Brooklyn Heights

Understanding Brooklyn Heights

Montague Street’s Bank Row stands at the edge of the older residential neighborhood. Its monumental bank fronts projected stability and civic importance. The Center for Brooklyn History preserves records that let visitors investigate how this and other Brooklyn neighborhoods changed.

Places to explore

• Center for Brooklyn History

  128 Pierrepont Street

  Use exhibitions as an introduction to Brooklyn’s history, or check Othmer Library arrangements for archival research. The historic building and the research library have different hours.

• Brooklyn Trust Company building

  177–179 Montague Street

  Its stone front borrows the form of an Italian Renaissance palace. Compare the large former commercial building with nearby residential streets.

• People’s Trust Company building

  181 Montague Street

  Four large Ionic columns carry a carved pediment. Compare this single large banking volume with its neighbor’s palazzo form.

Planning a visit

The Center for Brooklyn History lists the 2, 3, 4, 5 and R among its subway options. Check the station, service and route to your chosen building.

The Center for Brooklyn History identifies an accessible entrance beside the main Pierrepont Street entrance, elevators to all levels and accessible restrooms on the lower level. These details apply only to the center. Current entry to the former bank buildings requires a separate check.