The 9 Best Kept Secrets In Brooklyn
58 Joralemon Street
Sure, this quiet, tree-lined street in Brooklyn Heights looks pretty normal, but number 58 is anything but. With it’s blacked-out windows, it’s the kind of place that kids might assume is haunted or occupied by a coven of witches. But, you know, kids are stupid and frequently wrong. This house is actually occupied by something far more frightening than witches: the MTA! That’s right, this unassuming building is an MTA-front which houses a subway ventilator and evacuation tunnel. Though it was once a private residence, the MTA has been in possession of the building since 1908, making it “the world’s only Greek Revival subway ventilator.”