Bay Ridge Victorian mansion demolished despite preservationist outcry
Activists had hoped to save former Masonic Club
A developer tore down a beloved Bay Ridge Victorian mansion, distressing neighborhood activists who hoped it could be saved.
All that’s left of the house at 7604 Fourth Ave. is the front stoop and the wall surrounding the ground floor. Playground equipment from its days as Grace Nursery School stands in front of rubble and torn-up trees.
The stately turreted wood-frame mansion housed a nursery school for two decades. Before that, it was the site of the Masonic Club for many years.