262 East 7th Street

East Village | built 1900

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.

1845
Commission merchant Isaac F. Jones runs for assistant alderman
Isaac F. Jones, a commission merchant with an office at 52 Ann Street, lives at 262 East 7th Street with his family and is active in Whig politics. He runs for assistant alderman on the Whig ticket in 1845. The following year he sits on the New-York Whig General Committee and attends the Congressional Convention.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1863
February 14
Engineer William Brinckerhoff testifies on the USS Keokuk blast
William E. Brinckerhoff, a coppersmith and engineer living at 262 East 7th Street who works on the steam works of nearby ships, is sent to examine the ironclad Keokuk after a steam-pipe explosion scalds four men to death. He testifies before a coroner's jury and says he can find no explanation for the steam pipe bursting.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1927
Ellen Gilmour rescues two drowning boys in Atlantic City
Twenty-year-old Ellen Gilmour, a resident of 262 East 7th Street, rescues two boys from drowning while visiting Atlantic City, an act reported in the press at the time. Her rescue stands out among the long list of the building's 19th- and 20th-century tenants, who included shipwrights, doctors, and a school inspector.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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