70-08 60th Lane

Ridgewood | built 1907

Open on the map1 entry

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.

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

  1. 1907

    Stier's crews build the row quickly from a handful of standard plans

    Read more

    This house went up in 1907 as part of Paul Stier's row on 60th Lane. The Landmarks Preservation Commission explains that Stier and Berger worked fast by repeating a few floor plans and facade designs, and that arches in the brick party walls seem to have stayed open during construction so workers could pass from house to house without using the stoops. Most of Stier's houses in the district were about 20 feet wide, with a five-room flat on the first floor and six rooms above, each with its own kitchen and bathroom.

    “…used only a handful of basic floor plans, as well as façade designs to which different surface treatments were applied…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

Nearby

All 1,266 buildings with stories in Ridgewood