Second Act for 1136 Dean Street
This put a smile on our face when we biked by on Saturday: The charming brownstone at 1136 Dean Street in Crown Heights, which had sat gutted and exposed to the elements for years, is getting a new lease on life courtesy of the new(ish) owners who bought the place for $690,000 in late 2006….
This put a smile on our face when we biked by on Saturday: The charming brownstone at 1136 Dean Street in Crown Heights, which had sat gutted and exposed to the elements for years, is getting a new lease on life courtesy of the new(ish) owners who bought the place for $690,000 in late 2006. According to the building permit, the 4,000-square-foot house will remain a two-family. Great news! GMAP P*Shark
My bf’s grandfather was a waiter at the Union Club.
Montrose:
Yes, the Kameo was at Nostrand and Eastern Parkway. It’s now a “cathedral.”
Before my time, it was famous for the roof that slid back to cool things off during summer nights. That stopped with the advent of “talkies” and neighbors complaining.
Gee, I miss the matinees there!
Sometimes I’d play hookie from school and sneak in the place. And on Saturdays it was 100-percent kids and possible to stay all day.
NOP
I put it in today’s forum. You might have it already.. Such a great building….
“I’m conviced that Grant Square would be perfect for another farmers market.”
I also think this is a very good idea.
NOP, I don’t know about the Classon theatre. I don’t get over to that part of CH that much, but will look next time I’m over there. The building may still be there, but I don’t think a theatre is, at least not a movie theatre. Is the Kameo the one on the corner of EP and Nostrand? With the terra cotta trim?
Amzi, I don’t think you did. Please do post it, or send it to me. Thanks.
Montrose did you ever send you the old photo I have of the The Union League Club. That was one beautiful building maybe I will post it in the forum.
Actually, Montrose, a farmers market would be a good counterbalance to the intake center. They aren’t mutually exclusive. There may even be opportunities for tie-ins, e.g., food for the center, jobs for the guys setting up and taking down the market, maintenance work, etc. There’s a non-profit group that arranges such things in the Grand Central area (although I don’t remember its name).
Nice to hear the old movie house is active as a church — although neighborhoods need movie houses, too. The old Kameo on Eastern Parkway was one of my brother’s and my favorites. (It’s become a church, too — and with a parking pad out front! Frederick Law Olmsted must be spinning in his grave. How is such a thing permitted on an officially designated landmark thoroughfare like the parkway?)
Do you know if the old Savoy Theater is in operation? I recall it being on Classon Avenue, somewhere between Bergen Avenue and the parkway. My brother and I would choose between taking the bus to it or buying popcorn for the movie. And guess what we always did! Our parents were never pleased about that because there was an industrial area between the theater and Grant Square. Still, we were Brooklyn kids and not easily intimidated and our parents — more typical of their generation than the current — gave their boys free reign. (And I was no more than nine or 10 and my brother six!)
NOP
Yeah, Jugs, but we’re coming back. We are definitely coming back.
That’s a great idea, NOP. The only obstacle is the current battle over the City’s proposed intake center for all of the homeless, which they want to house in the Armory. It’s not a done deal yet, as there is a lot of community opposition.
I’m going to float that idea around, though. That is a brilliant idea. There are storefronts on Bedford and Rogers that could definitely benefit, and work into a plan. Hmmmm.
Loved the Montauk Club apartment. A tad over my budget, however. If I had that kind of money, I could develop Grant Square. That leaves Mega Millions and Lotto…..