New Housing to Replace Bay Ridge Church
Bay Ridge Journal reports that “the charming Salam Arabic Lutheran Church building, at 345 Ovington Avenue between 3rd and 4th Avenues in Bay Ridge, is scheduled for demolition, to be replaced by a 5-story, 25-unit residential development…Salam, originally known as Salem Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church, after a church in Copenhagen, Denmark, was renamed after being…
Bay Ridge Journal reports that “the charming Salam Arabic Lutheran Church building, at 345 Ovington Avenue between 3rd and 4th Avenues in Bay Ridge, is scheduled for demolition, to be replaced by a 5-story, 25-unit residential development…Salam, originally known as Salem Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church, after a church in Copenhagen, Denmark, was renamed after being acquired by an Arabic congregation in 1995. The Arabic congregation, which says it can’t afford to maintain the building, is sharing space at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church at 80th Street and Fourth Avenue.” According to Property Shark, the church dates back to 1920; the DOB application for the new construction is here.
Developer Buys, Will Demolish Salam Arabic Church [Bay Ridge Journal] GMAP
Photo from Property Shark.
Thank you, Christopher Gray.
The architect was Carl J. Jensen, born in Denmark (this was a Danish congregation) but arrived here age 2. Jensen also did the Christian Science church on East 77th Street, Manhattan. The CS building tepid, this one scrumptious. A pity.
Christopher Gray
Streetscapes@NYTimes.com
Another architectural loss. Sad.
From NY Post: “Salem Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1942 and was modeled after a church in Copenhagen, Denmark.”
Does anyone know who the architect was or anything else about this Scandinavian designed building?
I don’t regret the repurposing of a religious building, I would have preferred if the structure as well as the land was re-used.
Sort of brings home the plight of Christians in Arab lands.