Hezekiah Beers Pierrepont (November 3, 1768 – August 11, 1838) was a merchant, farmer, landowner and land developer in Brooklyn and New York state . He restored the spelling of the family surname from "Pierpont" to "Pierrepont", its original French spelling.
138-618: The Brooklyn Trust Company Building is a bank and residential building at 177 Montague Street in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City , New York , United States. Constructed for the Brooklyn Trust Company from 1913 to 1916, it occupies a site between Montague Street to the south, Clinton Street to the west, and Pierrepont Street to the north. The Brooklyn Trust Company Building
276-531: A plateau on a high bluff that rises sharply from the river's edge and gradually recedes on the landward side. Before the Dutch settled on Long Island in the middle of the seventeenth century, this promontory was called Ihpetonga ("the high sandy bank") by the native Lenape American Indians . Ferries across the East River were running as early as 1642, serving the farms in the area. The most significant of
414-547: A "stoop", a word derived from Dutch. The basement is typically a half-flight down from the street, and was used as the work area for servants, including the kitchen. The first floor would be the location of the public rooms, bedrooms were on the second floor, and servants' quarters were on the top floor. The rear of the lot would feature a private garden. Aside from rowhouses, a number of houses, particularly along Pierrepont Street and Pierrepont Place, are authentic mansions . The concentration of over 600 pre-Civil War houses, one of
552-555: A 34-story condominium, which now contains the smaller library at its base. In the interim, the BPL branch moved to the temporary 109 Remsen Street location, until the new location was completed in 2022. Brooklyn Heights is serviced by numerous subway services, specifically the A and C trains at High Street ; the A , C , F , <F> , N , R , and W trains at Jay Street–MetroTech ;
690-411: A colorful vaulted ceiling. The building originally had additional offices on the ground, fourth, and fifth stories, as well as two bank vaults in the basement. Although the banking hall still serves as a Chase Bank branch, the upper stories contain 12 condominium apartments. The Brooklyn Trust Company had occupied the corner of Montague and Clinton Streets since 1873 and had grown significantly over
828-425: A few 2/1/2-story late Federal houses from the early 19th century in the northern part of the neighborhood. Some houses were constructed of brick, but the dominant building material was brownstone or "Jersey freestone", a reddish-brown stone from Passaic County, New Jersey . A typical brownstone rowhouse was three or four stories tall, with the main floor above the street level and reached by stairs, referred to as
966-566: A firmly middle-class area, which became "one of New York City's most pleasant and attractive neighborhoods." Starting in 2008, Brooklyn Bridge Park was built along the shoreline of the East River. As of 2018 the park was 90% complete, and it is now completely renovated. The Squibb Park Bridge was constructed in 2013 to provide access between the park and the rest of Brooklyn Heights, but had to be demolished in 2019 due to various structural issues. A replacement bridge opened in 2020. By
1104-621: A four-story structure, the Brooklyn Trust Company Building is five stories tall (including its annex ). Due to the height of each story, the building is equivalent to a seven-story building. The roof of the main structure is covered with green tiles. The Brooklyn Trust Company Building's facade and interior are both protected as New York City landmarks, and the structure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. The facade, designed in
1242-474: A high school education and 25% are high school graduates or have some college education. By contrast, 40% of Brooklynites and 38% of city residents have a college education or higher. The percentage of Brooklyn Heights and Fort Greene students excelling in math rose from 27 percent in 2000 to 50 percent in 2011, and reading achievement rose from 34% to 41% during the same time period. Brooklyn Heights and Fort Greene's rate of elementary school student absenteeism
1380-410: A mansion there. Pierrepont purchased and expanded Philip Livingston 's gin distillery on the East River at what is now Joralemon Street, where he produced Anchor Gin. Although very popular, competition from other distillers cut into his profits, and he left the business in 1819. Wishing to subdivide and develop his property, Pierrepont realized the need for regularly scheduled ferry service across
1518-555: A number of historic buildings to house their staff, including the former Hotel Bossert , once the seasonal home of many Dodgers players, on Montague Street. In 2010, the organization announced plans to begin selling off its numerous properties in the Heights and nearby downtown Brooklyn, given that it plans to relocate itself in upstate New York. The executive offices of the Brooklyn Dodgers were, for many years, located in
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#17327731757801656-703: A plain cornice above the fifth story. The building contains an internal steel superstructure , and the foundations were also made of steel. When the structure was built, most of the building was dedicated to the Brooklyn Trust Company's operations, including bank vaults in the basement and offices on the first three stories. The two top floors were rented out as offices. When the building opened, it had 46 miles (74 km) of wiring for various mechanical systems. The bank vaults alone used 1,000 short tons (890 long tons; 910 t) of masonry and 500 short tons (450 long tons; 450 t) of steel. Following
1794-455: A polished marble frame; and a curved pediment and central cartouche above the door. The sixth and seventh bays on the eastern wall have simpler doorways. All four of the east wall's doorways lead to offices. The north and south walls are similar to each other. At each corner, the lower section of the wall has a marble revetment , above which are piers that support an architrave containing octagonal and trapezoidal shapes. A double-height doorway
1932-477: A relatively low population of residents who are uninsured , or who receive healthcare through Medicaid . In 2018, this population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 4%, which is lower than the citywide rate of 12%. However, this estimate was based on a small sample size. The concentration of fine particulate matter , the deadliest type of air pollutant , in Brooklyn Heights and Fort Greene
2070-401: A renovation in the early 2010s, there have been a dozen condominiums on the upper stories, while the ground-story space continued to function as a bank. The condominium portion of the building has several amenity spaces, including a laundry room, a pet spa, a gymnasium, a lounge, playrooms for children and teenagers, and a room for music practice. There is also a rooftop terrace. The interior of
2208-511: A resolution of the alderman. In Historically Speaking , Brooklyn borough historian John B. Manbeck says only that these street names "have questionable origins", as does Love Lane , which reputedly gets its name from the meetings that took place there between a pretty girl who lived nearby and her suitors. There have been many noted residents of Brooklyn Heights. The dates listed are their respective birth and death dates. Famous residents include: Notes Hezekiah Pierrepont Pierrepont
2346-413: A select neighborhood and circle of society." Where there had been only seven houses in the Heights in 1807, by 1860 there were over six hundred of them, and by 1890 the area was almost completely developed. The buildings were designed in a wide variety of styles; development started in the northern part, and moved southward, so the architecture general changes in that direction as the preferred style of
