Manhattan School for Career Development

113 East 4th Street | also 324 East 5th Street | East Village | built 1920

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.

1893
C.B.J. Snyder designs a Dutch Colonial school addition fronting East 4th Street
In 1893 the City of New York builds a five-story addition to the East 5th Street public school, designed by school-building superintendent C.B.J. Snyder, with its front on East 4th Street. The light red brick building has Dutch gables, terra-cotta window trim, and a main stair of white glazed brick with wrought-iron banisters.
Source: buildingblocks.villagepreservation.org
1948
Interior alterations in 1948 create living quarters for women and children in the school building
The 1893 school building on East 4th Street undergoes major interior alterations in 1948 that create living quarters for women and children, followed by more work in 1950. The building now houses the Manhattan School for Career Development.
Source: buildingblocks.villagepreservation.org

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