United States Post Office (Bensonhurst, Brooklyn)

US Post Office-Parkville Station
November 2011
United States Post Office (Bensonhurst, Brooklyn) is located in New York City
United States Post Office (Bensonhurst, Brooklyn)
United States Post Office (Bensonhurst, Brooklyn) is located in New York
United States Post Office (Bensonhurst, Brooklyn)
United States Post Office (Bensonhurst, Brooklyn) is located in the United States
United States Post Office (Bensonhurst, Brooklyn)
Location6618 20th Ave., Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
Coordinates40°36′56″N 73°59′15″W / 40.61556°N 73.98750°W / 40.61556; -73.98750
Arealess than one acre
Built1936
ArchitectU.S. Treasury Dept.; Pratt, Carroll H.
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPSUS Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
NRHP reference No.88002463[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 17, 1988

US Post Office-Parkville Station, originally known as Station "Y," is a historic post office building located at Bensonhurst in Brooklyn, New York, United States. It was built in 1936, and designed by consulting architect Carroll H. Pratt for the Office of the Supervising Architect. The building is a two-story, flat roofed red brick building with a one-story rear wing in the Colonial Revival style.[2]

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

References

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

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