Curbed finally confirmed the existence of one of the most startling and slightly unbelievable things I’ve ever seen in Brooklyn — the building known as “Broken Angel”:
My first jaw-dropping gaze at this thing was at a party down in a part of Bed-Stuy I’d never seen before; I found myself on a roof just a few doors down from it on Downing Street. The apartment where the party was held was amazing in its own right, as was the huge smokestack right next door, the only remnant of an old - I wanna say brick? - factory. (Weird part of town - architecturally at least!) And I found myself face to face with the Broken Angel again a few weeks ago as we were trying to donate some old stuff from 79 Lorimer St to a Salvation Army that turned out to be right down the street from it.
Sez Curbed:
Conversely, apparently everybody cares that 4 Downing St. in Bed-Stuy/Clinton Hill is Broken Angel, in-progress work of art and residence of Arthur Wood, Best Urban Folly of 2001, site of a Dave Chapelle block party.
Who knew? But the thing is quite a sight/site to behold. This page from Brownstoner has another view, and some interesting info about the sculptor, Arthur Wood.
Can Google Maps see this thing? Just barely:
