Phat Albert's Building Featured On Brownstoner

Brownstoner has featured 495 Flatbush—aka Phat Albert's—as building of the day, in an effort to get readers to see beyond the $1 t-shirts and toilet seats and to appreciate the building's history and beauty.

Neighbors here have long fantasized about turning this place into a gym, school (the Lefferts Gardens Charter School was interested), or other community space, but the owners ain't selling. There's also been talk of landmarking, which would be swell, though I'd be content if they could just get all the giant beer billboards off of the walls.

(Photo: Brownstoner)