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Preview245 5 Avenue
Brooklyn · built 1925
This mixed-use building at 245 5 Avenue is located in Brooklyn's historic Park Slope. This neighborhood, known for its picturesque rowhouses, developed alongside Prospect Park in the late 1800s, becoming a desirable residential area.
City property records date the construction of 245 5 Avenue to 1925. These same records describe the building as mixed residential and commercial, a common feature in urban neighborhoods like Park Slope.
The property, identified as block 962, lot 6 on tax maps, contains two residential units. Its prime location in a vibrant Brooklyn community suggests a history intertwined with the ongoing life of the avenue.
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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