Brooklyn News: The Demolition of Bed Stuy’s Dangler Mansion

Workers Tear Into Bed Stuy’s Beloved Dangler Mansion Following Landmarks Fails to Act

The clock has run out on endeavours to help save Bed Stuy’s Jacob Dangler mansion: The New York Metropolis Department of Structures issued a permit for whole demolition of the setting up Tuesday. Video posted on Instagram by neighbors Wednesday reveals demolition of the 1890s framework has started.

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Park Slope Limestone Around Prospect Park With Pier Mirror, Wainscoting, Moldings Asks $3.95 Million

Listing photographs provide only a glimpse of the interior of this limestone close to Prospect Park, but it has some interval details and properly renovated kitchens and baths.

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Two-Bedroom in Fort Eco-friendly Italianate With Marble Mantel, Outdoor Place, Laundry Asks $1.25 Million

Even though its compact footprint could challenge a smaller family of dedicated minimalists, even so this two-bed room, just one-bathroom co-op on the penultimate ground of a Fort Greene townhouse checks a large amount of containers.

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441 Willoughby Avenue. Image by Susan De Vries

The Grand and Mysterious Willoughby Avenue Mansion of Grocer Jacob Dangler

The dwelling sits on the northeast corner of Willoughby Avenue at Nostrand Avenue, seemingly vacant, sprawling at the rear of a chain backlink fence. It’s on a huge whole lot, and the house by itself, a golden brick and limestone French Gothic pile, is totally incongruous with the considerably far more modest brownstone neighbors on the block.

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Bed Stuy’s Beloved Dangler Mansion Is Long gone (Video clip)

Properly, that was quick. Following pausing for a Section of Structures inspection this early morning, staff received the go-ahead to reenter the web page and resume demolition at 1 p.m.

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