5. St. Ann’s Church: Before it was leveled to make room for NYU’s newest dormitory Founders Hall, St. Ann’s in East Village was called “among the most beautiful” by The New York Times. The church was rededicated in 1983 as an Eastern Catholic Church to better suit the community, but closed permanently in 2003. In 2005, it was announced as the site of the newest NYU residence hall, and the building was mostly destroyed in spite of strong local opposition to its conversion. Today, only the facade of St. Ann’s remains in front of the first-year dorm.
St. Ann’s facade, completely disconnected from Founders
Below are three additional church to apartment conversions:
99 Clinton Street, a church-turned-condo in Brooklyn Heights
The Arches at Cobble Hill, another condo, formerly St. Peter’s Church
450 Clinton Street, formerly the Norwegian Seamen’s Church, now a condominium in Carroll Gardens
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