CH Tour: House on the Park
The homes that surround the park were once home to successful doctors, lawyers and businessmen. Most of them–including those on St. Marks (top) and New York Avenue (bottom)–have been very well kept up during Crown Heights’ troubled years, and are still the homes of successful people. One street, St.Marks Avenue between Brooklyn and Kingston Avenues…
The homes that surround the park were once home to successful doctors, lawyers and businessmen. Most of them–including those on St. Marks (top) and New York Avenue (bottom)–have been very well kept up during Crown Heights’ troubled years, and are still the homes of successful people. One street, St.Marks Avenue between Brooklyn and Kingston Avenues was known as Doctor’s Row because of all of the doctors who lived and practiced on that street.
It is possible to have more than one “Doctor’s Row”. I would imagine that many communities would have upper class havens such as both of the streets mentioned, that became known as Doctor’s Row or whatever, if only because they had a few doctors living and practicing on that street. I do know for a fact that there were many doctors on St. Marks, especially in the 1930’s and later. I was doing some research at the DOB and found records.
Both names could be correct. The streets are far enough away from each other to have 2 separate communities of doctors.
I believe that the “Doctor’s Row†that you are referring to, would be on President Street between Kingston and Brooklyn, and not on Saint Marks.
The Adventist complex is amazing. I hope one day they will have a tour. My favorite place in Crown Heights.
Brenda,
You weren’t dreaming. That is the former Victorian era Methodist Home, which spreads across almost an entire block of Park Place between New York and Brooklyn, with the back of the property on Sterling Place. It is currently home to the Hebron French Speaking Seventh Day Adventists, who run a school,church, and soon a senior citizen’s home from the site. The property consists of a chapel and connecting schoolroom/dorm/office buildings. It’s beautiful, and reminds me of a Victorian boarding school in England, or something. They are in the process of revitalizing the property, as it needs a lot of work, and we at CHNA (CHNorth Assoc.) are trying to work with them to get funding.
Fortunately, it will be landmarked soon, so it will be very hard for some rapacious developer to get his hands on it. I’m sure now that CH is getting some positive attention, developers and real estate predators have been knocking on their doors daily. I can’t tell you how many of them I get at my door trying to get me to sell my house, and I’m not usually home, so there must be many, many more out there.
Crown Heights, cool! As you can see, we have some magnificent homes here. And not a gun toting drug dealer in sight. Hopefully, we can have a good discussion of the nabe, with both its good and bad points, as both exist and are worthy topics of civilized discussion.
The house with the turret is one of my favorite homes in the area. It also has a driveway and a 2 story carriage house in the back. Can you say artist/writer’s studio? Or a great rental space, not in your house. Sigh! Not to mention garage parking, if you have a car. Who could ask for more in the city?
I have been told that the owners have had the place for many years and have no intention of selling. Good for them, and they have a real beauty of a house.