Historic Bed Stuy Church Fence Disappears

A tipster told us that part of a historic fence around the landmarked Our Lady of Victory Church in Bed Stuy was cut off Friday night. When we stopped by the church on Sunday, we saw that a large section of the red-painted ironwork fence had been removed on the Macdonough Street side. Apparently a contractor told the church he would take the gates down to clean and repaint them, but it looks like he simply cut the fence off at the base. The church wasn’t granted landmarks approval to take down the fence, according to the tipster. Although we don’t know exactly how old the fence is, it dates at least as far back as the church’s 1970s tax photo. The  Stuyvesant Heights church was built in 1895 and designed by Thomas Houghton. It was landmarked in 1973.

Click through to the jump to see photos of the fence and the missing section.

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The Macdonough Street side where the fencing has been cut: