Landmark

(Brooklyn Heights) The Brooklyn General Post Office opened on March 28, 1892. Right next to the 9 year old Brooklyn Bridge, the new post office building was in shadow to the bridge’s popularity. This elegant structure is Romanesque in style with an eye-catching belltower. In 1966 the building was designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Defining features of this style of Architecture include; strong, simple forms with powerful arches dominating the first story. Then also elaborate dormers, iron roof cresting, steeply pitched roofs, and the belltower giving the building a picturesque quality. Fun fact: stamps cost 2 cents at the time this was built.