Inside the Egyptian-themed NYC compound that’s home to ‘extremist’ UFO cult — and could be yours for $6M
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This real estate listing is out of this world.
An odd Brooklyn building that’s painted yellow and covered in ancient Egyptian motifs has hit the market — but it has a dark history as the home of a UFO-believing cult whose hateful leader has claimed he’s god from outer space.
The eye-catching temple and attached bookstore at the corner of Bushwick Avenue and Hart Street continues to function as a community center, gathering space and place of worship for the Nuwaubian Nation, who also call themselves Sabaeans.
“We got an offer for $6 million” for one of the buildings, a man who returned The Post’s phone calls from the number listed on newly-planted “For Sale By Owner” signs at the property on an otherwise quiet residential block in Bushwick.
“But we’re selling [the properties] as a bundle, we’re asking $5 to 6 million for both.”
The man, identified as Thomas Smith, said he was acting as a middleman between potential buyers and the Nuwaubian Nation, which has called the mysterious complex home for more than 40 years.
The 5,000-square-foot golden temple sits next to a three-story apartment complex and “All Eyes on Egipt” bookstore – which is also owned by the mystics under the LLC Holy Trinity Seed Ministries, according to property records.
The sale of the unofficial neighborhood landmark would mark a new chapter for the Nuwaubian Nation – described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a “hate group” which mixes “Black supremacist ideas with worship of the Egyptians and their pyramids, a belief in UFOs and various conspiracies related to the Illuminati and the Bilderbergers.”
At its peak in the 1970s and ‘80s, the group owned dozens of properties on adjacent streets in Bushwick, including 20 apartment buildings that housed 500 people as well as bookstores, a clothing store and a supermarket, according to the SPLC.
The compound at 717 and 719 Bushwick Ave. serves as the final vestige of the movement, according to property records.
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