Odyssey House (309 East 6th Street)

309 East 6th Street | East Village | built 1852

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

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.

  1. 1911

    The Emanu-El Brotherhood opens a school in the twin houses at 309 and 311 East 6th Street

    From 1911 until about 1967, this house and its mirror-image twin next door at 311 served as a school run by the Emanu-El Brotherhood, a Jewish organization associated with Temple Emanu-El. Both were built as single-family rowhouses around 1852. A 1935 letter from the Brotherhood told the Buildings Department the two houses had once been connected at the first and fourth floors.

    “From 1911 to c. 1967, the structures at 309 and 311 East 6 th Street were used as a school by the Emanu-El Brotherhood…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1943

    The Emanu-El Brotherhood school at 309 East 6th Street includes a gym, an auditorium and a billiard room

    A 1943 Buildings Department record lists what the Emanu-El Brotherhood's school at 309 East 6th Street contained: a gymnasium, a play room, an auditorium, a library, offices, classrooms and a billiard room.

    “The occupancy of No. 309 in 1943 is noted as consisting of a gymnasium, play room, auditorium, library, offices, classrooms, and a billiard room…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 1979

    Odyssey House, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center, moves into 309 East 6th Street

    After the Emanu-El Brotherhood left, the building housed a YMHA/YWHA from about 1967 to about 1979. In 1979 it became home to Odyssey House, Inc., a center for the rehabilitation of drug and alcohol users. The Landmarks Preservation Commission's 2012 district report still lists the program as the occupant.

    “The building became home to a YMHA/YWHA from c. 1967 to c. 1979. At present, the building is the home of Odyssey House, Inc., a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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