Sunset Park Courthouse

The Sunset Park Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at 4201 4th Avenue between 42nd and 43rd Streets, in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. It was built in 1930-31 and was designed by Mortimer Dickerson Metcalfe – the Deputy State Architect under Franklin B. Ware. Metcalfe used the Neoclassical style for the building, which is one of only two courthouses in the city he designed. The limestone-facaded building with Ionic columns has separate facades and entrances for the Municipal Court, on 42nd Street, and the Magistrates Court, on 43rd Street. The two facades are almost identical.^[1][2]

Sunset Park Courthouse
The Municipal Court entrance on 42nd Street to the former Sunset Park Courthouse (2015)
Location in New York City
General information
Status	converted to non-judicial use (1962)
Architectural style	Neoclassical
Address	4201 4th Avenue between 42nd and 43rd Streets
Town or city	Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York City
Country	US
Coordinates	40.650504°N 74.007929°W / 40.650504; -74.007929
Current tenants	New York Police Department Community Board 7
Construction started	1930
Completed	1931
Renovated	1996
Client	City of New York
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Mortimaer Dickerson Metcalfe
Designations	New York City Landmark (June 26, 2001)
Renovating team
Architect(s)	Helpern Arcnitects

The building, which is one of only a handful of historic buildings remaining in the neighborhood, was converted for non-court use in 1962.^[2][3]

In 1970 it was the location of the New York City Job Preparation Center, and Community Board 7 also moved into the building at about this time. By 1973 the Sunset Park Senior Citizens Center and other non-profit agencies were located there. A full renovation of the building was completed by Helpern Artitects in 1996, and the New York Police Department moved into the building shortly afterwards, to use as its primary processing center for applicants.^[1][2][3]

The building was designated a New York City Landmark in 2001.^[2]

See also

• List of New York City Landmarks

References

1. New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S.; Postal, Matthew A. (2009). Postal, Matthew A. (ed.). Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1., p.252
2. Hill, Isabel T. (June 26, 2001) "(Former) Sunset Park Court House Designation Report" New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
3. Diamonstein-Spielvogel, Barbaralee (2011). The Landmarks of New York (5th ed.). Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-1-4384-3769-9., p.618

External links

• Media related to Sunset Park Courthouse at Wikimedia Commons