Leake and Watts Services

[6] The Public Administrator of New York took charge of the estate, ruling that Leake had died intestate.

[5] Originally located at Trinity Church,[2] a new building for the orphanage at West 112th Street in Morningside Heights, Manhattan, was completed in 1843, designed by Ithiel Town and constructed by Samuel Thomson in the Greek revival style.

[3][4] The site of the orphanage was purchased in 1891 by Bishop Henry Codman Potter for the Cathedral of St. John the Divine,[7] and the building was to be torn down.

[9] In 2012, a 16-year-old student named Corey Foster died at Leake and Watts while being restrained by the institution's staff after refusing to leave the basketball court.

[10] However, the Westchester County District Attorney led a three-month investigation into the incidence and concluded that no criminal charges were warranted.