198 West Broadway

also 196 West Broadway, 29-31 Leonard Street | Tribeca | built 1932

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.

1926
A filling station replaces a 1921 storage building on the West Broadway lot
After Varick Street was extended south, the lot took its present shape, and a three-story building for storage and offices went up on it in 1921. In 1926 a filling station replaced that building. The station was in turn torn down for the present building. This describes earlier structures on the site.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1932
James Hopkins builds a one-story auto repair shop for the Brooklyn lessee William Pomerantz
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In 1932 James Hopkins built this 27-foot-wide, one-story building, designed by the Brooklyn Heights architect Emil Guterman. It served as the automobile repair shop of William Pomerantz of Brooklyn, who leased it. Only the footprint and stepped parapet survive from its original look, and at the time of the report the occupant was the Ideal Trading Company, which imported and exported seeds, spices and agricultural goods.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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