Fort Totten bachelor pad earns prestigious preservation award

The Bachelor Officers’ Quarters in Fort Totten earned the NYLC’s Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award. Photo courtesy of DDC

By David Brand

A Fort Totten soldiers’ residence has received one of a handful of preservation awards bestowed annually by the New York Landmarks Conservancy.

The recently renovated Bachelor Officers’ Quarters earned the NYLC’s Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award following an exterior restoration to the imposing, but ornate brick building. Abandoned in 1974, the site became the new home of Center for the Women of New York in 2019.

Department of Design and Construction Commissioner Lorraine Grillo congratulated the award-winners on Tuesday. 

“The Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award represents DDC’s commitment to preserving the history and great architecture of our City,” Grillo said. “I want to thank the Landmarks Conservancy for this recognition, and congratulate all the DDC employees whose hard work and attention to detail made this possible.”

The three other selected sites overseen by DDC include interior and exterior restorative work at the New York State Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, downtown Manhattan’s Surrogate’s Courthouse and the Sun Building in Manhattan.