69-17 Forest Avenue

Ridgewood | built 1911

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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  1. 1911

    Jacob Erbach builds 69-17 Forest Avenue as the partner of 69-15 under a single 1911 permit

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    Jacob Erbach built this two-family house in 1911 under New Building permit 1562-1911, the same permit as 69-15 next door, with Louis Berger & Company as architects. The two-story front of brick and brownstone has four bays, three of them curved, and its entrance lintel is trimmed with a dowel molding and an incised frieze on brackets. A pressed-metal cornice survives with its wreaths, swags and scrolled modillions, while later owners painted the stoop and sills, added wrought-iron hand rails and an aluminum awning, and put a satellite dish on the roof.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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