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I think 1910 is like the default date of construction when they don't actually know. It's likely earlier I'd think.
Actually, it looks like the house was built in 1914 according to Forgotten New York, who featured this it when talking about Kingsbridge Heights and Van Cortlandt Village. Cool to see and read more about the area: https://forgotten-ny.com/2009/09/kin...village-bronx/
This is what he wrote about this house lol:
"Between West 230th Street and Kingsbridge Road, some of Kingsbridge Terrace’s modern-day veneer falls away and we enter a world of pure fantasy….
This castle redoubt at 2744 Kingsbridge Terrace guarded the realm against invading Riverdalians and the despised Norwooders. Boiling chicken fat was poured through the quatrefoil’d buttresses at any invader who chanced to mount a frontal assault. The castle was erected in 1914.
The AIA Guide to NYC weighs in: Close by the vast veterans’ hospital [at 130 W. Kingsbridge Road] is this tiny monument, a stucco castle with numerous gables, balconies, crenellated turrets, a weathervane, a TV antenna, and a tunnel reputedly leading from the “dungeon” to the street."
Or someone could live in the top 2 apartments and rent out the bottom duplex.
Or the other way around. Owner lives on 1st floor duplex, rents out the apartments above. Converting this to a 2-family with the owner on the 1st floor duplex and combing the other two apartment into one large apartment is possible too. You lose the rent on the 3rd unit but by converting to a legal 2-family house you also get out from most of the NYCDOB's regulatory nonsense. It's a trade-off. A friend owns one of the rare 3-family homes on SI. She has to comply with a bunch of nonsense rules.
Or the other way around. Owner lives on 1st floor duplex, rents out the apartments above. Converting this to a 2-family with the owner on the 1st floor duplex and combing the other two apartment into one large apartment is possible too. You lose the rent on the 3rd unit but by converting to a legal 2-family house you also get out from most of the NYCDOB's regulatory nonsense. It's a trade-off. A friend owns one of the rare 3-family homes on SI. She has to comply with a bunch of nonsense rules.
That may be a good idea, but the cost convert from 3 to 2 families is high. Though I guess if you're buying this house, you've probably got the money to do it.
I don't really understand about how the top 2 are legal apartments though since they seem to be open to a common area. I thought they'd need self-closing fire-rated doors on each apartment entrance, but where exactly is the entrance? I've seen a lot of apartments like this looking at listings though. Maybe they're grandfathered or something?
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