Building Collapse at 217 Court Street
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…
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]
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.
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.
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
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.
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”
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.
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.
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.
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.