Any Architecture/History Buffs That Might Help Me?

[Emiliano]

Looks like a family crest.

The family, that apparently build the entire neighborhood, came from Netherlands and around 1660. At that time "Netherlands" included current Netherlands, Belgium and some other territories. If it's indeed the Fleur-de-lys, it wouldn't be that crazy because Flanders (currently in Belgium, at that time part of the "greater" Netherlands) used to be French for sometime. But it's a symbol of French Royalty and their relatives, so this is no simple family if that's the case. Why would the Lefferts emigrate if they were related to French Royalty?

The poppy is English, if I'm not mistaken.

We could use a picture Emil.

And [MENTION=21405]meridannight[/MENTION]'s opinion

Yeah the land is on what used to be the Lefferts' farm until they decided there was more money is real estate than farming at the turn of the century in Brooklyn. They were super influential in the development of Brooklyn and parts of its transit network. I have it in my notes that they were originally from Overijssel in the Netherlands, I looked at the crest for that too... I mean maybe its not a Fleur de Lys or a poppy. It could be a bundle of hay, since they were farmers, maybe that makes more sense. But again when I looked up the Lefferts' (and the Hagewout) family crest, its different from what I was seeing today on the homes.

I did some google street viewing and once I got the address I searched that. Apparently the homes were designed in a "neo-Georgian" style by the architects Slee and Bryson in 1925. Apparently they did several other homes in the neighborhood too... so maybe it was just the choice of the architects to add some Englishly style looking elements.. that explains the lack of a clear Dutch influence in the crest though.

I mean you cant see the crest that well in this pic, but this is the house: