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Preview185 Dean Street
Brooklyn · built 1869
This property at 185 Dean Street stands as a piece of Brooklyn's rich residential history. Located in the charming brownstone blocks that define Park Slope and Boerum Hill, it is part of a neighborhood that largely developed in the late 1800s.
City property records indicate that this building was constructed in 1869, making it a contemporary of many of its neighbors. These records also describe the property as a one- or two-family home, and it currently contains a single residential unit on tax map block 189, lot 46.
As the area grew into the vibrant community it is today, properties like 185 Dean Street contributed to the distinctive character of these sought-after Brooklyn streets.
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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