40 Bowery
Chinatown | built 1910
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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.
- 1807
Two Federal rowhouses rise at 40-42 Bowery, and Henry Astor owns them by 1822
Numbers 40 and 42 Bowery are narrow Federal-style rowhouses sharing a party wall, built around 1807. Real estate investor Henry Astor owned them by 1822. Flemish-bond brickwork, steep side-gable roofs with single dormers and gable-end chimneys still show their period.
Source: National Register nomination
- 1857
The Dead Rabbits attack the Bowery Boys' saloon at 40 Bowery, starting a deadly riot
Early on July 4, 1857, the Irish Five Points gang the Dead Rabbits attacked the Bowery Boys' clubhouse at 42 Bowery and the neighboring saloon at number 40. The fight spread into nearby Baxter Street. About 1,000 men took part, and an estimated 8 to 12 died.
Source: Ephemeral New York
Further reading
- The bloody gang history of two Bowery housesEphemeral New York
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