They were built in 1921 using pattern book designs incorporating uniform facades, compact interiors, integrated porches and exposed rafters.

The families that used the nearby Long Island Rail Road to get to the area each summer began to vacation elsewhere as travel by automobile became more accessible to many people.

[3][4] The urban renewal programs instituted by Robert Moses in the 1950s and '60s contributed to the year round residency and eventual decline of Far Rockaway as a resort community.

[6] The urban renewal also saw the rise of condos and housing projects in the area, and many low income residents of Manhattan were re-located to Far Rockaway, with some moving to the poorly maintained bungalows, which were not built for winters.

In the late 1990s, the BBPA began to work with other local preservationists to obtain governmental recognition of the district's status as the last intact bungalow community in Far Rockaway.

Its efforts were boosted in 2011 when it received a $10,000 donation from the producers of the television show Boardwalk Empire which had filmed scenes in the area in 2009.

This enabled the organization to hire an expert to produce the documentation needed to support the 2013 listing on the National Register of Historic Places and similar state recognition.