Built in 1876 (Italianate architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1889.
From the record
“Public School 39, also known as PS 39 The Henry Bristow School, is a historic school building located in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn, New York City. It is a part of the New York City Department of Education.”
Wikipedia article Public School 39, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 207 National Register listings published here for Kings County · listed in 1980 · category: Building · built in 1876, Italianate architecture.
Architectural style. Italianate architecture, Second Empire style
National Register reference number.80002646- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Then and now
1889 to 1995
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.
18891995
Fires near this property
1,660 since 2002
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 1,660 fires within 5 miles of Public School 39
between 2002 and 2020, burning about 428 acres in total. 94 started naturally. 152 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
1134
Arson/incendiarism
152
Natural
94
Smoking
92
Debris and open burning
68
Equipment and vehicle use
46
Fireworks
30
Misuse of fire by a minor
21
Recreation and ceremony
10
Railroad operations and maintenance
8
Power generation/transmission/distribution
3
Other causes
2
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
3 workings within 5 miles of Public School 39: 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.
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.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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