Park Slope Village
Park Slope Village is a housing development in the northwestern section of Park Slope, Brooklyn, bordering Gowanus to the west. It was developed by the Fifth Avenue Committee, and built by the Urban Housing Association as part of a 1982 urban renewal project. Construction of the 55 three-unit townhouses was completed in 1986. The distinct pitched roof-line of the townhouses was inspired by the architectural features of the original, now demolished, P.S. 133, which stood in the center of the neighborhood. History Park Slope Village was built on a section of condemned land, once known as the Baltic Street Lot. The infamous vacant lot was the result of a 1968 proposal from the Board of Education that called for the clearing of surrounding P.S. 133 to make room for the construction of an "educational park." It was to include a new elementary and intermediate school. By 1970, 200 units of housing, two factories (Crayola and Lovely Dolls), and a number of warehouses on this land had been razed. This left an almost completely vacant lot stretching between Fifth to Fourth Avenue, from Baltic across Butler and halfway to Douglass Street. The only building left standing on the large barren lot