856 WASHINGTON AVENUE

The currently standing 14-story modern apartment building (2018, Kutnicki Bernstein Architects) replaced the Green Point Savings Bank (1928, Francis George Hasselman) pictured here, a handsome classical bank that stood as a neighborhood landmark for nearly a century—and the demolition of which sparked a vigorous but successful campaign to have it designated as a landmark.

Photo Courtesy of Brooklyn Public Library.

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