The View from Here: The Board of Ed Building at 131 Livingston
Turns out 110 Livingston isn’t the only Board of Ed building around — 131 Livingston, diagonally across the street from 110, is older and still houses offices for what is now called the Department of Education. The building was designed by C.B.J. Snyder–an architect who designed many of New York City’s schools around the turn of the 20th century, including Stuyvesant High School and Erasmus Hall. 131 Livingston was built in 1900, and according to the Municipal Art Society is both a “fine example of Beaux-Arts style design” and a “rare example of an office building designed by Snyder.”
Strangely, the building is shaped like an “L”, and also has street frontage at 409 Red Hook Lane. You won’t see the facade above for a while though, it is currently undergoing a $2+ million rehab, according to city records.