2484-465: A shield with a carved eagle and inscriptions of two years in Roman numerals: MDCCCLXVI (1866), when the Brooklyn Trust Company received its charter, and MCMXV (1915), when the building was finished. The shield is topped by a winged helmet, which in turn is flanked by a set of interlocking key designs. The piano nobile consists of a colonnade of three bays on the fourth and fifth stories. Each bay contains
2622-458: A son of the Rev. James Pierpont , a founder of Yale University . After making some money by speculating on the national debt , in 1793, Pierrepont, then 25 years old, launched a career as a merchant-adventurer. He relocated to Paris and, with his cousin, began to import goods to France, later expanding the company's scope to India and China . However, the business came to an end when his ship,
2760-483: A surveyor and submitted an alternative. In the end, the Hickses' plan was adopted north of Clark Street, and Pierrepont's, featuring 25-by-100-foot (8-by-30 meter) lots, south of it. Thanks to the influence of Pierrepont and other landowners, Brooklyn received a charter from the state as a village in 1816, which led to streets being laid out in a regular grid pattern, sidewalks being laid, water pumps being installed and
2898-443: A surveyor and submitted an alternative. The Hickses' plan was adopted north of Clark Street, and Pierrepont's, featuring 25 by 100 foot (8 by 30 meter) lots, south of it. Along with streets came sidewalks, water pumps, and the institution of a watch. By 1823, Pierrepoint was advertising and selling lots to New York City merchant and bankers, lauding the ease of transportation by ferry as opposed to by land from Upper Manhattan , and
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#17327731757803036-445: A two-over-two sash window; dark-red marble spandrels between the fourth- and fifth-story windows; and balustrades in front of each fourth-story window. Corinthian engaged columns separate each of the bays, and there are pilasters flanking the entire colonnade, as well as on either end of the facade. There is a frieze above the fifth story, with urns separating square panels and reliefs on the frieze. The panels contain inscriptions with
3174-561: A year to reset the clocks. Because of the preservation regulations, the top story has movable skylights but no windows. The Brooklyn Trust Company was chartered in 1866 and moved to George Taylor's old house at the corner of Clinton and Montague Streets in 1873. To meet the bank's growing needs, the house was expanded several times. After the Brooklyn Trust Company acquired the Long Island Loan and Trust Company in early 1913, bank officials sought to expand their quarters further. At
3312-412: Is 0.0088 milligrams per cubic metre (8.8 × 10 oz/cu ft), lower than the citywide and boroughwide averages. Eleven percent of Brooklyn Heights and Fort Greene residents are smokers , which is slightly lower than the city average of 14% of residents being smokers. In Brooklyn Heights and Fort Greene, 24% of residents are obese , 6% are diabetic , and 25% have high blood pressure —compared to
3450-402: Is about equal to the rest of New York City. In Brooklyn Heights and Fort Greene, 20% of elementary school students missed twenty or more days per school year , the same as the citywide average. Additionally, 75% of high school students in Brooklyn Heights and Fort Greene graduate on time, equal to the citywide average. St. Ann's School , a K–12 school, is located in the neighborhood, with
3588-760: Is also easily accessible from Downtown Brooklyn. Columbia Heights, an upscale six-block-long street next to the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, is sometimes considered to be its own neighborhood. Brooklyn Heights is part of Brooklyn Community District 2 , and its primary ZIP Code is 11201. It is patrolled by the 84th Precinct of the New York City Police Department . The New York City Fire Department operates two fire stations near Brooklyn Heights: Engine Company 205/Ladder Company 118 at 74 Middagh Street, and Engine Company 224 at 274 Hicks Street. Brooklyn Heights occupies
3726-454: Is at the center of both the north and south walls, surrounded by a molded frame with Roman-style decorations; the doorways themselves contain bronze-and-glass doors topped by transom windows. A Renaissance-style shield is placed atop the center of each door frame, above which is a panel with a carved phrase, which itself is flanked by various reliefs. The banking hall's vaulted ceiling is cited as measuring 40 ft (12 m) high. The ceiling
3864-589: Is covered by ZIP Code 11201. The United States Post Office operates two locations nearby: the Cadman Plaza Station at 271 Cadman Plaza East, and the DUMBO Automated Postal Center at 84 Front Street. Brooklyn Heights and Fort Greene generally have a higher ratio of college-educated residents than the rest of the city as of 2018 . The majority of residents (64%) have a college education or higher, while 11% have less than
4002-550: Is decorated with motifs of birds and leaves, supporting a globe-shaped lamp at the top. The entryway itself is recessed and consists of a set of double-height wrought-iron gates with foliate ornament, as well as a set of inner doors made of bronze and glass. When the bank is open, the wrought-iron gates retract into a rectangular Roman Imperial-style frame made of fine-grained limestone. This frame contains rinceaux with scrolled acanthuses, as well as motifs of flowers, birds, animals, and urns with centaur-like figures on either side. On
4140-505: Is divided horizontally into two sections, similar to the Pierrepont and Montague Street elevations. The base is divided horizontally into nine bays. The two outermost bays contain rectangular windows at ground level and square windows on the third story; these windows have grilles and voussoirs, similar to the outer bays on the other elevations. The seven center bays contain double-height arches with recessed windows. Thick mullions divide
4278-425: Is extremely ornate and contains octagonal coffers . The plaster reliefs on the ceiling are painted blue, green, gold, and beige. The coffers alternate with lozenges and are arranged in a 52-by-12 grid. Above the arches on the west and east walls are lunettes with elaborate grilles. At the center of the ceiling are circular medallions with floral patterns and Greek-key borders in the second, fourth, and sixth bays from
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4416-403: Is inset within a rectangular frame that contains Greek key motifs; there are depictions of monsters at each corner of the frame. The doors on the eastern wall of the banking hall lead to the main office and its foyer, both of which have plaster ceilings and wood paneling on the walls. Cabinets are built into the walls of the foyer, and there are acanthus leaves and floral designs on the ceiling of
4554-739: Is located at 74 Middagh Street, serving the northern part of the neighborhood, while Engine Co. 224 is located at 274 Hicks Street, serving the southern part of the neighborhood. A third fire station, Engine Co. 207/Ladder Co. 110/Satellite 6/Battalion 31/Division 11, is located at 172 Tillary Street in nearby Fort Greene . As of 2018 , preterm births and births to teenage mothers are less common in Brooklyn Heights and Fort Greene than in other places citywide. In Brooklyn Heights and Fort Greene, there were 74 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 11.6 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide). Brooklyn Heights and Fort Greene have
4692-465: Is lower than that of the city as a whole. The 84th Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 82.3% between 1990 and 2018. The precinct reported 2 murders, 18 rapes, 147 robberies, 184 felony assaults, 126 burglaries, 650 grand larcenies, and 31 grand larcenies auto in 2018. Brooklyn Heights is served by two New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire stations. Engine Co. 205/Ladder Co. 118
