Stuyvesant Mansion

The fight to reclaim and save the landmarked Paul Robeson Theater in Fort Greene and the Stuyvesant Mansion in Stuyvesant Heights is at or near its boiling point. On April 1, both buildings—previously owned by Dr. Josephine English, the late pioneering Black female obstetrician, who passed away in 2011—were put up for sale by court…

Earlier this week, a court ordered the immediate sale of Stuyvesant Mansion, a stunning three-story standalone building at the corner of Stuyvesant Avenue and Decatur. And now, residents and activists in Stuyvesant Heights are scrambling to save the local landmark from getting bought up by developers. According to Black Owned Brooklyn, the mansion was once the…