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Preview197 Bergen Street
Brooklyn · built 1878
This residence at 197 Bergen Street is situated in the heart of brownstone Brooklyn, an area known for its historic residential character that largely developed in the late 19th century. City property records indicate the building was constructed in 1878.
Today, the property is identified in city records as a one or two family home, with one residential unit on the lot. It occupies block 196, lot 66 on the tax map. This address contributes to the rich architectural tapestry of the Park Slope and Boerum Hill neighborhoods.
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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