4830-546: Is named after him. Together, they were the parents of: Pierrepont died in 1838 in Brooklyn . Hezekiah and his wife Anna are memorialized in the Pierrepont Family Memorial, a Gothic Revival pavilion designed by Richard Upjohn . Through his daughter Maria, he was a grandfather of the botanist and ornithologist Eugene P. Bicknell . Through his son Henry, he was a grandfather of Mary Pierrepont,
4968-404: Is similar to that on Montague Street, but the entrance is exactly at ground level, and the limestone frame within the arch has acanthus leaves at its base. Instead of torchères, octagonal lanterns are attached directly to the facade, with flowers and leaves topped by a fleur-de-lis pattern. The frieze at the top contains the inscriptions " New Utrecht – Flatland – Breucklyn " [ sic ] on
5106-565: The 2 and 3 trains at Clark Street ; and the 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , N , R , and W trains at Borough Hall/Court Street . Although no bus routes actually stop in Brooklyn Heights, many MTA Regional Bus Operations bus routes are located nearby in Downtown Brooklyn. The B25 also stops in Dumbo/ Fulton Ferry , while
5244-454: The B61 and B63 serve Cobble Hill. In June 2017, NYC Ferry 's South Brooklyn route started stopping at Brooklyn Bridge Park Piers 1 and 6 in Brooklyn Heights. Many of the streets in Brooklyn Heights are named after people who figured prominently in the neighborhood's history. Concerning the "fruit streets" in Brooklyn Heights – Cranberry , Orange and Pineapple Streets –
5382-683: The Brooklyn Arts Gallery , was opened in Brooklyn Heights in 1958. In 1965, a large part of Brooklyn Heights was protected from unchecked development by the creation of the Brooklyn Heights Historic District , the first such district in New York City. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. Directly across the East River from Manhattan and connected to it by subways and regular ferry service, Brooklyn Heights
5520-470: The Brooklyn Daily Eagle wrote that the bank building was to be one of the "showplaces of Brooklyn". The Standard Union wrote: "With the lofty Mechanics Bank Building at the other end of the block, they will be twin pillars of Brooklyn's financial system." A half-century after the building's construction, architecture critic Henry Hope Reed Jr. wrote that the bank "is one of the finest of
5658-764: The Center for Brooklyn History building and the St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church , just across Clinton Street to the west; and the Crescent Athletic Club House of Saint Ann's School , to the northwest across Clinton and Pierrepont Streets. An entrance to the New York City Subway 's Borough Hall/Court Street station is across the street from the building's Montague Street entrance. The Brooklyn Trust Company Building site
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5796-767: The Confederacy , was captured in the China Sea by privateers in 1797, while he was on board. Having made a small fortune, he was now bankrupt, and returned to the United States. He settled in Brooklyn in 1802. He bought 60 acres (24 ha) – part of the Livingston estate, plus the Benson, De Bevoise and Remsen farms, – on what was then called "Clover Hill", now Brooklyn Heights , and built
5934-568: The East River on the west. Adjacent neighborhoods are Dumbo to the north, Downtown Brooklyn to the east, and Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill to the south. Originally referred to as Brooklyn Village , it has been a prominent area of Brooklyn since 1834. The neighborhood is noted for its low-rise architecture and its many brownstone rowhouses , most of them built prior to the Civil War . It also has an abundance of notable churches and other religious institutions. Brooklyn's first art gallery,
6072-576: The East River , and to this end he became a prominent investor in Robert Fulton 's New York and Brooklyn Steam Ferry Boat Company, using his influence on Fulton's behalf. He eventually became a part owner and a director of the company. Fulton's ferry began running in 1814, and Brooklyn received a charter as a village from the New York state in 1816, thanks to the influence of Pierrepont and other prominent landowners. The city then prepared for
6210-711: The Long Island Historical Society , Packer Collegiate Institute , and St. Ann's and the Holy Trinity Church , among other historically notable buildings. A number of bank buildings are concentrated on Montague Street, including the Brooklyn Trust Company Building , the People's Trust Building , and the National Title Guaranty Building . Based on data from the 2010 United States Census ,
6348-487: The NYPD , located at 301 Gold Street. The 84th Precinct ranked 60th-safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010. This was attributed to a high rate of property crimes in the neighborhood. As of 2018 , with a non-fatal assault rate of 40 per 100,000 people, Brooklyn Heights and Fort Greene's rate of violent crimes per capita is less than that of the city as a whole. The incarceration rate of 401 per 100,000 people
6486-572: The Underground Railroad ". To dramatize the plight of those held in captivity, Beecher once brought a female slave to the church and held an auction, with the highest bidder purchasing not the slave, but her freedom. Beecher also raised money to buy other slaves out of captivity, and shipped rifles to abolitionists in Kansas and Nebraska in crates labelled "Bibles", which gave the rifles the nickname " Beecher's Bibles ". The completion of
6624-638: The WPA Guide to New York City reports that before the Civil War, these streets, along with Poplar and Willow Streets , were named after prominent families, but that a member of the Middagh family expressed her dislike of these families by replacing the street signs with botanical names. The city would restore the proper names, and Middagh would put back her own signs. Several iterations of this game ended when Middagh's new names were given official status by
6762-407: The 2010s renovation, the condos on the upper stories have had up to five bedrooms; the majority of the condos have at least three bedrooms. The condos are accessed via a separate lobby on Pierrepont Street, which is clad in marble. Some of the residences retain the building's original fireplaces/ Because the building was protected as a landmark, the developers were not allowed to modify certain parts of
6900-469: The Brooklyn Heights branch shared the site with the Business & Career Library. In 2013, BPL announced its intent to sell 280 Cadman Plaza West, and as part of this announcement, the Business and Career Library's functions were relocated to BPL's Central Branch . BPL then sold the Brooklyn Heights branch to developer Hudson Companies. Hudson Companies then demolished the structure and replaced it with
7038-708: The Downtown Brooklyn Development Association, Manufacturers Hanover began illuminating the building's bronze torches at night in the late 1980s. In addition, Cullen & Dykman renewed its lease of the upper stories for twenty years in 1987. The LPC hosted public hearings in June 1993 to determine whether to designate the Brooklyn Trust Company Building and its interior as a city landmark, along with that of three other banks in Brooklyn and two in Manhattan. The bank building and its interior
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#17327731757807176-454: The East River, and to this end he became a prominent investor in Robert Fulton 's New York and Brooklyn Steam Ferry Boat Company, using his influence on Fulton's behalf; he eventually became a part owner and a director of the company. Fulton's ferry began running in 1814, and Brooklyn received a charter as a village from the state of New York in 1816, thanks to the influence of Pierrepont and other prominent landowners. The city then prepared for
7314-401: The Heights could leave the office at three o'clock, have dinner at home at four o'clock, and still have time for a "leisurely drive to the outskirts of town", a "middle class paradise". The community's development was helped by the yellow fever epidemic of 1822, when many of the rich from the city abandoned it for an area that was advertised as "elevated and perfectly healthy at all seasons ...
