592+Bushwick+Avenue

=592 Bushwick Avenue =

Corner of Melrose Street Block 3160, Lot 24



**Year Built:** between 1880 and 1886 **Building Type:** Tenement **Architect:** Unknown **Builder:** Unknown **Original Owner:** Unknown **Proposed District:** N/A

=**History and Analysis **=

This 3-story old law tenement was historically occupied by a store (first floor) and four families (two on second and two on third floor). Originally a 25' x 56' building on a 25' x 105' lot, it was built of stone and brick and was 36' high with a a flat roof. A pre-1905 externsion measured 25' x 35'9", was 19' high, made of stone and brick, and occupied as a sitting room.

Owned in 1905 by Leonard Epping Brewing Co., located at 193 Melrose St.

This brick building retains its original metal cornice and stone lintels; however, the original windows have been replaced.

=Location =

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=**References **= Block and Lot Folders (3160-24), Brooklyn Department of Buildings. G.W. Bromley & Co., Atlas of the Entire City of Brooklyn, Complete in One Volume. Plate 29: Part of Wards 18, 21, 23 & 25. City of Brooklyn. (1880) Robinson, Robinson’s Atlas of the City of Brooklyn, New York. Plate 18: Part of Wards 18 & 21. Brooklyn, N.Y. (1886)