United States Post Office (Flatbush, Brooklyn)

US Post Office-Flatbush Station
(December 2008)
Location 2273 Church Ave.
Brooklyn, New York City
Coordinates: 40°39′2″N 73°57′24″W / 40.65056°N 73.95667°W / 40.65056; -73.95667
Built 1936
Architect U.S. Treasury Dept., Lorimer Rich
Architectural style Colonial Revival
MPS US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP Reference # 88002460[1]
Added to NRHP November 17, 1988

The US Post Office - Flatbush Station is a historic post office building located at 2273 Church Avenue between Flatbush and Bedford Avenues in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. It was built in 1936, and designed by consulting architect Lorimer Rich in the Colonial Revival style, for the Office of the Supervising Architect of the United States Department of the Treasury. The building is a symmetrical, two-story, red brick building with a gable roof and a large one-story rear wing.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

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  1. 1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Larry E. Gobrecht (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Flatbush Station Post Office". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-10-01. See also: "Accompanying four photos".

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