
 
        
         
		Preserving the neighborhood 
 Locals renew push for Bushwick Avenue landmark designation 
 Two 1880s houses by Theobald Engelhardt (right), and two Queen Anne houses on Linden Street (middle), and a Bushwick Avenue (right).   Photos by Susan De Vries 
 BY CRAIG HUBERT 
 Residents are making another  
 attempt at landmarking  
 historic Bushwick Avenue. 
 A group that included members  
 of the community board,  
 representatives for local offi - 
 cials and concerned residents  
 held a virtual meeting Tuesday  
 night to talk about strategies  
 to reignite a landmarking  
 proposal that was recently introduced  
 as part of the stalled  
 Bushwick Community Plan. 
 The incident that sparked  
 the meeting was the news of  
 the forthcoming demolition  
 of the Charles Lindemann  
 House, a Queen Anne home  
 located at 1001 Bushwick Ave.  
 Following a petition that was  
 sent around last week, which  
 as of this writing has attracted  
  
 COURIER L 18     IFE, DECEMBER 4-10, 2020 
 656 signatures, many  
 of the people on the call were  
 realistic that the chances are  
 slim  that  they  can  save  the  
 Lindemann House. But they  
 want  to  take  the  opportunity  
 to push again for landmarking  
 the neighborhood. 
 The  Bushwick  Community  
 Plan called for three landmark  
 districts,  including  the  Bushwick  
 Avenue Historic District,  
 as well as six individual landmarks. 
 “With the community plan,  
 this is something we really  
 wanted to preserve,” said CB4  
 Chair Robert Camacho. “This  
 should  have  been  done  a  long  
 time ago.” 
 Kelly Carroll, representing  
 Historic Districts Council, 
   suggested  an  explanatory  
 Landmarks 101 as a next step,  
 hoping to educate residents unaware  
 of the landmarking process. 
  Other residents suggested  
 producing a short documentary  
 about the historic architecture  
 of the neighborhood.  
 Some said on-the-ground protests  
 might be the best option. 
 A request for evaluation was  
 sent to the Landmarks Preservation  
 Commission last week.  
 During  the  meeting,  the  suggestion  
 was made that a committee  
 needed to be formed in  
 order to provide a unifi ed front  
 in the fi ght to save Bushwick’s  
 historic buildings before they  
 are destroyed.