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Constructed as the boiler house for J. Kayser & Co., manufacturer of silk goods and underwear. The building was a single story, but 85' tall. Kayser's factory was located on this block and on the block to the east. W.L. Fleisher & Co.

Rev. Father Emil Strenski.

reference: Real Estate Record & Builders' Guide, 11 January 1919 (v. 103, no. 2), 61.

Located at the southeast corner of Stagg Street and Leonard Street, on the present-day site of Williamsburg Houses. Date of demolition is not known.

Building record source: Real Estate Record & Builders' Guide, (v. 21, no. 523) 23 March 1878.

Two buildings fronting on Graham Avenue appear to be of the same design.

Listed in the Real Estate Record as 5 stories, built at 6.

Permits filed in 1885 for a three-story building

New law tenement, listed in DOB records as five stories

Constructed as the Bedford Avenue Theater in 1891, renamed Empire Theater in 1893.

The Hotel Boswyck (later Hotel Andrews) was located at the northeast corner of Bedford Avenue and South 5th Street. The building was demolished as part of the construction of the Williamsburg Bridge and the site is now occupied by a smaller building, constructed circa 1910.

"Havemeyer & Elder, the sugar refiners, contemplate building a large apartment house on the southeast corner of Quincy Street and Nostrand Avenue.

"Charles Engert, the builder, will erect 36 two-story frame dwellings with brick basements, all improvements, 18*50 each, on Humboldt Street, both sides, between Driggs and Nassau Avenues, F. J.