applied for landmarking like they did on Bay Ridge Parkway.
People asked why Visitation and Fontbonne Hall haven’t been landmarked. Landmarking meetings continue to be virtual in NYC. (See here)
Hugs,
marlene
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