Il Mulino

86 West 3rd Street | Greenwich Village | built 1852

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.

1920
A row house with a stable for 18 horses is renovated as an auto repair shop with flower makers above
A 1910 alteration at 86 West 3rd Street (originally 88 Amity Street) removed a rear structure and created basement stable space for 18 horses. In 1920 the building was renovated again, this time with an automobile repair shop on the first story and clothing cutters and artificial flower manufacturers on the floors above. By 1921 filings listed it as an auto-repair shop, dwelling and factory.
“A 1910 alteration called for the removal of a rear structure, erection of a new rear extension, and established a new stable space to accommodate 18 horses…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1981
Il Mulino, an Italian restaurant, opens in the front building and later spreads to other cities and Japan
Il Mulino, an Italian restaurant with a large following, moved into the commercial space of the front building at 86 West 3rd Street in 1981. The Landmarks Preservation Commission notes that it later grew beyond Greenwich Village, with other locations across the country and in Japan.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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