Jan. 15, 2025 By Anna Bradley-Smith The lot that used to hold the pre-Civil War Gothic Revival St. Lucy-St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church on Bed-Stuy’s Willoughby Avenue is slated to be developed with at least two townhouses, city records show. One four-story two-family house is already rising at 291 Willoughby Avenue between Kent Avenue…
Oct. 10, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith In a rare case of the state blocking a property sale over questionable dealings, a judge has sided with the attorney general in a long running drama that has pitted locals and preservationists against a developer and a nonprofit in Bed-Stuy. In a dramatic development, a Kings County…
Jun. 26, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith, Brownstoner Almost two years after Willoughby Avenue’s historic Jacob Dangler mansion was torn down during a landmarking review process, sending many neighbors into mourning, Willoughby Avenue and Hart Street locals were jubilant Tuesday after the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously to preserve their blocks of predominantly late 19th…
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Jun. 14, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith More than 30 years after the city’s landmarking body first considered preserving a historic section of Willoughby Avenue and Hart Street in Bed-Stuy, residents — some whose brownstones have been in their family for five generations — were able to share at a public hearing why they are calling…
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May. 27, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith
After first contemplating a stretch of Willoughby Avenue and Hart Street in Bed-Stuy for protection in 1992, the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission has officially added it to the calendar for consideration as a new historic district, triggering an upcoming public hearing.
Jan. 11, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith
The historic St. Lucy-St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church, which has dominated a block of Bed-Stuy’s Willoughby Avenue since 1856, was torn down in clouds of dust this week to make way for housing.
Sep. 19, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith More than a year after the shocking demolition of the historic Jacob Dangler mansion at 441 Willoughby Avenue by a local developer with plans for a new apartment building, the site remains empty and still under the ownership of the struggling nonprofit that said it made a deal to sell the beloved French Gothic Revival building to avoid foreclosure. While court filings show the nonprofit has not yet filed a petition with the state attorney general to sell the property, documents recorded only last week by the city show a $1.525 million mortgage was…
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