141 Java Street

Greenpoint | built 1899

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.

1860
An unknown builder erects an Italianate clapboard house at 141 Java Street
The house was probably erected between 1855 and 1860 by an unknown builder, one of Greenpoint's many anonymous builders, some of whom also worked in the shipbuilding trade. The clapboard house is Italianate in style, with a brick foundation under a full porch. Its size and lot suggest owners somewhat more prosperous than their neighbors, and occupants over the years included merchants and shopkeepers.
Source: brownstoner.com
1980
By 1980 the Java Street house is covered in asphalt siding
A view from 1980 shows the house in decline, its original covering replaced by inexpensive asphalt siding. A 1940 tax photograph, by contrast, shows it close to its original appearance.
Source: Forgotten New York
2002
Owners restore 141 Java Street and convert it to a two-family house
According to building permits, the owners renovated the house inside and out in 2002. They brought back the attic dormers, the porch and the rear extension and made it a two-family. Nearly all of the decorative detail on the facade is new, including reproduction or salvaged Gothic Revival-style iron railings and columns.
Source: brownstoner.com

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