Our Lady of Mercy parish was established in 1857 at Debevoise Street between Dekalb Avenue and Fleet Street. In May, 1867 the parish started construction on a new church designed by Patrick Keely ("the architect is, of course, Mr. P.C.
Demolished circa 2017 to 2019. Original construction information from Real estate record and builders' guide (v. 69, no. 1784: May 24, 1902), page IX.
Originally constructed as a three story building, the top floor was removed after 1940. “Buildings Projected,” Real Estate Record & Builders’ Guide 19, no. 479 (n.d.): 413.
This building at 125 Eagle Street looks like it was once something, and sure enough it was. It was built in 1891 as the Children's Mission, a project of the Greenpoint Reformed Church on Kent Street. The Mission was established on November 20, 1881 as a Sunday school occupying a storefront on Eagle Street. The school quickly grew, adding rooms in a nearby building, but by 1883 those accommodations were already insufficient and the children of the school began raising money for a new building. Over the course of seven or eight years the students raised about $1,500.
The Pacific Street Methodist Episcopal Church was constructed in 1851 at the northwest corner of Pacific and Clinton Streets. The congregation was established in 1844 and for the first few years worshiped in the former South Brooklyn Presbyterian Church, located on Pacific between Court and Clinton Streets.
Cornerstone laid in September 1889. The current structure superseded an older chapel designed by Thomas Houghton1 dating to 1875 that was located just to the east on Hooper Street.
Arion Hall, once home to the Arion Singing Society, is one of many remnants of Bushwick's once-thriving German population. Designed by Bushwick's go-to architect of the late 19th century, Theobald Engelhardt, the building sits on Arion Street (formerly Wall Street), between Broadway and Bushwick Avenue/Beaver Street.