Year 1944 Architect Henry V. Murphy Status Demolished Building type Social Services 653 Hicks Street Brooklyn, NY 11231 United States Dedicated October 3, 1943 by Bishop Molloy1 ,2 1"Seamen's Institute Opened in Brooklyn: Bishop Molloy Dedicates New $250,000 Recreation Center", New York Times (October 4, 1943). 2"To Welcome the Merchant Marine", Architectural Record (v. 95, February, 1944), 55-59.