Knickerbocker Village
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Knickerbocker Village is a historic middle-income apartment complex on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, notable as one of New York City’s early large-scale housing developments.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
apartment complex
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middle-income housing project ⓘ residential housing development ⓘ |
| architect | Buchman & Kahn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| boundedByStreet |
Catherine Street
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cherry Street NERFINISHED ⓘ Market Street NERFINISHED ⓘ Monroe Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtUnder | New York State Housing Law of 1926 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1933 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| developer | Fred F. French Companies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floorArea | approximately 1,000,000 square feet ⓘ |
| hasBuildingMaterial | brick ⓘ |
| hasDesignFeature |
interior courtyards
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red-brick facades ⓘ uniform slab-style buildings ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | early experiment in slum clearance and planned housing in New York City ⓘ |
| hasLandUse | residential ⓘ |
| hasLegalIssue | site of notable tenant-landlord disputes over rent and maintenance ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfCourtyards | 2 ⓘ |
| hasPopulationType | middle-income residents ⓘ |
| hasRentRegulationStatus | rent-stabilized ⓘ |
| hasTenantOrganization | Knickerbocker Village Tenants Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasZIPCode | 10002 ⓘ |
| historicalEra | Great Depression NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1934 ⓘ |
| location | Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Lower East Side NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of New York City’s early large-scale housing developments
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middle-income housing for working-class families ⓘ |
| numberOfApartments | 1590 ⓘ |
| numberOfBuildings | 12 ⓘ |
| numberOfResidentialUnits | 1590 ⓘ |
| numberOfStories |
13
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14 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1934 ⓘ |
| ownedBy | private landlord ⓘ |
| partOf | Manhattan Community District 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicTransit |
near East Broadway subway station
ⓘ
served by multiple MTA bus routes ⓘ |
| replaced | “Lung Block” tenement district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| streetAddress |
10 Monroe Street
NERFINISHED
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20 Monroe Street NERFINISHED ⓘ 30 Monroe Street NERFINISHED ⓘ 40 Monroe Street ⓘ |
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