Queens was treated like a king yesterday when more than 200 of the borough’s buildings were added to the city’s landmark roster, and another 900 were nominated.
While Queens had long been neglected by historic-designation panels in decades past, yesterday’s move by the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission boosted its number of buildings making the list by 40 percent, to 3,800.
The largest chunk of the newly designated buildings includes 210 row-house tenements and St. Mathias Catholic Church in the southern end of the Ridgewood neighborhood, originally built for a teeming German enclave in the early 20th century.
Also garnering landmark status was the massive Queens Supreme Court, a limestone behemoth that has been featured in such movies as “Bonfire of the Vanities” and “Leaving Las Vegas,” as well as the TV shows “The Good Wife” and “You Don’t Know Jack.”
In addition, the commission approved other landmarks, such as the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce, the Jamaica Savings Bank and the parish hall at Grace Episcopal Church, the state’s second-oldest Episcopal parish behind Trinity Church.
Landmarks Chairman Robert Tierney said the designations are aimed at “protecting the architecturally significant buildings and sites that speak to the development and history of Queens.”
Meanwhile, the commission held public hearings yesterday for a 582-building proposed extension of the Park Slope Historic District and for smaller zones in Crown Heights and in the Wallabout section.