Flatbush Town Hall is a historic town hall

Seat of local government

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 located in Flatbush, Brooklyn

Flatbush, Brooklyn

Flatbush is a community of the Borough of Brooklyn, a part of New York City, consisting of several neighborhoods.The name Flatbush is an Anglicization of the Dutch language Vlacke bos ....

, New York, New York

New York City

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. It was built in 1874-1875 and is a two story masonry building on a stone foundation in the Gothic Revival

Gothic Revival architecture

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 style. It features a three story bell tower

Bell tower

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 with a steep hip roof. After Flatbush became part of the City of Brooklyn in 1894, the building served as a magistrate's court, a police station, and as a community center.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1972.