7452-633: The Heights, near the intersection of Montague and Court Streets. A plaque on the office building that replaced the Dodgers' old headquarters at 215 Montague Street identifies it as the site where Jackie Robinson signed his major league contract. Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims and Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Cathedral are located in Brooklyn Heights, as are the First Unitarian Congregational Society ,
7590-561: The Italian Renaissance style, is made of limestone and granite and is divided horizontally into two sections. The ground and third stories comprise the base, which is clad in blocks of rusticated and vermiculated limestone above a pink-granite water table . Although the ground-floor banking hall corresponds to the first and second stories of the annex, the New York City Department of Buildings considers
7728-438: The Livingston estate, plus the Benson, De Bevoise and Reemsen farms – on what was then called "Clover Hill", now Brooklyn Heights, and built a mansion there. Pierrepont purchased and expanded Philip Livingston 's gin distillery on the East River at what is now Joralemon Street, where he produced Anchor Gin. Wishing to sub-divide and develop his property, Pierrepont realized the need for regularly scheduled ferry service across
7866-617: The Pierrepont (1928), among others – were constructed. By the beginning of the Great Depression , most of the middle class had left the area. Boarding houses had become rooming houses, and the neighborhood began to have the appearance of a slum. During the 1940s and 1950s, the building of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) badly affected the neighborhood, as it took away the neighborhood's northwest corner, destroying whole rows of brownstones . At about
8004-634: The Stahl Organization, which converted the upper floors to condos between 2012 and 2015. The Brooklyn Trust Company Building is located in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City . It occupies a narrow land lot on the east side of Clinton Street, between Montague Street to the south and Pierrepont Street to the north. The site covers an area of 13,150 square feet (1,222 m). It has frontage of 200 feet (61 m) on Clinton Street, 75 ft (23 m) on Pierrepont Street, and 50 ft (15 m) on Montague Street;
8142-470: The annex of the Brooklyn Trust Company Building to 13 condominiums. Stahl had previously converted the upper stories of another landmarked bank, the Apple Bank Building in Manhattan, to condos. The plans included the construction of a new residential lobby designed by Barry Rice Architects , as well as restoration of the windows and the facade; the banking hall would not be modified because it
8280-401: The area's major landowners. Pierrepont had accumulated 60 acres of land, including 800 feet which directly overlooked the harbor, all of which he planned to sub-divide. Since his intention was to sell to merchants and bankers who lived in Manhattan, he needed easy access between Brooklyn Heights and New York City, which Fulton's company provided. Pierrepont bought 60 acres (24 ha) – part of
8418-575: The bank's headquarters in 1873. During the 1860s and early 1870s, the Brooklyn Academy of Music , Brooklyn Mercantile Library, and Brooklyn Art Association all had developed buildings on the adjoining block of Montague Street, which ran between Clinton and Court Streets. The Brooklyn Club occupied the site directly to the north of Taylor's house, on Pierrepont Street; the Greenleaf Female Institute had occupied this site in
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#17327731757808556-648: The bank's holdings in the area. Under the terms of the sale, the bank was required to start construction on the clubhouse's site within two years, and the club was to occupy two stories in the new building. The club's members ratified the sale in December, and the company made plans to replace both the Brooklyn Club building and the Taylor house. The structure was projected to cost about $ 500,000, $ 600,000, or $ 750,000. The new headquarters would be six times as large as
8694-409: The banking floor had three bronze writing tables for customers, each of which had eight legs shaped like animals' legs. The marble tellers' counters on the eastern wall originally had bronze tellers' cages, which were replaced by wood-and-Plexiglas enclosures in 1994. The walls are clad with yellow-beige marble. Both the west and east walls are divided into seven bays. The western wall is illuminated by
8832-549: The banking hall is designed with elements of Ancient Roman architecture and Italian Renaissance architecture , including Cosmati marble floors and a vaulted ceiling . The room is divided into seven bays on the west and east walls, and is accessed by the lobbies to its north and south. The marble floor is split into seven pieces, each corresponding to a bay on the west and east walls, and is made of gray, light beige, and green, and porphyry marble and stone. The floor had curved and rectangular borders made of tesserae . In addition,
8970-526: The banking hall to be one story. The fourth and fifth stories are treated as a piano nobile and contain a colonnade of double-height engaged columns and pilasters in the Corinthian order , which in turn are made of smooth limestone. At the northeast corner of the building, there is a three- bay -wide annex with a rusticated limestone facade. On the Montague Street elevation of the facade,
9108-417: The banking hall. Work commenced on the Montague Street section later the same year. Despite a labor strike during construction, the Montague Street half opened on September 13, 1916. The completion of the building coincided with the bank's 50th anniversary. Among the building's office tenants was law firm Cullen & Dykman, which moved into the Brooklyn Trust Company Building in 1915. The law firm remained on
9246-446: The banking hall; and marble floors, which have a light-gray marble border with inlaid gray marble. The northern side of the basement has two rooms for bank vaults, separated from the rest of the basement by a bronze screen with a central doorway and a clock. Each vault had walls measuring over 2 ft (0.61 m) thick, as well as doors that weighed 25 short tons (22 long tons; 23 t) apiece and could only be opened by first lowering
9384-414: The bays, and there are pilasters flanking the entire colonnade, as well as on either end of the facade. There is a frieze above the fifth story, with the words "Anno Domini MCMXV" inscribed in capital letters at either end of the facade; these words are flanked by urns. Just below the roof is a cornice with denticulation and water spouts with lions' heads. The facade of the main building on Pierrepont Street
9522-446: The building to Brookfield Asset Management , though JPMorgan Chase continued to operate a Chase Bank branch on the ground floor. In turn, Brookfield Asset Management sold the building to the Stahl Organization, operated by the family of Stanley Stahl , in 2008 for $ 9.7 million. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 20, 2009. The Stahl Organization announced in December 2012 that it would convert
9660-521: The building's upper stories for most of the 20th century, even as it opened new locations across Long Island . The Brooklyn Trust Company continued to expand during the early 20th century, opening additional branches throughout New York City. By the 1930s, the Brooklyn Trust Company had 31 branches in New York City, including in Queens and Staten Island . One of the bank's branches, within Park Slope ,
