60-98 69th Avenue

Ridgewood | built 1931

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 finishes his 69th Avenue row with a corner house on Fresh Pond Road
Filed under permit NB 2622-1909 and designed by Louis Berger & Company, this two-family house closes the row of 23 houses at 60-56 to 60-98 69th Avenue for builder Paul Stier. Standing at the Fresh Pond Road corner, it has a full-height curved bay, rough-faced brick inset panels and a cornice ornamented with egg-and-dart, consoles and swags. A historic one-story brick garage with a stepped parapet also stands on the lot.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1939
The corner house loses its stoop and front door by 1939
Sometime before 1939 the stoop of 60-98 69th Avenue was taken away and a new entrance was built at basement level. The original main doorway on the first floor was altered into a window opening and partly filled with brick.
“Stoop removed and basement entry constructed prior to 1939; original main door opening altered to a window opening with brick infill…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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