Landmarks approves reintroduced stoop at Brooklyn Heights row house, asks for refined door surround and ironwork

The Landmarks Preservation Commission on March 4 approved a plan to reconstruct a stoop and parlor entrance at 39 Sydney Place, a Greek Revival–style row house in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District, while keeping the building's twentieth‑century stucco facade intact.

The commission found that returning a stoop to the parlor level and lengthening parlor windows would be compatible with the streetscape and the building’s later historic alteration, but it required further design development for the parlor entrance surround, paired doors and the new stoop ironwork in consultation with staff.

The building, built in 1846 but reconfigured in the early 20th century with a stucco cladding and ornate ironwork, was last before the commission at a November 2024 hearing. The applicant's revised…