9798-417: The building, so the residential stories are suspended from trusses on the top story, and many of the apartments have unconventional features. Three duplex apartments have ladders connecting the main floor with the upper story. In another apartment, the master bedroom has a concealed panel that leads to the controls of one of the clocks in the banking hall; the manager of the bank had to enter that apartment twice
9936-424: The center, as well as garlands, fruit, and leaves on either side; there are four ventilation grilles below the western relief. The eastern wall additionally contains an alcove with elevator doors and a bronze-and-glass door to a staircase. The plaster ceiling of each vestibule contains multicolored reliefs and a hexagonal chandelier of bronze and glass hanging from a medallion at the center of the ceiling. The medallion
10074-508: The citywide averages of 24%, 11%, and 28% respectively. In addition, 14% of children are obese, compared to the citywide average of 20%. Eighty-eight percent of residents eat some fruits and vegetables every day, which is slightly higher than the city's average of 87%. In 2018, 86% of residents described their health as "good", "very good", or "excellent", more than the city's average of 78%. For every supermarket in Brooklyn Heights and Fort Greene, there are 12 bodegas . Brooklyn Heights
10212-587: The compromise plan despite strong opposition from the preservation community, including the North Heights Community Group. As a result, 1,200 residents were removed from their houses and apartments in late 1961 and early 1962 as construction began on the modified plan. One positive development came about when community groups – prominently the Brooklyn Heights Association, founded in 1910 – joined with Moses in
10350-777: The creation of the Brooklyn Heights Promenade , also called the Esplanade, which was cantilevered over the BQE. It became a favorite spot among locals, offering magnificent vistas of the Statue of Liberty , the Manhattan skyline across the East River , the Brooklyn Bridge , the Manhattan Bridge , and spectacular fireworks displays over the East River. Moses originally proposed to build the BQE through
10488-538: The difficulty of building there. They later sold part of their land to John Jackson, who created the Vinegar Hill community, much of which later became the Brooklyn Navy Yard . Brooklyn Heights began to develop once Robert Fulton 's New York and Brooklyn Steam Ferry Boat Company began regularly scheduled steam ferry service in 1814, with the financial backing of Hezekiah Beers Pierrepont , one of
10626-485: The early 2020s, increasing numbers of celebrities were moving to the neighborhood. Brooklyn Heights was the first neighborhood protected by the 1965 Landmarks Preservation Law of New York City . The neighborhood is largely composed of blocks of picturesque rowhouses and a few mansions. A great range of architectural styles is represented, including Greek Revival , Italianate , Second Empire , Victorian Gothic , Romanesque , Neo-Grec , and Classical Revival , as well as
10764-576: The east. The three-story base of the main building, as well as the annex, are clad with rusticated stone blocks. There are double-height arches facing all three streets; the arches on Montague and Pierrepont Streets contain ornate entrances. The fourth and fifth stories are treated like a loggia , with windows separated by pilasters , while the roof is made of Spanish tile. Inside, entrances on Montague and Pierrepont Street lead to ornamental vestibules. The rectangular banking room next to Clinton Street has Cosmati marble floors, yellow-beige marble walls, and
10902-642: The easternmost part of the Pierrepont Street frontage extends only 100 ft (30 m) into the block. It adjoins the People's Trust Building and 185 Montague Street to the east, although the bank buildings have different architectural styles. Other nearby buildings include the Montague–Court Building at the eastern end of the block; the Brooklyn Union Gas Company Headquarters one block southeast;
11040-430: The establishment of a street grid, although there were competing plans for the size of the lots. John and Jacob Hicks, who also owned property in Brooklyn Heights , north of Pierrepont's, favored smaller lots, as they were pitching their land to tradesman and artisans already living in Brooklyn, not attempting to lure merchants and bankers from Manhattan as Pierrepont was. To counter the Hickses' proposal, Pierrepont hired
11178-426: The establishment of a street grid, although there were competing plans for the size of the lots. John and Jacob Hicks, who also owned property on Brooklyn Heights, north of Pierrepont's, favored smaller lots, as they were pitching their land to tradesman and artisans already living in Brooklyn, not attempting to lure merchants and bankers from Manhattan as Pierrepont was. To counter the Hickses' proposal, Pierrepont hired
11316-408: The facade, at ground level, there is one rectangular window with a metal grille on either side of the centrally positioned entryway, as well as voussoirs in the lintel above the window; the central voussoir is a slightly protruding keystone . Above these rectangular windows, there are square windows on the mezzanine with similar voussoirs, and a flagpole extends outward from the central voussoir. At
11454-666: The ferries went between the current Fulton Street and Peck Slip in Manhattan, and was run by Cornelius Dirksen. The ferry service helped the lowland area to thrive, with both farms and some factories along the water, but the higher ground was sparsely used. The area was heavily fortified prior to the Battle of Long Island in the American Revolutionary War . After British troops landed on Long Island and advanced towards Continental Army lines, General George Washington withdrew his troops here after heavy losses, but
11592-401: The floor in front of the vault. According to contemporaneous sources, the vaults were capable of "resisting any known method of attack". The room containing the main bank vault is accessed by a set of six marble steps with bronze railings. The floor of the main bank vault room has a light-gray marble border surrounding a dark-gray marble panel, while the ceiling is vaulted. The main bank vault, on
11730-478: The fourth-story window has a balustrade and is topped by a cartouche and a triangular pediment . The fifth-story windows of the outermost bays are simple rectangular windows. The twelve center bays form a colonnade on the fourth and fifth stories. Each bay contains a two-over-two sash window, with dark-red marble spandrels between the fourth- and fifth-story windows, as well as balustrades in front of each fourth-story window. Corinthian engaged columns separate each of
11868-402: The foyer. The main office has a fireplace mantel made of dark gray marble; a doorway leading back to the banking room; and pilasters that divide the wood paneling into several sections. There is a wooden cornice with denticulation at the top of the wall. The ceiling depicts vines and leaves and has a chandelier suspended from its center. There is a rectangular office at the northwestern corner of
12006-425: The ground story. The northwestern office has a wooden fireplace mantel with carvings of youths and pendants, which in turn is framed by brown-veined granite; there is a large recessed mirror and a fanlight above the fireplace. The other walls are arched at their tops and have plaster carvings of urns, leaves, and vines, which support a vaulted ceiling with similar plasterwork decoration. When the building opened, there
