Montauk Club
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The Montauk Club is a private social club located at 25 Eighth Avenue in Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood of New York City.
The Club was founded in 1889 by prominent Brooklyn residents excited about Brooklyn's economic boom following the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. The founding members of the Club included Charles Pratt, Richard Schermerhorn, and Edwin C. Litchfield. Since its erection, the Club has hosted prominent political figures including former U.S. presidents Grover Cleveland, Herbert Hoover, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert Kennedy.[1]
In the late twentieth century, the Club faced declining membership and financial difficulties. It eventually sold its upper two floors.[2] However, the clubhouse has enjoyed a revival in recent years. A "house subcommittee for under 35s," also known as the Stephen Talkhouse Fellows, has attracted new membership. The Corduroy Club holds meetings at the Montauk Club on January 1 (1/11) and November 1 (11/11), the dates most resembling corduroy.[3]In 2007, the bar and dining areas of the Club began hosting events aimed at young men and women in the rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhood.[4]
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- Ames, Jonathan (November 19, 2006) Better Living Through Corduroy The New York Times.
- Gray, Christopher (April 28, 1996). Streetscapes: The Montauk Club in Brooklyn. New York Times.
- Idov, Michael (March 26, 2007). The Takeover: A Once-Grand Park Slope Club is Infiltrated by Pretentious Whippersnappers. New York Magazine.
- Rizk, Christie(April 21, 2007) New blood tries to save Slope’s Montauk Club. The Brooklyn Paper.
