Ukrainian National Home

140 2nd Avenue | East Village | built 1920

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

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.

  1. 1909

    F.W. Fischer rebuilds two Federal rowhouses into the Stuyvesant Casino

    Two 1830s Federal-style rowhouses at 140-142 Second Avenue are combined and rebuilt in 1909 under architect F.W. Fischer into a five-story hall known as the Stuyvesant Casino. The German Branch YMCA had occupied the older houses starting in 1881, and a rear addition designed by Julius Boeckell & Sons had been added in 1889.

    Source: buildingblocks.villagepreservation.org

  2. 1950

    Ukrainian businessmen buy the hall for a community center

    In the 1950s, Ukrainian businessmen and professionals buy the former Stuyvesant Casino to serve as a community center and catering hall, hosting wedding receptions, dances, and concerts. The venue had previously operated for decades as the Stuyvesant Casino, drawing crowds for New Orleans-style jazz and Dixieland performances.

    Source: buildingblocks.villagepreservation.org

  3. 1981

    November 18

    The English band New Order plays one of its first shows in the ballroom

    On November 18, 1981, the British post-punk band New Order performs one of its earliest concerts in the building's ballroom, then known as the Ukrainian National Home. The venue continues hosting punk and rock acts in the years that follow, alongside its ongoing use as a Ukrainian community hall.

    Source: Wikipedia

  4. 1984

    Architect August Sumyk redesigns the facade after a fire

    A fire prompts a 1984 renovation in which architect August Sumyk redesigns the building's Second Avenue facade. The Ukrainian community that bought the hall in the 1950s continues to use its upper floors for meetings and events, decades after the space first served as the Stuyvesant Casino and, before that, two Federal rowhouses.

    Source: buildingblocks.villagepreservation.org

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