12144-467: The heart of Brooklyn Heights. Opposition to this plan led to the re-routing of the expressway to the side of the bluff, allowing creation of the Promenade. By the mid-1950s, a new generation of property owners had begun moving into the Heights, pioneering the "Brownstone Revival" by buying and renovating pre-Civil War period houses, which became part of the preservationist movement which culminated in
12282-442: The institution of a watch. After 1823, farms begin to be sub-divided into 25-by-100-foot (7.6 by 30.5 m) lots, which were advertised as suitable for a "country retreat" for Manhattanites, leading to a building boom that resulted in Brooklyn Heights becoming the "first commuter suburb ", since it was easier and faster to get to Manhattan by ferry than it was to commute from upper Manhattan by ground transportation. A resident of
12420-551: The largest ensembles of such housing in the nation, and the human scale of the three, four- and five-story buildings creates a neighborly atmosphere. Brooklyn Heights has very few high-rise buildings. Among these buildings are 75 Livingston Street , Hotel St. George , and the Concord Village co-op development on Adams Street. Additionally, Jehovah's Witnesses had its world headquarters in the northern part of Brooklyn Heights at 25 Columbia Heights. The organization restored
12558-408: The left (east) and " Gravesend – Gowanus – Bushwick " on the right (east), all in capital letters. The first through third stories of the annex are clad with rusticated and vermiculated blocks similar to the main building, while the fourth and fifth stories have a smooth ashlar facade. The first story originally had windows shielded by grilles, and there are voussoirs above the first-story openings. On
12696-474: The main campus at 129 Pierrepont Street. Packer Collegiate Institute , a K–12 school, has also been located in the neighborhood, at 170 Joralemon Street, since its 1845 founding. St. Francis College is located on Remsen Street and occupies half a city block. It was founded as St. Francis Academy in 1859 by the Franciscan Brothers and was originally located on Baltic Street. St. Francis College
12834-418: The main decorative element is a round arch at the center, which is accessed by a stoop with five steps. The stoop is flanked by stone pedestals with cast-iron torchères measuring 15 ft (4.6 m) high. The base of each torchère contains a layer of lions, which supports a layer of tortoises. Above the tortoises are motifs such as volutes, acanthus leaves, flowers, and fruits. The shaft of each torchère
12972-412: The mezzanine level, there is a lunette atop the arch, divided into three sections by vertical bands, which contains a stone grille with floral and urn patterns. The middle of the lunette has a plaque with the words "Erected MCMXV", topped by an eagle with spread wings, while the outer sections of the lunette contain scrolled acanthus-leaf motifs which flank the plaque. Atop this lunette is a cartouche of
13110-479: The mid-19th century. An increasing number of businesses were moving to the area by the 1890s, and the adjacent block of Montague Street was nicknamed "Bank Row" after several bank buildings were built there in the 1900s. The Brooklyn Trust Company Building was designed by bank architects York and Sawyer for the Brooklyn Trust Company . The building's design was inspired by that of the Palazzo della Gran Guardia in
13248-473: The model of European cities. Wishing to have the new City Hall located there as an anchor, since the land was almost a mile away from the waterfront where commercial interests were concentrated, they and Henry Remsen sold the City of Brooklyn a triangular plot at the intersection of Fulton, Joralemon and Court Streets, as the site on which City Hall was built, and the cornerstone for what is now Brooklyn Borough Hall
13386-421: The names " Greenpoint – Flatbush – Wallabout " on the left (west) and " Breucklyn – New Lots – Red Hook " [ sic ] on the right (east), all in capital letters. These names represent towns and villages that were integrated into modern-day Brooklyn. Just below the roof is a cornice with denticulation and water spouts with lions' heads. The top story is under the tiled roof. The Clinton Street elevation
13524-568: The neighborhood and the perceived loss of the specialness and "quality" began to drive out the merchants and patricians who lived there; in time their mansions were divided to become apartment houses and boarding houses. Artists began to move into the neighborhood, as well as writers, and a number of large hotels – the St. George (1885), the Margaret (1889), the Bossert (1909), Leverich Towers (1928), and
13662-436: The next half-century. The bank acquired the Brooklyn Club's adjacent clubhouse in 1913 and constructed a new headquarters in two phases, which were completed by September 1916. The upper floors were originally rented out as offices, while the bank occupied the ground floor. Through several mergers, the Brooklyn Trust Company became part of JPMorgan Chase , which sold the building in 2007. The structure has been owned since 2009 by
13800-597: The northern Italian city of Verona . When the building was erected in the 1910s, freestanding bank buildings in New York City were becoming prevalent, and many similar structures were being constructed with classical design details. After designing the Brooklyn Trust Company Building, York and Sawyer used a similar architectural style for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Building and the Apple Bank Building , both in Manhattan . Despite only appearing as
13938-439: The now historic Brooklyn Bridge in 1883, the Brooklyn end of which was near Brooklyn Heights' eastern boundary, began the process of making the neighborhood more accessible from places such as Manhattan. The Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT)'s Lexington Avenue subway line , which reached Brooklyn Heights in 1908, was an even more powerful catalyst in the neighborhood's development. The resulting ease of transportation into
14076-440: The old one. York and Sawyer was hired to design the new building, and Marc Eidlitz & Son was hired as the contractor. In addition, James McLaren & Sons of Brooklyn was hired to create the building's stonework, while William H. Jackson, also of Brooklyn, manufactured the wrought-iron gates and bronze tellers' grilles. Work on the building was underway by July 1914. The project employed workers from 104 trades. The first half
14214-603: The passage in 1965 of the Landmarks Preservation Law. In 1965, community groups which later became the Brooklyn Heights Association, succeeded in having the neighborhood designated the Brooklyn Heights Historic District by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission , the first such district in the city. This was followed in the following decades by the further gentrification of the neighborhood into
14352-522: The pastor of Plymouth Church , now the Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims. Beecher was a nationally known figure famous on the lecture circuit for his novel oratorical style, in which he employed humor, dialect, and slang. Under Beecher, so many slaves passed through Plymouth Church on their way to freedom in Canada that later generations have referred to the church as the " Grand Central Station of
