11 Hubert Street

Tribeca | built 1946

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.

1857
A six-story sugar refinery, later a tin can factory, replaces a coal yard at 11-13 Hubert
A coal yard on this lot gave way in 1857 to a six-story building that housed a sugar refinery and then a tin can factory. That building was demolished in 1937, and the lot stayed empty until 1946.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1946
The Highway Transportation Company builds a one-story garage at 11-13 Hubert in 1946
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In 1946 the Highway Transportation Company put up a one-story parking garage here, designed by Dietrich Wortmann. It has a fifty-foot front on Hubert Street and a hundred-foot front on Collister Street, with loading docks behind two vehicle openings on Hubert Street.
“Designed by Dietrich Wortmann and erected in 1946 by the Highway Transportation Co.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1989
Gold Wings Air Freight adds a two-story office wing to the garage in 1989-90
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In 1989-90 the Gold Wings Air Freight Company altered the garage, adding a two-story office wing over the eastern half. The company was still the occupant when the Landmarks Preservation Commission described the building in its Tribeca West report.
“…altered in 1989-90 with the addition of a two-story office wing over the eastern half of the building…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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