Astral Apartments


The Astral Apartments
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Astral Apartments, August 2008
Show map of New York City Show map of New York Show map of the US
Location	184 Franklin St., New York, New York
Coordinates	40°43′54″N 73°57′28″W / 40.73167°N 73.95778°W / 40.73167; -73.95778Coordinates: 40°43′54″N 73°57′28″W / 40.73167°N 73.95778°W / 40.73167; -73.95778
Area	less than one acre
Built	1885
Architect	Lamb & Rich
NRHP Reference #	82001178 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 29, 1982

The Astral Apartments is a historic apartment building located in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, New York.

The Astral was built in 1885–1886 as affordable housing for employees of Charles Pratt's Astral Oil Works. It is a massive brick and terra cotta building in the Queen Anne style.^[2] It features a central projecting section with a deep, three story high round arch recess.^[3] The roof features inward-looking decorative gargoyles.

Originally, a branch of the Pratt Institute Free Library operated from the ground floor of the Astral.^[4]

The building was designed to echo red-brick apartments built for workers by George Peabody in London.^[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982^[1] and designated a City Landmark in 1983.

In popular culture

The building is the fictional setting for Kate Christensen's 2011 novel The Astral.

References

1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 "New York Architecture: The Astral Apartments". nyc-architecture.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-01.
↑ James T. Dillon and Anne B. Covell (July 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:Astral Apartments". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-02-20. See also: "Accompanying four photos".
↑ Ostrander, Stephen M. (1894). A History of the City of Brooklyn and Kings County, Volume II. Brooklyn, NY: Subscription.

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in New York

Topics	Contributing property Keeper of the Register Historic district History of the National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Property types

Lists by county	Albany Allegany Bronx Broome Cattaraugus Cayuga Chautauqua Chemung Chenango Clinton Columbia Cortland Delaware Dutchess Erie Essex Franklin Fulton Genesee Greene Hamilton Herkimer Jefferson Kings (Brooklyn) Lewis Livingston Madison Monroe Montgomery Nassau New York (Manhattan) Niagara Oneida Onondaga Ontario Orange Orleans Oswego Otsego Putnam Queens Rensselaer Richmond (Staten Island) Rockland Saratoga Schenectady Schoharie Schuyler Seneca St. Lawrence Steuben Suffolk Sullivan Tioga Tompkins Ulster Warren Washington Wayne Westchester Northern Southern Wyoming Yates

Lists by city	Albany Buffalo New Rochelle New York City Bronx Brooklyn Queens Staten Island Manhattan Below 14th St. 14th–59th St. 59th–110th St. Above 110th St. Minor islands Niagara Falls Peekskill Poughkeepsie Rhinebeck Rochester Syracuse Yonkers

Other lists	Bridges and tunnels National Historic Landmarks

Category:National Register of Historic Places in New York Portal:National Register of Historic Places

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/28/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.