Green Church Torn Down for Nothing
For Sale’ Sign Hangs in Front of Recently Demolished Lot
By Harold Egeln
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
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| “For Sale or Lease” sign posted by property owner and developer Abeco Management Corp. on the site of the demolished Bay Ridge United Methodist Church on Tuesday. Eagle photo by Georgine Benvenuto |
BAY RIDGE — Two years ago, developer Abe Betesh gladly signed a $9.75-million deal to buy the Bay Ridge United Methodist Church property. But now that the wrecking ball has demolished the historic 1899 building, it appears his plans have been knocked down, too.
At the site of the “green church” destroyed in mid-October, Betesh has posted a “For Sale or Lease” sign this week, the same week the site, at Fourth and Ovington avenues, was featured in a New York Times article about preservation of houses of worship in the city.