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The area was originally founded by a , 2006 Houses in Lefferts Manor were mostly constructed during the late 19th Century, the last of which were constructed in the late 1950's. Lefferts Manor and parts of Lefferts Avenue and Sterling Street, not in the single-family covenant, were granted landmark status by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1979. Prospect-Lefferts Garden Historic District

Other areas of Prospect Lefferts Gardens contain a mixture of single-family and multi-family homes as well as larger apartment houses.

Currently the neighborhood contains an ethnically diverse community with a largely Caribbean population.

The Prospect Lefferts Gardens neighborhood is serviced by the and trains ( BMT Brighton Line ) at the Prospect Park and Parkside Avenue stops, as well as the Sterling Street and Winthrop Street stops on the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line ( and trains).


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