2983 Perry Avenue

Bedford Park | built 1912

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.

1912
Business manager Alfred Bornstedt, a German immigrant, is an early resident of No. 2983
Among the first families on this Bedford Park row was that of Alfred Bornstedt, a business manager who had emigrated from Germany, and his wife Mary, who was born in New York. The landmarks report notes that several neighbors shared German roots, including the clothing merchant Louis Cohn at No. 2979 and the tailor Louis Schene next door at No. 2981.
“Alfred Bornstedt (a business manager) of no. 2983, were also immigrants from Germany. Bornstedt's wife Mary was also born in New York.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1922
The owners of No. 2983 trade most of the front yard for a garage
The houses on this row were raised above small front yards behind fieldstone walls. In 1915 the early owners of No. 2973, down the row, gave up most of that yard to build a garage, and in 1922 the owners of No. 2983 copied the idea. When the row was designated a historic district in 2009, both garages were still standing.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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