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Preview12 Street Marks Avenue
Brooklyn · built 1880
Nestled on St. Marks Avenue in brownstone Brooklyn, this property at number 12 sits within the vibrant Park Slope and Boerum Hill neighborhoods. These blocks are known for their late 19th-century development, a period that shaped much of the area's enduring character.
City property records date the building's construction to 1880. These same records classify the structure as a one- or two-family dwelling, indicating its residential purpose from its early days.
With two residential units on the lot, this property, identified as block 935, lot 12 on the tax map, contributes to the rich tapestry of homes that define this historic part of Brooklyn.
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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