Green Church Completely Gonezo Now
After receiving a Stop Work Order last month for threatening the structural integrity of a neighboring property, demolition has continued this month on all that was left of the church school that used to sit behind the beloved Green Church in Bay Ridge, until, that is, the pastor sold out to a developer who tore…
After receiving a Stop Work Order last month for threatening the structural integrity of a neighboring property, demolition has continued this month on all that was left of the church school that used to sit behind the beloved Green Church in Bay Ridge, until, that is, the pastor sold out to a developer who tore the thing down and then decided he didn’t want to build there after all. Now, in a ‘silver lining’ kind of a way, the city is proceeding with plans to build a 680-seat elementary school on the site. That vision took one step closer to reality this week: The Bay Ridge Journal wistfully reports that the Sunday school building of the Bay Ridge United Methodist Church “is no more.” The community is hoping that the new school will incorporate some elements of the former church, such as the stained-glass rose window, into its construction. GMAP
Green Church Bulletin, August [Bay Ridge Journal]
Green Church Bulletin, July [Bay Ridge Journal]
SWO at the Green Church [Brownstoner]
City Council OK’s School for ‘Green Church’ Site [Brownstoner]
Green Church Goes Educational [Brownstoner]
Green Church Can’t Go Co-op…Yet [Brownstoner]
The Green Church Bites the Dust [Brownstoner]
On to the Afterlife for Green Church [Brownstoner]
Photo from the Bay Ridge Journal
You don’t have a copy of the rendering, do you?
The rose window has already been procured by the school construction authority and is to be incorporated into the new school.
The architectural design of the new school also captures the memory of the clocktower by incorporating a tower element at the corner of 4th and Ovington that includes a two faced clock.