St. Cyrils & Me(thodius)

August 6, 2008 by missheather
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic

Last weekend I strolled by one of my favorite buildings in north Greenpoint: the old St Cyril’s & Methodius Parochial School. Located on Dupont Street, it doesn’t really get a lot of attention. This is shame. It is a very lovely building.

My favorite details are to be found on the Romanesque columns gracing the main entrance. The little creature to the right appears to be a lion. With all the demolition that has come to pass in Greenpoint, I am glad this building has not met with the wrecking ball. If ever there was a structure crying out to become a(n AFFORDABLE) residential conversion, this one is the one folks. But I digress.

Curious to learn a little more about the history of this building, I did a little poking around online. I haven’t found much in the way of historical material (yet) but I did find an amusing story from the New York Times. It is entitled “The Mayor Looked for Problems, and He Found Him” and dates from June 8, 1967. Enjoy!

Poor Mayor Lindsay. The man really did have it rough. How many grown men do you know who have been dissed by precocious twelve year school children?

Ouch.

Miss Heather

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2 Comments on St. Cyrils & Me(thodius)

workingeva on Thu, 7th Aug 2008 12:09 pm

I love this building too. I hope it will never become anything else (you KNOW what I mean). Once or twice a year there are gigantic barbecues in the back attended by bearded monks in gray robes. In the afternoon the side wall of the building (which could be a great movie screen by the way) reflects the sunlight and bathes otherwise dogshit infested Dupont Street in rose gold light. I would LOVE to see the inside one day.

CircesMagic on Fri, 21st Nov 2008 6:57 pm

I graduated from this school back in 86, we utilized the first 2 floors, the top floors were always “off limits” to the students but sometimes we would be able to sneak up there. Great to see pictures of the old neighbor!

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