Flatbush has two new historic districts, Beverley Square West and Ditmas Park West, bringing the area’s total to five following a unanimous vote by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

At Tuesday’s meeting, all the commissioners backed the proposal, though two questioned why the districts couldn’t be extended as many locals requested. At October’s public hearing , 35 speakers supported the designations and most urged adding nearby blocks, including Westminster and Stratford roads and parts of Beverley Road. Three people opposed the plan.

LPC Director of Research Margaret Herman told the commissioners that LPC staff had surveyed the area repeatedly over nearly 20 years. Those reviews, she said, found the areas proposed by local residents lacked a high enough level of integrity to mer

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