Brooklyn Heights is known for its attached brownstones and apartment buildings, but here and there are some freestanding buildings, as well as frame and wood houses, leftovers from the very beginnings of the neighborhood.
59 Hicks Street, at Cranberry Street, is one of those relics. It was built by cooper (cabinet and furniture maker) John Rogers in 1822, was the office of John and Washington Roebling, the designers of the Brooklyn Bridge, and was the longtime home (1957-2012) of the Brooklyn Veterinary Hospital.
I plan to have more on Brooklyn Heights’ older buildings soon.
3/27/13