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Preview126 Congress Street
Brooklyn · built 1850
This historic property at 126 Congress Street is nestled in Brooklyn Heights, a neighborhood renowned as one of Brooklyn's oldest residential districts, offering scenic views of the harbor. City property records indicate the building was constructed in 1850.
The lot, identified as block 300, lot 10, houses a single residential unit. According to city records, it is classified as a one- or two-family dwelling, a common type within this charming and well-established area.
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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