Buildings feature rounded bay front facades and the use of several shades of speckled brick.

The district also includes the site of the Queen's Labor Lyceum,[5] a social club for the local workers, which closed in 1975.

[3] The majority of homes in the Central Ridgewood Historic District were constructed between 1906 and the First World War.

The buildings in the historic district have load-bearing masonry walls constructed of red, buff, amber, and brown Kreischer brick.

[3] On March 22, 2011, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing on the proposed designation of the Central Ridgewood Historic District.