17 Bleecker Street

NoHo | built 1909

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.

1909
Fur dealer Keba Chodorow replaces two old houses with a seven-story loft at 17-19 Bleecker
Keba Chodorow, a Russian-born furrier, bought the house at 19 Bleecker Street in 1901, set up his fur shop at street level and moved his wife and five children into the apartment upstairs. After acquiring No. 17 in 1907, he demolished both houses in 1909 and built a seven-story store-and-loft building designed by Frederick Ebeling. His business stayed there into the 1930s, and he lost the building to foreclosure in 1935.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1960
Loft dwellers move into 17-19 Bleecker Street while small factories stay on into the 1980s
From the 1930s the building held small garment makers turning out furs, caps, collars, hats and slippers, later joined by paper, lighting, toy and electronics firms. Long-lived tenants included A&C Sportswear, Castellano Electric Motors and A.J. Hetzko Watch Bands. As factory work declined in the 1960s, residents began taking over the upper floors, though some manufacturers remained into the 1980s.
“Long-standing firms include A&C Sportswear (c.1960-75), Castellano Electric Motors (c.1960-80), and A.J. Hetzko Watch Bands (c.1965-80).”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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