Fiske Terrace has finally become a landmarked district. Phew.

Think for a moment how long it took for this to come about. Fiske Terrace and others applied for landmark status years ago and were refused. I don’t know the history of Fiske Terrace landmarking process, but it’s hard to believe that Landmarks didn’t do it sooner.

Come on: historic Flatbush: the largest collection of Victorian and other architectural styles of merti houses in the country. IN THE COUNTRY. What took them so long?

But New York is the town that demolished Penn Station. Thanks to Jackie O and many, many others, New York has seen the light since then.

Still, NYC has been slow to the landmarking. But despite the understaffed, overworked Landmarks Commission, NYC is making up for lost time. It’s a slow, laborious process. But New York is finally getting it.

And Victorian Flatbush is being landmarked neighborhood by neighborhood because it is a collection of smaller districts.

Deep in the Heart of Brooklyn, who lives in Fiske Terrac, had the heart to post this email written by Fred Baer, former President of the Fiske Terrace Association, and among the prime movers throughout this designation process. He sent this email to area residents/FTA members regarding the Landmark Preservation Commission’s designation of the Fiske Terrace and Midwood Park neighborhoods as Landmark Historic Districts.

Yesterday we witnessed a historic event for our neighborhood: The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission formally designated the Fiske Terrace/Midwood Park Historic District. The Commission members’ commentary this morning was extremely complimentary towards our neighborhood, and reflected their admiration for how well kept our homes are and how well we have maintained the original character of our neighborhood.

Now that we are officially and landmarked district, there will certainly be many questions that we all as homeowners will have as to what we can and cannot do, and how and when we will need approval by the Landmarks Preservation Commission to make changes to our homes.

Read more at Deep in the Heart of Brooklyn