68-65 Forest Avenue

also 59-01 69th Avenue | Ridgewood | built 1930

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.

1908
Kilian Schurger, builder of over 200 Ridgewood buildings, develops the 69th Avenue row
Kilian Schurger, who came to New York from Germany in 1881, had built more than 200 buildings in greater Ridgewood by 1913. In 1908 he developed the row at 59-01 to 59-37 69th Avenue, designed by Louis Berger & Company, which this corner flats building begins. The 1910 census found Schurger living at the far end of the row, in the house now numbered 59-37 69th Avenue.
“…by 1913 was responsible for the construction of over 200 buildings in greater Ridgewood…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1914
A corner store operates at the three-story flats building by 1914
Built about 1908 as part of Schurger's 69th Avenue row but under its own building application, this three-story flats building had a storefront at its southern end by 1914, according to that year's Sanborn map. A separate one-story brick store was also built on the lot before 1914. The orange iron-spot brick front still has its limestone door hood with stylized leaf carving and a historic front door.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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