14490-405: The percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 39% in Brooklyn Heights and Fort Greene, lower than the citywide and boroughwide rates of 52% and 51% respectively. Based on this calculation, as of 2018 , Brooklyn Heights and Fort Greene are considered to be high-income relative to the rest of the city and not gentrifying . Brooklyn Heights is patrolled by the 84th Precinct of
14628-559: The population of Brooklyn Heights was 22,887, a change of 339 (1.5%) from the 22,548 counted in 2000 . Covering an area of 235.86 acres (95.45 ha), the neighborhood had a population density of 97 inhabitants per acre (62,000/sq mi; 24,000/km ). The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 75.2% (17,210) White , 5.5% (1,259) African American , 0.2% (37) Native American , 8.8% (2,003) Asian , 0% (3) Pacific Islander , 0.4% (82) from other races , and 2.7% (618) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.3% (1,675) of
14766-514: The population. The entirety of Community Board 2, which comprises Brooklyn Heights and Fort Greene, had 117,046 inhabitants as of NYC Health 's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 80.6 years. This is slightly lower than the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods. Most inhabitants are middle-aged adults and youth: 15% are between the ages of 0–17, 44% between 25 and 44, and 20% between 45 and 64. The ratio of college-aged and elderly residents
14904-463: The room's northern wall, has a steel wall and door. The west and east walls contain doorways, with the eastern doorway leading to a smaller vault with a bronze vault screen. The annex on Pierrepont Street originally had three stories of offices for the bookkeeping department, which was connected to the banking hall by a series of pneumatic tubes. Part of the fourth floor of the main structure had offices for Brooklyn Trust's board of directors. The rest of
15042-535: The same time, plans began to be developed by New York's "master builder", Robert Moses , wielding the Housing Act of 1949, to replace brownstone rowhouses – which were the typical building form in the neighborhood – with large luxury apartment buildings. A prominent example of the intended outcome is the Cadman Plaza development of housing cooperatives in the northern part of the neighborhood, located on
15180-416: The second through fourth stories, there is a double window in the center bay and a single window in either of the outer bays. In addition, the center bay has a panel with an inscription above the window on the third story. To the left of this panel is a Renaissance-style shield with a checkerboard pattern, while to the right is a Renaissance-style shield depicting an oak tree with exposed roots. The checkerboard
15318-496: The seven arched windows on the Clinton Street elevation, while the eastern wall contains a round-arched window flanked by six blind arches. There is a cast frieze below each window, which contains medallions containing depictions of the heads of various classical figures; the medallions are separated by acanthuses, urns, and mythological creatures, and the frieze itself is interrupted by piers and doorways. The openings on both
15456-593: The site where the Brooklyn Bridge trolley terminal once stood. In 1959, the North Heights Community Group was formed to oppose destroying cheap low-rise housing in order to build the high-rise Cadman Plaza towers. Architect Percival Goodman presented an alternate plan to maintain all sound structures, which garnered 25,000 supporters. In early 1961, a compromise proposal came from City Hall calling for two 22-story towers with over 1,200 luxury and middle income units. The Brooklyn Heights Association fully supported
15594-519: The sort". According to Reed, "even that lovely northern Italian city [Verona] would not scorn this hall, with its Cosmatesque floor (marble work which resembles mosaic, as done by the Cosmati family of mediaeval Rome) and its high, polychromed ceiling". In the 2008 edition of the Guide to New York City Landmarks , Matthew A. Postal and Andrew Dolkart wrote: "The Brooklyn Trust Company, established in 1866,
15732-408: The south wall, with molded foliate ornaments and a marble frame. The ceiling was arched and contained geometrical and floral plasterwork motifs, as well as two chandeliers. On the fifth floor was a corridor that retained its original wood wainscoting , as well as doorways with wooden frames and transom bars on both sides. In addition, some of the fifth-story offices had black marble mantels. Following
15870-537: The south. Suspended from these medallions are multi-tiered, circular bronze chandeliers, with such decorations as caryatids, struts, and foliate brackets. The banking hall is adjoined by entrance vestibules to the north and south, which are nearly identical in design, except for a letter box that is only present in the southern vestibule. Each vestibule has Cosmato marble floors, in addition to light-gray marble walls, which are chamfered at each corner. The western and eastern walls contain reliefs of shields with an eagle at
16008-502: The special and select quality of the neighborhood. Brooklyn Heights soon became the "first commuter suburb", and Pierrepont the "first important suburban developer". In 1834, when Brooklyn began to consider building a grand City Hall to rival the one across the East River in Manhattan, Pierrepont and his son, Henry E. Pierrepont, who had studied cities in Europe, decided to develop some of their unused open land behind Brooklyn Heights on
16146-472: The time changed over the decades. Throughout the 19th century, Brooklyn Heights remained an elegant neighborhood, and became Brooklyn's cultural and financial center. Its development gave rise to offshoots such as Cobble Hill and, later, Carroll Gardens . Prior to the Civil War , Brooklyn Heights was a locus of the Abolitionist movement, due to the speeches and activities of Henry Ward Beecher ,
16284-464: The time, the existing headquarters of the bank measured 100 by 50 ft (30 by 15 m). The Brooklyn Club agreed in November 1913 to sell its clubhouse at Clinton and Pierrepont Streets, adjacent to the Taylor house, to the Brooklyn Trust Company for $ 115,000, following several months of secret negotiations. The site of the clubhouse measured 100 by 75 ft (30 by 23 m), more than doubling
16422-492: The top baccalaureate colleges in the north. Brooklyn Heights is also the location of Brooklyn Law School , founded in 1901. The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL)'s Brooklyn Heights branch is located at 286 Cadman Plaza West. The branch was formerly located at 280 Cadman Plaza West, which was shared with the Business & Career Library , but that site was sold to a developer and demolished. Brooklyn Heights' first library
16560-408: The top two stories were originally intended as offices, which were rented to outside firms. By the late 2000s, many of the upper-story spaces had been heavily modified, with elements such as dropped ceilings . The fourth-floor conference room was rectangular and had two bays of recessed windows on the walls, each consisting of five pairs of panes. The walls included sconces, and there was a fireplace on
16698-419: The twelve condos had been sold by the end of the year. The cheapest units cost $ 3.35 million; the high prices were attributed to what one real-estate agent called "great architectural plans given the limitations of the existing building". When the Brooklyn Trust Company Building was being built, Brooklyn Life wrote that "this structure will be a decided addition to Brooklyn's group of handsome buildings", while
