Bracetti Plaza

288 East 4th Street | also 253 East 3rd Street, 296 East 4th Street, 251 East 3rd Street | East Village | built 1973

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.

1952
A service station and parking lot occupy part of the block before Bracetti Plaza
Certificates of occupancy show that a service station and a parking lot stood on former lots 32 and 33 in 1952. A parking lot covered former lots 45 through 51, toward Avenue C and East 3rd Street, by 1940. All of these lots were later merged into the site of the housing complex.
Source: buildingblocks.villagepreservation.org
1971
Many small lots are combined for Swig, Weiler & Arnow's complex, designed by Robert L. Wilson
Lots 23 to 35 on East 4th Street and lots 43 to 51 on Avenue C and East 3rd Street were merged to build the Mariana Bracetti Plaza complex. Swig, Weiler & Arnow was the original owner and Robert L. Wilson the architect. The building, dated 1971 by Village Preservation, is owned by the New York City Housing Authority and houses 108 families.
Source: buildingblocks.villagepreservation.org
1974
May 31
NYCHA opens Bracetti Plaza, named for a Puerto Rican independence figure
The New York City Housing Authority completed the seven-story, 108-apartment Bracetti Plaza on May 31, 1974, on the block between East 3rd and East 4th Streets in Alphabet City. It is named for Mariana Bracetti (1825-1903), who is credited with crafting Puerto Rico's first flag, still a symbol of the independence movement.
Source: Wikipedia

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