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Preview238 Dean Street
Brooklyn · built 1855
Nestled in Brooklyn's historic Park Slope / Boerum Hill area, 238 Dean Street stands as a testament to the neighborhood's late 19th-century development. This block, like many surrounding it, saw significant growth as Brooklyn expanded.
City property records date the construction of this building to 1855, placing it among the earlier structures in this charming part of brownstone Brooklyn. These same records describe the building class as a one- and two-family dwelling, and it currently contains two residential units.
Located on tax map block 196, lot 30, 238 Dean Street offers a glimpse into the residential character that defines this sought-after Brooklyn neighborhood.
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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