16836-432: The west and east walls are separated by rusticated pilasters, which support a cornice with motifs of running dogs and acanthus leaves. On the western wall, the fourth bay from the south has a U-shaped staircase to the basement, which contains a marble handrail, marble walls, and stone floors with geometric borders. On the eastern wall, the fourth and fifth bays each have a doorway with a wooden door containing rosette carvings;
16974-401: The windows into six sections in a three-over-three configuration. Each of the windows has 61 panes in total. There are painted stone panels beneath the windows, as well as voussoirs above. The fourth and fifth stories are divided vertically into fourteen bays. On these stories, the extreme north and south ends of the Clinton Street elevation have pilasters and antae . In the two outermost bays,
17112-519: Was a city landmark. Later that month, the LPC approved a modified version of the condominium conversion, which included a one-story addition to the annex. The New York City Department of Buildings approved plans for the condo conversion in February 2013, and the developers released floor plans for the condos that August. The renovation was completed in 2015, and sales of the 12 condos began that May. Four of
17250-472: Was able to make a skillful retreat across the East River to Manhattan without the loss of any troops or his remaining supplies. After the war, the 160-acre tract of land belonging to John Rapeljie, who was a Loyalist , was confiscated and sold to the Sands brothers, who tried to develop the part of the land on the palisade as a community they called "Olympia", but failed to make it come about, partly because of
17388-518: Was also a "retiring room" or lounge for female bank patrons, which was designed in the Adam style and had black walnut and old blue furniture. By the 2010s, a bank vault off the lobby had a pet-grooming station, and there was bicycle storage and stroller storage next to it. The Brooklyn City Safe Deposit Company originally used the basement, which has an arched ceiling. The basement has a corridor with ornamental plasterwork; marble walls, similar to those in
17526-408: Was begun at the corner of Clinton and Pierrepont Streets, replacing the Brooklyn Club building, and was finished in mid-1915. The bank moved its operations to the Pierrepont Street half of the building on September 7, 1915. Officers' offices were arranged near the southern end of the Pierrepont Street portion of the banking hall; as such, when the entire building was done, they would occupy the center of
17664-556: Was born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1768 to a long-established New England family. He was one of ten children, only four of whom survived to adulthood. His parents were John Pierpont and Sarah ( née Beers) Pierpont. His maternal grandparents were Nathan Beers and Hannah ( née Nichols) Beers. His paternal grandparents were Lydia ( née Hemingway) Pierpont (a daughter of Rev. Jacob Hemingway who married Capt. Theophilus Morgan after his grandfather's death) and Hezekiah Pierpont,
17802-476: Was designated as a New York City landmark on June 25, 1996. Through various mergers, the bank building became a branch of JPMorgan Chase by the beginning of the 21st century. After a 19th-century building in Brooklyn Heights was demolished in 2004, local civic groups began advocating for the Brooklyn Trust Company Building at 177 Montague Street to be further protected as part of the proposed Brooklyn Heights Skyscraper Historic District. In 2007, JPMorgan Chase sold
17940-543: Was designed by York and Sawyer in the Renaissance Revival style and is patterned after the Palazzo della Gran Guardia in the Italian city of Verona . The building's facade and interior are New York City designated landmarks , and the building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . The building is divided into two parts: the main section to the west and an annex on Pierrepont Street to
18078-486: Was founded in 1857 by the Mercantile Library Association of the City of Brooklyn. The first BPL branch in the neighborhood, the Montague Street branch, was opened in 1903. The Brooklyn Heights branch building at 280 Cadman Plaza West opened in 1962 and originally contained an auditorium and children's room. It was renovated and expanded from 1990 to 1993, and upon the completion of the renovation,
18216-416: Was historically owned by Hezekiah Pierrepont , one of Brooklyn Heights' developers; Pierrepont Street was named for him, while Montague Street was named for his relative Lady Mary Wortley Montagu . Just prior to the construction of the current building, the corner of Clinton and Montague Streets was occupied by a house, which had been built in the 1850s as the residence of politician George Taylor and became
18354-399: Was intended to symbolize the state of being constant; by comparison, the oak tree was supposed to signify "strength and antiquity", and its exposed roots may refer to the fact that the bank had "nothing to hide". All of the windows on the fifth story are single windows, but the central bay is wider than the outer bays. There are voussoirs above all the fourth- and fifth-story windows, as well as
18492-486: Was laid there in 1836. On January 21, 1802, Pierrepont was married to Anna Marie Constable (1783–1859) by Bishop Provost. Anna came from a prominent New York City merchant and landowning family. As a wedding present from her father, William Constable, a partner of Alexander Macomb , received a half a million acres of land, becoming a major property owner in Upstate New York ; the town of Pierrepont, New York
18630-467: Was lower, at 9% and 12% respectively. As of 2016, the median household income in Community Board 2 was $ 56,599. In 2018, an estimated 22% of Brooklyn Heights and Fort Greene residents lived in poverty, compared to 21% in all of Brooklyn and 20% in all of New York City. One in twelve residents (8%) were unemployed, compared to 9% in the rest of both Brooklyn and New York City. Rent burden, or
18768-730: Was modeled after the design of its main headquarters on Montague Street. The Brooklyn Trust Company Building became a branch of the Manufacturers Trust Company when Brooklyn Trust merged into Manufacturers Trust in October 1950. During the 1960s, Manufacturers Trust became part of the Manufacturers Hanover Corporation , which in 1966 relocated the Montague Street branch's counting operations to St. John's Terminal in Manhattan. As part of "Brighten Downtown Brooklyn", an initiative supported by
18906-487: Was responsible for the construction of the most beautiful building on Brooklyn's bank row." Brooklyn Heights Brooklyn Heights is a residential neighborhood within the New York City borough of Brooklyn . The neighborhood is bounded by Old Fulton Street near the Brooklyn Bridge on the north, Cadman Plaza West on the east, Atlantic Avenue on the south, and the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway or
19044-489: Was the first private school in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn . As of 2010 , 2,000 full-time students and more than 400 part-time students from 80 countries attend the college. St. Francis College has been ranked by The New York Times as one of the more diverse colleges in the United States. The college has also been ranked by both Forbes magazine and U.S. News & World Report as one of
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