On the corner of Sixth and St. Marks, just opposite Flatbush Avenue, sits the stately Carleton Club, a landmarked Renaissance Revival building first opened in 1890. It was one of a handful of clubhouses for the rich and well-connected to sprout up in the area around this time (i.e. the Montauk Club), and generally provided wealthy businessmen, doctors, lawyers, and politicians with a place to have a drink, shoot some pool, and hobnob with the neighborhood's other wealthy hoi polloi.
The club didn't last very long, and was renamed the Monroe Club and the Royal Arcanum club in later years. In 1907 the building was purchased by Roman Catholics and became home to the Cathedral Club, which it remained until 1974, when the building was renovated and converted into condos. I'm not sure if any of the interiors are still intact, but the exterior still retains the clubhouse's former glory.
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