Slightly Out of Place But Totally Working for Us
How awesome is the doorway at 269 Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights? PropertyShark says the building was built in 1900 but we can’t see how that’s possible given the pure deco goodness on display. More like 1920’s, dontcha think? The 18-unit, 9,000-square-foot building changed hands last year for $3.55 million. GMAP
How awesome is the doorway at 269 Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights? PropertyShark says the building was built in 1900 but we can’t see how that’s possible given the pure deco goodness on display. More like 1920’s, dontcha think? The 18-unit, 9,000-square-foot building changed hands last year for $3.55 million. GMAP
Yep, one of my favorite landmarks in Brooklyn Heights. Really, I love it! I hope no one is stupid enough to change it.
I live across the street and am looking at it. Door is nice enough; building suffered a fire last summer in one of the upper floor AC units, which may have been why the owners sold. at 3.55 million, it is a good deal only if you can kick the tenants out — good luck on that.
anonymous 1:50: was anybody suggesting the door was installed in 1850? Or were they suggesting the building was built in the 20’s or 30’s? Finance doesn’t say 1900 when they think it’s 1930.
Your just now noticing that door? Been walking past it for over twenty years and every time thinking, good thing they land marked the area before more stupid people started building or renovating with stuff like, this.
Not many buildings were built in the early 30s because of the depression (construction workers lined up around the corner everyday hoping for work during the Empire State bld. construction). And almost none were built during World War 2. There were building booms in the 1880s, 1900s till WWI and then again in the 20s til the depression. This is a classic deco buildings, those windows are a dead give away..especially the corner windows. That was an extremely popular style. And yes i am sure there were many agast when this place went up.
se – bldg has something like 25 units. A little more than half are either rc or rs. At 3.55, minimal to non-existant return.
There’s a BN and two ALTs for 1926, so that’s a good bet for the date.
The 20s construction boom was most active at the end of the decade, and continued into the early 30s. A lot of the great buildings of that era date to the 1929 to 1931 period. After that, things got pretty quiet for a while.
12:59 – BIS says the CO dates to 1903, but the date on the CO itself is 1940. It also lists it as a four story plus basement, but the picture looks like 5, unless the first floor was called a basement?
Finance dept lists 1900 for anything that predates that year they don’t have records for. So 1850 ends up as 1900.
Finance Department records state the estimated year built is 1900.