Brooklyn Music School
126 St Felix Street | Fort Greene | built 1920
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- 1920
Brooklyn Music School moves into three remodeled St. Felix Street rowhouses
After starting in the Navy Yard district and spending nine years at a former bar at Pacific Street and Grand Avenue, the school moved in 1920. Its new home was a group of 1850s rowhouses on St. Felix Street, of which it acquired Nos. 122, 124 and 126. In 1924 it also bought the neighboring house at No. 128.
“The school remained there for nine years moving in 1920 to four remodeled rowhouses, dating from the 1850s on St. Felix Street.”
- 1920
H.C. Meyer of Meyer & Mathieu strips and stuccoes the rowhouses for the school
The architect H.C. Meyer, of the Brooklyn firm Meyer & Mathieu, remodeled the three houses at 122 to 126 St. Felix Street into a single school building. He added two new basement entries, stripped the facades and covered them in stucco, and topped them with a new iron and terra-cotta cornice.
“…remodeled for its use by H.C. Meyer of the architectural firm of Meyer & Mathieu of Brooklyn. Two new basement entries were provided and the entire building was stripped and stuccoed.”
- 2011
A French and Mandarin immersion school makes its home in the Brooklyn Music School Playhouse
From 2011 until 2018 the Brooklyn Music School Playhouse was home to the Science, Language & Arts International School, an elementary school teaching in French and Mandarin. The playhouse is a 266-seat Spanish-style theatre; in the 1920s it housed the Little Theatre Opera company.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2024
Brooklyn Music School stages a benefit concert to stay open, with members of The Roots
Facing closure after budget cuts and inflation, the school said in June 2024 that it needed to raise at least $80,000 within the week. It had canceled its June programs and furloughed key staff, and it scheduled a donation-based benefit show at 126 St. Felix Street for June 26. Mark Kelley and Captain Kirk Douglas of The Roots and Peter Gunz were among the announced performers.
Source: brooklynpaper.com
Further reading
- Brooklyn Music SchoolWikipedia
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