Williamsburg

Block of 8 dwellings and stores, on the south side of Grand Street starting one building west of Leonard Street.

Constructed in the early 1830s as a single-family residence. The original building was probably two-and-a-half stories and enlarged to three stories by the 1840s. As early as 1870, the building had been converted to multi-family use, with a Chinese laundry located in the basement. Other uses in the 19th century included an oyster bar. By the 1930s, the building was used for metal storage/salvage, as evidenced by the large metal shutters at the parlor floor level.

A rare (and perhaps early?) non-ecclesiastical building designed by Thomas Houghton.

Source: “Buildings Projected,” Real Estate Record & Builders’ Guide, (August 18, 1882): 783.

3-story wood-frame tenement constructed in 1894.

1917. Designed by Sass & Springsteen for S. Kaplan & Son, owner and builder, of 750 Driggs Avenue.

Demolished; replaced by a mid-1920s apartment building. Real Estate Record & Builders' Guide (v. 15, no. 370, April 17, 1875), 271.

One of a group of three buildings built by builder John Wilson. All three are described as "brown stone dwellings", although only basement is faced in brownstone. Real Estate Record & Builders' Guide (v. 15, no. 370, April 17, 1875), 271.

Aluminum sided. Real Estate Record & Builders' Guide (v. 15, no. 369, April 10, 1875), 253.

Real Estate Record & Builders' Guide (v. 15, no. 368, April 3, 1875), 233.

Real Estate Record & Builders' Guide (v. 15, no. 366, March 20, 1875), 204.