715,+717,+and+719+Bushwick+Avenue

=715, 717, 719 Bushwick Aveneue =

Between Suydam and Hart Streets Block 3215, Lots 4, 3, and 1



**Year Built:** 715 and 717 were built in 1915; 719/lot 1 (the addition) was built on the site of the former Bushwick Democratic Club, when that landmark building was destroyed by fire in the 1970s. **Building Type:** Townhouses, with addition **Architect:** Unknown **Builder:** Unknown **Original Owner:** Unknown **Proposed District:**

=**History and Analysis **=

715 and 717 are attached townhouses; 719 (lot 1) was formerly the site of the Bushwick Democratic Club, which burnt down in the 1970s, whereupon the property was co-opted by the owners of 717, who built some sort of massive shed on it---known as the "All Eyes on Egypt Bookstore," 717 and 719 have been home to the Black-power Nuwaubian cult since the 1970s.

=Additional Section/ Additional Photography =

719 Bushwick Avenue - Bushwick democratic Club, 1925 (via NYPL Digital Archive)

Another view of the monolithic post-1970s addition on that site.

=Location =

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