59 Horatio Street

also 825 Greenwich Street | West Village | built 1848

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  1. 1848

    Blindmaker Harvey Springsteen moves into the first house built on the Horatio Street block

    In 1847 Harvey Springsteen, who made window blinds, had a new brick house and shop built at the northeast corner of Horatio and Greenwich Streets. Finished in 1848, it was the first house on the block, and it was then numbered 75 Horatio. He moved over from Amos Street (now West 10th Street) and worked in a shop in the rear yard. His wife, Rachel Ann, died that November, soon after they moved in.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  2. 1852

    May

    Springsteen is arrested at home over a $500 shortage in his Erie Railroad receiving accounts

    Besides making blinds, Springsteen worked as a receiving agent for the Erie Railroad. Its auditor found $500 missing over the past year, and in May 1852 an officer arrested him at his corner house, according to the New York Herald. After that his name no longer appears in city directories at the main house, though his blind shop stayed at the Greenwich Street address.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  3. 1869

    August 14

    A wounded Union veteran dies falling from the roof of 59 Horatio while seeking cool air

    The Jennings family lived here from 1862. That September their son James Jr. was listed among Union soldiers wounded in battle, shot in the arm. He survived the war, but on August 14, 1869, during a stifling heat wave, the 22-year-old went up to the roof to escape the heat, fell to the ground and was killed.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  4. 1927

    August 27

    A patrolman burgles the grocery store at 59 Horatio Street with the store clerk's help

    Around 1890 the ground floor was turned into a corner store, and grocers occupied it into the 1910s. On August 27, 1927, Patrolman John Condon of the traffic squad took the cash register from the store with the help of its 22-year-old clerk, Andrew Montague. Both men were arrested that same day, and the Daily News noted that Condon, three years on the force, already faced 15 complaints.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  5. 1985

    November 22

    Astray Cafe replaces Hornblowers on Horatio in the ground-floor space at 59 Horatio

    For much of the third quarter of the twentieth century the ground floor held Hornblowers on Horatio, a neighborhood fixture serving American food. In 1985 it gave way to Astray Cafe, which the Daily News described on November 22 as a cozy 32-seat restaurant with brick and mirrored walls and a modern American menu, off the beaten path.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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