Brooklyn Heights buildings with stories to tell
Eye On Real Estate: Gleaned from Robert Furman's 'Brooklyn Heights: The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of America's First Suburb'
Every picture tells a story. So does every building, when you’re talking about Brooklyn Heights.
Robert Furman’s “Brooklyn Heights: The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of America’s First Suburb,” tells the stories of scores of fascinating buildings both demolished and extant in the landmarked neighborhood, from the time when Native American inhabitants called it “Ihpetonga” to the present.
Instead of focusing on buildings such as Henry Ward Beecher’s Plymouth Church that have big stories to tell about the neighborhood’s past, we’ve picked out eight great buildings from his book that tell us interesting tidbits about Brooklyn Heights history.
Also, we scoured city Finance Department records — because real estate-obsessed readers will want to know who owns these buildings now.