268 Bleecker Street

West Village | built 1833

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1833
Charles Oakley builds 268 Bleecker as the fourth of five houses in a row
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Charles Oakley, a New York-born agent, built 268 Bleecker around 1833 as the fourth house in a row of five. He also developed nearby houses at 282-286 Bleecker, 6 Morton Street and 257, 265-267, 269 and 271 Bleecker. By 1851 a hatter, W. F. Delegar, was a tenant, a sign that the block was already mixing shops with homes.
“…constructed c. 1833 as the fourth in a row of five houses for New York-born agent Charles Oakley ... In 1851, hatter W.F. Delegar was listed as a tenant…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1929
A photo studio, a cut-rate store, a dress shop and a radio repairer rent the ground floor of 268 Bleecker
The storefront at 268 Bleecker Street passed through a series of small businesses in the twentieth century. Salvatore Suriano ran a photo studio there in 1929, followed by Rothbard's Cut Rate Store in the late 1930s and the Margo Dress Shop in 1946. By 1959 it housed Bill's Radio and TV Service, the same year the attic story was raised to a full fourth floor.
“Later commercial tenants included the photo studio of Salvatore Suriano (1929), Rothbard's Cut Rate Store (late 1930s), Margo Dress Shop (1946), and Bill's Radio and TV Service (1959).”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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