Going, Going...Almost Gone on Newkirk
Are you an adrenaline junkie who’s been having a hard time finding a house in Victorian Flatbush? Have we got the place for you. On Thursday, this 1931 mansion, which is currently classified as a church, is going on the auction block to satisfy an outstanding lien of $878,821. Given that this house sits on…
Are you an adrenaline junkie who’s been having a hard time finding a house in Victorian Flatbush? Have we got the place for you. On Thursday, this 1931 mansion, which is currently classified as a church, is going on the auction block to satisfy an outstanding lien of $878,821. Given that this house sits on a large lot and there’s tons of unused FAR, don’t be surprised if one of the unscrupulous developers tries to take you out with his auction paddle. Has there been any chatter locally about this? What’s this stretch of Newkirk like? The auction takes place on November 16 at 3 o’clock at the Kings County Courthouse, Room 261, 360 Adams Street. Good luck!
1927 Newkirk Avenue [Property Shark] GMAP
I drive past it every day. CONDOS! CONDOS! 🙂
This has been a synagogue or church for nearly 20 years and probably much, much longer. I knew it as the home of the coop pre-school Popcorn School in about 1988. Think the synagogue sold out to a church about then and kicked the pre-school out. The interior I remember had been thoroughly institutionalized at that time. Never saw the downstairs. It is really big.
Well you can thank Brownstoner for taking the registration off the posts. We can be just as pissy as we wanna be!
Look at the CofO this was a school with a top floor apt for a caretaker in 1958 and the CofO for 1924 looks like it says two family dwelling.
Why does it have to be “restored” to a single family? If it was ever was a single family, it would have been a family with a full staff.
What’s wrong with a multi family, community/social group, or some other use for the building?
2:23. I don’t think you want me to give you a job evaluation. I’d give you demerits for pissiniss. This is a blog not an authoritative treatise. But now I am doing it – responding to tone and process rather than substance. Sigh.
If someone doesn’t restore it as a single family, it would make a fabulous school building. I think, even if landmarked, you can’t tear it down, but you can maintain the existing use and are not forced to turn it into a single family. For instance, there are some two families in PPS, which are allowed to stay that way because they were made into two families prior to landmarking. Not sure if a church would be considered a commercial building, however, or how the rest of the building is currently being used.
Brownstoner posted this at 11:26 AM, what the heck does his being a father and husband have to do with something he posted at the middle of the work day. Does he have the wife and kid in the cube/office with him? I doubt it, so his marital and parenting status has zero to do with a poorly fact checked blurb on his blog.
Get off of Brownstoner’s back. He has a full time job and is a father and a husband. He can’t do everything.
Erin,
Sorry for all the typos above–my keyboard skills are pretty weak.