Close-Up on 128 East 10th Street
We found ourselves pushing a baby carriage with a few minutes to kill in the East Village last weekend–luckily we had our camera on us. The first block we strolled down was East 10th Street where we paused at the intersection of 10th and Stuyvesant just before Second Avenue. Fittingly, this house actually has two…
We found ourselves pushing a baby carriage with a few minutes to kill in the East Village last weekend–luckily we had our camera on us. The first block we strolled down was East 10th Street where we paused at the intersection of 10th and Stuyvesant just before Second Avenue. Fittingly, this house actually has two addresses–128 East 10th Street and 37 Stuyvesant Street. We’ve always loved this corner house with its ivy and bay windows. It truly feels out of another era–more so than most old brownstones. According to Property Shark, the building dates to 1900, though the chap emerging from the basement apartment while we were taking pictures thought it was built considerably earlier than that. We love The Shark, but it doesn’t always get the date right. Anyone know for sure? GMAP
I own one of these properties. They were built in 1861, no doubt about it.
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/LES/LES022.htm
hey dude,
aren’t those the buildings that are featured in “Bricks and Brownstone”>> the section about Anglo-Italianate/ English basement?
Actually1899 1900 in Brownstone Brooklyn is the majority and anything before is the minority. Brklyn Hgts, Clinton Hill Ft. Greene are older than the rest. But Brooklyn had its biggest Brownstone developement between 1890’s and 1915. After that the brownstone style townhouse was no longer built. I thing WW I and the automobile changed things a bit
My old address across the street, also within the St. Marks Landmarks District was built in 1850. The plaques on the street mention the exact date of that development, but I don’t know exactly. (Yes, even then there were real estate developers). Either way, it is much older than 1900.
this home is also filmed frequently for exterior shots for movies. neat!
Don’t know about fire but city recs and accordingly propshark will list pre-1900 house dates as 1900 or 1899. Which of course is erroneous for most of brownstone bklyn and other areas. Could be no C/O’s before then.
What kills me is that realtors will also quote those dates and they, of course, should know their product a little better than that.
Is it just me or do other people get the feeling that many real estate agents are ‘kinda dumb’.
How many spelling mistakes do you see in their listings (c’mon no spell check on Corcoran computers)?
Or wrong type of wood for cabinets or floors or architectural style. Or wouldn’t know a gas boiler from oil. Or granite from marble from corian from formica from soapstone ( or as I’ve seen several times ‘soap stone’).
It’s my understanding that at some point after 1900, there was a fire that destroyed a large amount of the housing records in NYC. After the fire, any house whose records were destroyed was listed as being built in 1900. That may be folklore, but it’s the explanation I have given. Our house has been listed as being built in 1900 in the NYC records, but was actually constructed circa 1840-50.
Property shark has its value but it is chock full of bad information and one would be wise to double check any important information you lift off that site. You can be sure that any house built before 1900 will have the wrong date attached to it on Property shark.