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Preview212 Dean Street
Brooklyn · built 1853
This four-unit multifamily walk-up at 212 Dean Street stands in a section of Brooklyn known for its historic residential character. City property records date the building to 1853.
The surrounding blocks of what are now considered Park Slope and Boerum Hill saw significant development in the mid to late 1800s, transforming into the tree-lined streets of row houses and apartment buildings familiar today. This property, identified as block 196, lot 17 on the tax map, is an early example of the residential expansion that shaped the 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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