Center for Research

FAIN: CHA-290178-23

Green-Wood Historic Fund Inc. (Brooklyn, NY 11232-1755)
Lisa W. Alpert (Project Director: May 2022 to present)

Construction of a Center for Research within the new Education and Welcome Center at the historic Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.

The proposed Center for Research (approx. 5,000 sf) is an integral part of Green-Wood’s new Education and Welcome Center (20,900 sf), located opposite the Cemetery's main entrance on 25th Street and Fifth Avenue in Brooklyn. As a unique marriage of historic preservation and new construction, the overall structure will be a dynamic example of adaptive reuse. It brings together the meticulous restoration of the 1893 Weir greenhouse – a NYC landmark and former flower shop – with new space for visitor orientation, exhibitions, and the Center for Research. The Center for Research, for which Green-Wood seeks capital support in this application, is critical to Green-Wood’s mission and programming. It will provide much-needed indoor space for humanities scholars and researchers to access the cemetery’s archives and collection. The Center will include exhibit space, a reading room, climate-controlled archives room, lobby, coat closet, and bathrooms.