Greenpoint Savings Bank

807 Manhattan Avenue | also 1080 Lorimer Street, 158 Calyer Street | Greenpoint | built 1908

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Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

  1. 1906

    Helmle & Huberty design the neo-Classical Greenpoint Savings Bank on Manhattan Avenue

    The Greenpoint Savings Bank, begun in 1868 by local businessmen including Archibald K. Meserole, Thomas F. Rowland and Thomas C. Smith, spent 21 years on Noble Street before choosing the Calyer Street corner. Helmle & Huberty, also the architects of the Prospect Park Boat House, designed the new building in 1906. A portico with four Greek Doric columns fronts Manhattan Avenue, and a shallow dome clad in fish-scale slate shingles rises above.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1954

    A three-story extension stretches the bank to Lorimer Street

    The bank grew in stages after its 1906 opening. Around 1925 an L-shaped addition was built facing Manhattan Avenue and Calyer Street, repeating the design of the existing Calyer Street side. In 1954 a three-story extension reached the site through to Lorimer Street, which the 1982 landmarks report called undistinguished.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 1976

    A 1976 study cites Greenpoint Savings Bank for lending in Brooklyn housing

    The 1982 landmarks report ranks Greenpoint Savings Bank among the city's most prominent banks and calls it a conscientious member of its community. As evidence it points to a 1976 study by the New York Public Interest Research Group, which cited the bank for the mortgage money it put into residential property in Brooklyn.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  4. 2019

    October

    The bank's annex is rebranded The Helm, with 29 residences

    In October 2019 the former Greenpoint Savings Bank annex at 1080 Lorimer Street was marketed under the name The Helm. The redevelopment offered 29 one- to three-bedroom residences. A promotion cited by Greenpointers priced the units from $1 million to over $2.5 million, with sales due to start that fall.

    Source: greenpointers.com

  5. 2020

    May 18

    Capital One closes its branch in the old Greenpoint Savings Bank on May 18

    In February 2020 Greenpointers reported, citing a branch employee, that the Capital One branch in the historic Greenpoint Savings Bank building would close on May 18. The nearest remaining branch for Greenpoint residents would be at 244 Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg. The article added that no other tenant was planned for the front of the building.

    Source: greenpointers.com

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