New Baptist Church Not For Sale, Condos A Possibility

Earlier this month, Brownstoner reported that The New Baptist Temple Church, on Schermerhorn Street and Third Avenue, , but today the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the congregation would like to work with a developer on a mixed-use conversion, instead of selling the building.

According to the Journal, the church’s pastor would like to construct a residential addition, with possible retail opportunities, and to renovate the church, which was damaged by a fire last year.

TerraCRG Commercial Realty Group, which is involved with the marketing of the building, believes high-end rentals and condos will do well in the area, given the proximity to Brooklyn Academy of Museum and the Atlantic Center, according to the report.

The building, erected in 1894, is on the National Register, but has not been designated a city landmark. The original Corcoran listing for the church said only that the property was a “development opportunity.”