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Preview116 Berkeley Place
Brooklyn · built 1862
This overview explores the history of 116 Berkeley Place, located in the charming brownstone blocks of Park Slope / Boerum Hill in Brooklyn. City property records date the construction of this building to 1862. This era saw the rapid development of these neighborhoods, filling in with residential properties that define their character today.
Described by city records as a one and two family dwelling, this property currently contains two residential units. It occupies tax lot 19 within block 954, a common arrangement for the period. The building's long history contributes to the rich tapestry of this desirable Brooklyn neighborhood.
This overview was generated from public records, including NYC property data.
Where it stands
The deed chain
No deeds have surfaced for this address yet. Ownership records often live only at the county recorder — when we find a transfer, the full chain will appear here.
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Search Kings (Brooklyn), NY's county recorder →NYC ACRIS Socrata open datasets — fully open bulk + API; Plot uses these natively. Pre-1966 deeds are scanned but not in the structured dataset. Index reaches back to 1966.
Residents across the decades
See the families who called this address home, census by census, 1880–1950.
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A century of newspaper sightings of this address — births, sales, the times it made the paper.
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Historical photos of this house and its block, curated from public archives.
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