Brooklyn row house that may have been a stop on the famous Underground Railroad will escape demolition, although other homes may still be torn down.
Following community pressure and a lawsuit this past summer, the city agreed Saturday not to use eminent domain to condemn a house on Duffield Street.
The house was slated to come down as part of the massive Downtown Brooklyn Redevelopment Plan, but some preservationists argued the home was a stop for slaves escaping the South before the Civil War. The fate of six other nearby homes has yet to be decided
