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Bedford-Stuyvesant (Bed-Stuy) is one of Brooklyn's largest neighborhoods, known for its outstanding collection of Victorian and Romanesque Revival brownstones, a strong African-American cultural heritage, and rapid gentrification. The Stuyvesant Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant/Expanded Stuyvesant Heights Historic Districts protect significant portions of the housing stock.

Three-to-four story brownstones and rowhouses (many with ornate facades), prewar walk-up apartment buildings, scattered new infill condos, and converted buildings. The brownstone stock is among the finest in NYC.

Rowhouses from the 1870s-1910s, with many outstanding examples from the 1880s-1890s. Walk-up apartments from the 1920s-1930s. New construction from the 2010s-2020s has been primarily small-scale infill.

Facade maintenance on brownstones, HPD housing code violations, illegal conversions of brownstones to SROs or multi-unit, landmarks violations in historic districts, fire safety, and construction without permits for renovations.

Rising assessed values as the neighborhood gentrifies. Tax Class 1 properties (brownstones) benefit from assessment caps. Some brownstones with long-term owners have very low assessments relative to current market values.

Primarily R6B residential zoning (preserving the brownstone character). Stuyvesant Heights Historic District (designated 1971) and Bedford-Stuyvesant/Expanded Stuyvesant Heights HD provide LPC oversight.

Broadway Triangle development brings new affordable and mixed-income housing. Brownstone renovations continue throughout the neighborhood.