1 Prospect Park SW: The Stories It Could Tell
As we were walking–yes, walking–by last Saturday, 1 Prospect Park SW struck us as the kind of building that must be full of old-timers with a long collective memory of what Park Slope (or Windsor Terrace, take your pick) was like back in the ’60s and ’70s. From Property Shark, we see that the 77,000-square-foot…
As we were walking–yes, walking–by last Saturday, 1 Prospect Park SW struck us as the kind of building that must be full of old-timers with a long collective memory of what Park Slope (or Windsor Terrace, take your pick) was like back in the ’60s and ’70s. From Property Shark, we see that the 77,000-square-foot building was built in 1921. It doesn’t look that old to us but maybe we’re being unduly influenced by the aluminum windows and newer-looking balconies. So are we right in guessing that the demographic of this place skews to the senior citizen crowd? GMAP P*Shark
Isaac Asimov’s parents did not own Lewne’s, the Lewne family did–one of the sons became a doctor. Asimov’s family owned a candy store on Windsor Place off 10th Avenue, where the carpentry shop is now.
I’ve lived in this building for the last two years. There’s definitely an abundance of elderly people (and families) though it seems to be slowly changing. I found the rental listing on Craig’s List and I’m guessing the newer (younger) residents did the same.
We were over there last Saturday, not during the week…
Anon 2:34 – Was that the ice-cream place Isaac Asimov’s family owned.
And yes, as a former Bklyn battle-axe, let me assure you that the old broads of my mother’s generation would gladly shower ya in used Depends if ya talked that smack about ’em.
Remember, a number of those little old ladies were supporters and contemporaries of Betty Friedan.
Did I see you walking down Windsor Place to 9th Avenue today?
I’m so glad to hear that you’re finally walking someplace instead of driving everywhere. I don’t understand how you think you can appreciate a neighborhood by doing a drive-by nor not recognize that unnecessary driving is the last thing that beloved Brooklyn needs.
Right – be careful quoting dates from propshark ( as the realtors too often do).
Cof0 is 1962 — and if you look at ownership – dear Sam Lefrak was owner- and maybe builder -looks like his stuff.
And before it was an empty lot, it was a hotel/bar serving the horse and bicycle crowd–a real nice looking building, but I don’t know if it was torn down or burned. There used to be a burger place on the spot in the 50s, like a truck. This building recently replaced its doors and balconies.
1 P.P.S.W. was built in the late 50s. I lived on 15th street so I remember when it was an empty lot – there was a bar called Langton’s on the right hand side of where 1 PPSW is now – it had blinking bar lights and there was a pizzeria attached to the bar. On the other side of the circle, where the restaurant Circle’s is now located, was an ice cream parlor called Lewnes (they also owned an ice cream parlor on the corner of 9th and PPW) and the backroom was a bar.