Re-Purposing historic structures on Sidney Place
Eye On Real Estate: From Old Catholic School Building To Neighboring 1830s Brownstones
Soon, students will read “Catcher in the Rye” where Catholic priests rested their weary heads.
The former rectory of St. Charles Borromeo Church at 21 Sidney Place in Brooklyn Heights is in the final weeks of its transformation into a Quaker school for teens with learning disabilities.
As part of the project, the Brooklyn Heights rectory’s second-floor bedroom, whose most recent occupant was the Rev. Edward Doran, is being transformed into a high-school English classroom.