Possibly C. P. H. Gilbert's first Brooklyn commission. These buildings are heavily modified, but there is still some remnant of a historic roof and cresting.
[UPDATE - the two buildings were demolished in early 2018.]
"The Greenpoint Reformed Dutch Church is going up in K street, near Union avenue. It is to be in the Romanesque style of the French city of Rheims in the thirteenth century. It will be of brick, faced with light and brown stone. It will front 74 feet between the extreme edges of the towers, and will be 95 feet in depth. The cost is to be $50,000. William B.
"The Methodist Episcopal Tabernacle at Greenpoint has just been built of brick, with brown stone facings, at a cost of $50,000." 1
G. King & Co. 1
Laying of the cornerstone attended by 10,000 people, let by Bishop Loughlin. Construction was "begun on the second day of June under the superintendence of Mr. P. C. Keeley [sic], architect, who numbers this as his three hundred and eighty fifth church edifice he has been engaged in building on this continent. Its dimensions are 68 feet in width by 156 feet in depth, and judging by the massive appearance of the walls, constructed by the builder, Mr. Jas. Radwell [sic, probably Rodwell, a prominent local builder], will be as substantial an edifice as any in the States.
Constructed in 1889 as the Mechanics & Traders Bank.
NB listing does not mention builder; Doenecke is assumed.1. Doenecke & Bros.
RERBG v. 64, no. 1647 (October 7, 1899)
RERBG v. 64, no. 1647 (October 7, 1899)
Plan # 1833 - South 1st st, ne cor Roebling st, 4-sty brk factory, 25x72, steam heat, galvanized cornice, cost, $6,500; Adam [H?] Schulz, 267 Grand st; ar't, A E Fischer, 1123 Broadway, NY