Built in 1838. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1889.
“The Weeksville Heritage Center is a historic site on Buffalo Avenue between St. Marks Avenue and Bergen Street in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York City.”
Wikipedia article Weeksville Heritage Center, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 207 National Register listings published here for Kings County · listed in 1972 · category: District · built in 1838.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,751 fires within 5 miles of Hunterfly Road Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,336 acres in total. 156 started naturally. 190 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2029 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 190 |
| Natural | 156 |
| Smoking | 115 |
| Debris and open burning | 82 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 73 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 64 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 22 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Gateway National Recreation Area | FOUNTAIN1 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hunterfly Road Historic District: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D Smith Steel/ Brooklyn, N.Y. | Iron | Unknown | ||
| N L Industries/ Brooklyn. N.Y. | Lead | Unknown | ||
| Roosevelt Metal/ Brooklyn, N.Y. | Lead | Unknown |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Parkway Theatre | 0.4 miles | 2010 |
| Fulton Park Plaza | 0.4 miles | 2026 | |
 | Immanuel Congregational Church | 0.6 miles | 2006 |
 | Stuyvesant Heights Historic District | 0.7 miles | 1975 |
| Chevra Torah Anshei Radishkowitz | 0.8 miles | 2021 | |
 | Stuyvesant Heights Historic District (Boundary Increase) | 0.8 miles | 1996 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 72000853 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Kings County | All 207 listed properties in this county. |
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