Block 637A
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!63 (l.), 161 (middle) and 159 (r.) Charles Street
163 Charles Street 163 Charles St. rear structure facing Charles Lane
Lot: 42
Address: 163 Charles St. (through to Charles Lane)
Completed: 1832
Original Owner: William Sickles and John J. Traphagen
Original Use: dwelling
1876 (Alt. #491): 1/2 story added with flat tin roof and iron cornice. 1929 (Alt. #2035): rear stable connected with 1-story addition. First floor converted to commercial use. The façade of the back building has been transformed into an artwork by the famed artist Vito Acconci
161 Charles Street 12 Charles Lane (at rear of 161 Charles Street)
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Lot: part of 41 Address: 161 Charles St. Completed: 1832 Original Owner: Abraham D. Romaine Original Use: dwelling 1870 (Alt. #387): 1/2 story added with flat tin rood and iron cornice. 1913 (Alt. #1344): ground floor converted to garage. Late 1990's, rooftop addition added. |
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Lot: part of 41 Address: 12 Charles Lane (at rear of 161 Charles St.) Completed: 1869 or earlier Original Use: stable 1869: City atlases show brick stable, which replaced prior wood structure. Current Moorish façade dates to the 1970's |
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Lot: part of 40 Address: 159 Charles St. Completed: 1839 Original Owner: Henry Wyckoff Originla Use: dwelling 1946 (Alt. #1517): converted into duplex apartments. Decorative metal lintels possibly added at that time. |
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Lot: part of 40 Address: 10 Charles Lane (at rear of 159 Charles Street) Completed: 1839 (probably) Original Use: stable (probably) Currently garage for 159 Charles Street. Remnants of original structure may be part of existing garage, but no records to supporting this were found. |
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Lot: part of 36 Address: 8A-8F Charles Lane Completed: 1880/1977 Original Use: Freight Depot for Beadleston & Woerz brewers/multiple dwelling 1977 (Alt. # 1178): converted into complex of Duplex apartments. |
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Lot: part of 36 Address: 151-157 Charles Street Completed: 1880/1977 Original Use: Freight Depot for Beadleston & Wortz brewers/multiple dwelling 1977 (Alt. #1178): converted into complex of Duplex apartments.
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(l. to r.) 156, 158, 160, 162, and 164 Perry Street
(l. to r.) 156, 158, 160, 162, and 164 Perry Street
Lot: 17 Address: 164 Perry St. (through to Charles Lane) Alt. #1100 - 5/20/1946 Completed: 1946 Architect: Irving Seelig and Finkelstein Original Owner: James P. Guarnieri Original Use: truck terminal with dwelling above for 1 family 1946 (Alt. #1100): converted from a four-story building, new façade added.
7 Charles Lane at rear of 162 Perry Street Lot: 18 Address: 162 Perry St. (also 7 Charles Lane) Alt. #1721 - 10/10/1945 Completed: 1946 Architect: Sidney Daub Original Owner: Benvro Realty Corp. Original Use: storage 1945 (Alt. #1721): top story removed, new façade, rear building connected at ground level.
part of 19 160 Perry St. 1831 James Delanoy dwelling Original cornice and stoop removed. |
Lot: part of lot 19
Address: 160 Perry Street
Completed: 1830-31
Original Owner: James Delanoy, boatman
Original Use: Dwelling
The cornice and original stoop have been removed; served as part of the Sea Cost Labs complex from the 1940’s to the mid-1960’s. Use was then changed back to residential.
13 Charles Street (at rear of 160 Perry Street)
Lot: part of lot 19
Address: 13 Charles Lane (at rear of 160 Perry Street)
City Atlases show a 2-story brick stable at this site beginning in 1859; this building probably contains remnants of that structure. In 1967 (Alt. #1636) the building was renovated to an artist’s studio.
15 Charles Lane (at rear of 158 Perry St.)
Lot: 21
Address: 158 Perry St. (also Charles Lane)
Alt. #860 - 8/29/1978
Completed: 1978
Architect: Robert E. Lawless
Original Owner: Robert E. Lawless
Original Use: garage
May incorporate remnants of an earlier structure on the site, but no records found
Lot: 21
Address: 156 Perry St.
Completed: 1831
Original Owner: Henry Wyckoff
Original Use: dwelling
1919 (alt. #1428): second entrance created from window. 1967 (Alt. #1393): converted to 2-family dwelling with ground-floor office.
Lot: 13
Address: 166-172 Perry St. (through to Charles Lane)
N.B. # 341 - 4/1/1905
Completed: 1906
Architect: Hill and Stout
Original Owner: Edmund Coffin
Original Use: livery stable
1923 (Alt. # 2866): converted to factory with private garage below. 1935 (Alt. #832): converted to warehouse with loading platforms. 1956 (Alt. #857): converted to garage with repair shop. Currently: parking garage.
Charles Lane, formerly known as "Pig Alley," formerly known as Charles Street.
Street pattern/Roadbed of Charles Lane
Laid Out1797/Mapped 1893
Alley
According to a New York City Corporation Counsel memo of 1892, what is now called Charles Lane was mentioned in the original Hammond Deed as a roadway on the north side of the Newgate State Prison, built in 1797. At first called Charles Street and then Pig Alley, it came to be known as Charles Lane, and was officially mapped as a New York City street in 1893. The current stone pavers are believed to date from this time, making them possibly the oldest existing street pavers in New York City.
