60-73 68th Road

Ridgewood | built 1909

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.

1909
Paul Stier builds 60-73 68th Road from a few stock plans to work fast
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This two-family house went up around 1909 for Paul Stier, who could finish houses quickly because he relied on a small number of basic floor plans and facade designs varied only in their surface details. According to the Landmarks Preservation Commission, most of his houses were about 20 feet wide, with a five-room apartment on the first floor and six rooms above, each with a full kitchen and bathroom.
“Stier and Berger were able to complete houses at a very fast pace because they used only a handful of basic floor plans…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
2014
60-73 68th Road keeps the double wood-and-glass doors it was built with
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In its December 2014 profile of the house, the Landmarks Preservation Commission noted that 60-73 still had its original double doors of wood and glass. Metal panels had been added to the bottom of the doors and a security camera mounted beside the entrance. The full-height rounded bay, carved door pediment and festooned metal cornice remained.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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