1 Centre Market Place

Little Italy | built 1900

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1880
The corner tavern at Grand Street and Centre Market Place opens as Callahan's
The first building on Centre Market Place, at the corner of Grand Street, began as a tavern called Callahan's around 1880. Forgotten New York counts it among the oldest taverns in the city. The spot later became the restaurant and bar known as Onieal's.
Source: Forgotten New York
1920
The Grand Street bar runs as a speakeasy with a tunnel to Police Headquarters
Once the NYPD headquarters rose across the street, a tunnel was dug between it and the corner bar, giving police and department brass easy, unseen access. Part of the tunnel is now the wine cellar of Onieal's. An upstairs brothel operated at one point, and the place kept running as a speakeasy during Prohibition.
Source: Forgotten New York
2004
Designers Bob and Cortney Novogratz buy four Centre Market Place townhouses
In 2004 the developers Bob and Cortney Novogratz bought numbers 1, 2, 4 and 5 Centre Market Place for about $1.5 million each and gut-renovated them. The renovated houses used architectural finds such as carved wooden doors from Hungary and factory lights from France, along with radiant heat and Boffi appliances. The couple moved into number 5.
Source: Forgotten New York

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