Wallabout Historic District, Sea Gate

Name: Wallabout Historic District
Address: Sea Gate, United States

#145 among attractions in Sea Gate

Beaux-Arts architecture, Italianate architecture, Greek Revival architecture, Gothic Revival architecture, More...

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Facts and practical information

Wallabout Historic District is a national historic district located in the Wallabout neighborhood of Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. The district encompasses 203 contributing buildings in a mixed residential and commercial / industrial section of Brooklyn. The district features noteworthy examples of Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Beaux-Arts, and Colonial Revival style architecture. It largely developed between about 1830 and 1880, with some later development. It includes vernacular wood houses, masonry single-family rowhouses in brick and brownstone, and multi-family tenements and flat houses. ()

Coordinates: 40°41'40"N, 73°58'12"W

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Northwestern Brooklyn (Clinton Hill)Sea Gate United States

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Wallabout Historic District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Quarters A, Golconda Playground, Commodore Barry Park, Mark Morris Dance Center.

0.7 miNW
Historical landmark
Quarters A, New York City
18 min walk • Quarters A, also known as the Commandant's House, is a historic house on Evans Street in the Vinegar Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City.
0.7 miW
Park
Golconda Playground, Sea Gate
17 min walk • Golconda Skate Park, known as Fat Kid, is a public skate park in the Downtown Brooklyn/Fort Greene neighborhoods of Brooklyn, New York City, that originated as a DIY skate spot.
0.5 miW
Park
Commodore Barry Park, Sea Gate
13 min walk • Commodore Barry Park is an urban park in the Fort Greene neighborhood of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The park is operated by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.
0.7 miSW
Theater
Mark Morris Dance Center, Sea Gate
18 min walk • The Mark Morris Dance Center is located in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, at 3 Lafayette Avenue, on the corner of Flatbush Avenue. It is the permanent home of the international touring modern dance company, the Mark Morris Dance Group.
~1860 ftSW
Park, Basketball court
Fort Greene Park, New York City
9 min walk • Fort Greene Park is a city-owned and -operated park in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York City. The 30.2-acre park was originally named after the fort formerly located there, Fort Putnam, which itself was named for Rufus Putnam, George Washington's Chief of Engineers in the Revolutionary War.
0.7 miSW
Theater
Theatre for a New Audience, Sea Gate
17 min walk • The Theatre for a New Audience is a non-profit theater in New York City focused on producing Shakespeare and other classic dramas. Its off-Broadway productions have toured in the U.S. and internationally.
0.4 miS
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Queen of All Saints Church, Sea Gate
12 min walk • The Queen of All Saints Church is located at 300 Vanderbilt Avenue on the corner of Lafayette Avenue in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. It is a Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn. The church is located within the Fort Greene Historic District.
~1010 ftNW
Church
Mary of Nazareth Parish, Sea Gate
5 min walk • Mary of Nazareth Parish was formed in 2008 with the merger of Sacred Heart Parish and the Parish of St. Michael and St. Edward.
0.7 miSW
Theater, Concerts and shows, Opera
Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York City
18 min walk • The Brooklyn Academy of Music is a performing arts venue in Brooklyn, New York City, known as a center for progressive and avant-garde performance. It presented its first performance in 1861 and began operations in its present location in 1908. The Academy is incorporated as a New York State not-for-profit corporation. It has 501 status.
~1800 ftSW
Memorial, Stanford White, Sculpture
Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument, New York City
9 min walk • The Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument is a war memorial at Fort Greene Park, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It commemorates more than 11,500 American prisoners of war who died in captivity aboard sixteen British prison ships during the American Revolutionary War.
0.5 miSE
Church, Victorian architecture, Romanesque revival architecture
Apostolic Faith Mission, Sea Gate
13 min walk • The Apostolic Faith Mission church in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, New York City, located at 265 Lafayette Avenue northeast corner of Washington Avenue, occupies the historic nineteenth-century former Orthodox Friends Meeting House.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Wallabout Historic District?

Nearby attractions include Lefferts-Laidlaw House, Sea Gate (2 min walk), Wallabout, Sea Gate (2 min walk), Rockwood Chocolate Factory Historic District, Sea Gate (5 min walk), Feuchtwanger Stable, Sea Gate (5 min walk).

How to get to Wallabout Historic District by public transport?

The nearest stations to Wallabout Historic District:

Bus

Vanderbilt Avenue & Park Avenue • Lines: B69 (3 min walk)
Myrtle Avenue & Clinton Avenue • Lines: B54 (3 min walk)

Metro

Clinton–Washington Avenues • Lines: G (12 min walk)
Fulton Street • Lines: G (16 min walk)

Train

Atlantic Terminal (20 min walk)
Nostrand Avenue (41 min walk)