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May 7, 2009

Building Collapse at 217 Court Street

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Around 3:30 a.m. today, the building at 217 Court Street in Cobble Hill (which had a Stop Work Order in place) suffered a partial collapse. "It appears that they were doing some sort of construction in the building," said FDNY Deputy Chief Peter Leicht. "The rear of the building collapsed. The roof collapsed and some of the floors collapsed. They collapsed onto about the second floor." Leicht blamed the collapse on the unusually large amount of rain the area has received in recent days. The building was unoccupied but residents of the two neighboring buildings were evacuated as a precaution. According to WCBS TV, most, if not all, of the building will need to be demolished. Check out this Curbed post for a photo of the aftermath this morning.
Partial Roof Collapse Causes Evacuations In B'klyn [WCBS TV] GMAP
Partial Roof Collapse In Brooklyn, Nearby Buildings Evacuated [NY1]




Posted by Brownstoner at 10:00 AM | Comments (21)
Categories: Cobble Hill, Quality of Life

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I'll miss passing through the gathering of methadone clinic patrons in the mornings.....

Posted by: CHMomma at May 7, 2009 10:13 AM

since not getting meth...maybe they'll be shooting up H on your stoop

Posted by: Petebklyn at May 7, 2009 10:18 AM

Hey, I'm a lowly neighborhood [way below-market] renter of a stoopless building.

Posted by: CHMomma at May 7, 2009 10:23 AM

I guess Joya will be closed for lunch today.

Posted by: SenatorStreet at May 7, 2009 10:27 AM

what are the cross streets there?

Posted by: boroughbred at May 7, 2009 10:59 AM

Court St. @ Warren St.

Posted by: mrkknox at May 7, 2009 11:08 AM

I never even knew there was a drug rehab in that building. So it's not like it was some kind of blight on the neighborhood. Has it caused problems for someone?

Posted by: Carol Gardens at May 7, 2009 11:47 AM

I thought it was a union meeting house, carpenters or something

Posted by: binnyG at May 7, 2009 11:58 AM

There's no drug clinic in this building and never was. Those first posts were rediculous considering that an historic bldg may be lost and neighbors have been removed from their homes. So a story like this is a joke? This is where Miriam restaurant was. How very lame.

Posted by: Jebby at May 7, 2009 12:01 PM

Jebby you are incorrect. This indeed was a methadone clinic for a decade or more. It is not the Miriam building--Miriam was a full block farther south.

Posted by: ilikeslices at May 7, 2009 12:15 PM

My apologies, there was a stop-work order put on the Miriam Bldg as well last week. But the joking about is still wrong for a bldg collapse. And trying to make this location sound shady is crazy.

Posted by: Jebby at May 7, 2009 12:22 PM

Jebby, 217 Court St. is/was the home to the NarcoFreedom Meth clinic....

Posted by: wyckoff at May 7, 2009 1:36 PM

definitely is/was a meth clinic....and was no big deal.
But surprised when the high$ homes around here come on market and featured on Brownstoner never mentioned.

Posted by: Petebklyn at May 7, 2009 1:50 PM

The building will be torn down by tonight according to NYPD on the scene. It is a huge building at 90 feet deep. Its going to be a mess.

Posted by: ilikeslices at May 7, 2009 2:02 PM

Definitely was a meth clinic, as I walk by it every morning and live right around the corner. The patrons were never much of a problem, if you didn't mind a little post-treatment weed smoking on your stoop. Along with the opera house next door, this represented a break from the asian-fusion eateries.

Posted by: neilw at May 7, 2009 2:44 PM

Just to clarify, it is a methadone clinic, not a meth clinic. I've lived right around the corner for a long time. The clients are a varied group and there are no problems that I've ever seen. Sometimes there are people selling pills that folks take to improve the medadone high...I think...this is not exactly my area of expertise. But in all, it's not a big deal to have it there in any way. I think most people don't even know what it is.

Posted by: chioggiabeetroot at May 7, 2009 4:08 PM

it was absolutely a methadone clinic. there were real decent neighbors, too. I'm amazed at how many people are shocked (shocked!!) that a methadone clinic has been nestled among the hi-end real estate.

Oh, and by the way, a methadone clinic is NOT a "rehab"

Posted by: misslo at May 7, 2009 4:15 PM

This is a perfect example of how people who are so outwardly suspicious and protestant about poor, sick folks (i.e. minorities) being in their tony neighborhood can't even UNDERSTAND that such activities go on while they, nonetheless, carry on their normal activities without even KNOWING about it. I say: drunk Joya a**holes on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights (indulging their socially approved addictions) are more disruptive than those people who are getting treatment (for their illegal addictions)between 6-10 on weekday mornings. We all live here.

Posted by: BQE2 at May 7, 2009 6:38 PM

all your comments about the building itself....ignore the buildings around it......the wonderful Marquet patisserie and our performance of the opera Rosenkavalier at vertical rep which had to be cancelled this weekend

Posted by: paulie at May 7, 2009 7:44 PM

Narco Freedom is self-described as a "substance abuse treatment" center. Maybe rehab is the wrong term, since that implies in-patient. They did more than just hand out the daily dose, right? But really what I wonder is how a building gets to this state, when it is in use, unlike some of the (rare) neglected buildings in Cobble Hill that have been vacant for a long time and deteriorate until they are structurally unsound.

Posted by: Carol Gardens at May 7, 2009 10:41 PM

With clinics like the one on Court Stree, a big factor is how the place is managed. i.e. do they try to be good neighbors. My sense with this place is that they always have been. I lived nearby for 20+ years and have never heard of any problems from this address.

Posted by: Boerum Hill at May 8, 2009 10:33 AM

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