Residents Tell LPC That Hebron Development Will Destroy the ‘Heart’ of Crown Heights North
Forty-three people provided testimony at the public hearing, with all but one speaking against the proposed development.
Residents Tell Hebron Developer They Want Real Affordable Housing in Crown Heights
At a community board meeting Thursday, roughly 30 people spoke -- a combination of concerned residents, congregation members and elected officials.
Crown Heights Church Proposes Controversial Mixed-Income Housing in Landmark District
The proposed seven-story, 180-unit modern building would be 30 percent affordable and fund the church’s restoration and its religious school.
One of Bushwick’s Oldest Congregations Proposes Deal With Developer to Save Its Distinctive Church
The Reformed Church of South Bushwick's white clapboard Greek Revival church with steeple is a distinctive sight on Bushwick Avenue, harkening back to a time when the area was dotted with farms.
Big But Elegant Apartment Building Will Replace Church Parking Lot on Grand Avenue in Clinton Hill
A brick apartment building with a fresh design will replace a church parking lot on Grand Avenue and Fulton Street in Clinton Hill, a new rendering posted on the construction fence shows.
Williamsburg’s Historic Church of the Annunciation School May Be Altered for Apartments
A rare and distinctive late Victorian Romanesque Revival building, part of a complex of three, may soon lose its roof and historic character to development.
Take a Look Inside Park Slope’s Old First Reformed Church, Gleaming After Restoration
More than eight years ago, leaks at the Old First Reformed Church in Park Slope caused a portion of the ceiling to collapse.
A Walk Through a Synagogue Slated for Demo on Prospect Place in Crown Heights
This Moorish and Art Deco house of worship was a nice-looking brick building, with an attractive half-rose stained glass window.
Closing Bell: A Bike Tour of Central Brooklyn’s Forgotten Synagogues
As the demographics of central Brooklyn have changed over the years, synagogues in once heavily Jewish areas have gone on to have other lives. Ellen Levitt, author of “The Lost Synagogues of Brooklyn” will lead a bike tour of former Jewish houses of worship in Crown Heights, Brownsville and East Flatbush next Sunday.
Many are now churches and retain many of their original details. Participants will visit the former Shaari Zedek at 221 Kingston Avenue (pictured above) and the former Congregation Men of Justice at 1678 Park Place, a Building of the Day last year.
Excavator Tears Into Bed Stuy’s Pre-Civil War Carpenter Gothic Church Thursday
Brownstoner reader brooklynverni snapped these dramatic photos Thursday of an excavator demolishing one of Bed Stuy’s oldest buildings, the pre-Civil War Carpenter Gothic church at 809 Jefferson Avenue. Demo for the St. Stephen and St. Martin Episcopal Church started in January.
Features such as the building’s stained glass and pews were removed, the interior was stripped bare, and then nothing much seemed to be happening for a couple of months.
