42A Windsor Place
101 Years in One Family
The Vackner family owned 42A Windsor Place from 1925 to January 2026 -- 101 years. They held it through the Depression, the war, the 1970s, the gentrification wave, and the pandemic boom. In January 2026, a buyer named Mathew George paid $2.1 million for it. The chain ended quietly, the way things end on this block.
42A Windsor Place• NYC Municipal Archives tax photograph, c. 1940
Documented Tenure
101 years Vackner family (1925-2026)
Deed Chain
Pre-1971 deeds predate digital ACRIS. Family records suggest Vackner ownership dating to 1925.
Sale
Gabbert, Catherine → Vackner, Robert E.
Transfer
Estate Of Robert E. Vackner → Vackner, Anne Marie
Transfer
Vackner, Anne Marie → Vackner, Doreen C.
Sale — $2,100,000
Vackner, James R. → Mathew, George
Connections
The Vackner family was part of the Irish-American wave that arrived in Windsor Terrace 1900-1930.
The January 2026 sale at $2.1M reflects a neighborhood that has transformed economically while many families held on.
1950 US Census · 13 residents
| Name | Relation | Age | Born | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURKE, MARY E | Head | 69 | N.Y. | — |
| BRADY, ARTHUR | Son in law | 30 | N.Y. | Office Clerk |
| BRADY, MARY P | Daughter | 45 | N.Y. | — |
| Brenan, John | Grandson | 26 | N.Y. | — |
| Brenan, Ann P | Granddaughter | 9 | N.Y. | — |
| DUFFY, Edward C | Head | 54 | N.Y. | Commercial Relations |
| DUFFY, Agnes | Wife | 53 | N.Y. | — |
| DUFFY, John F | Son | 29 | N.Y. | — |
| DUFFY, Edward | Son | 27 | N.Y. | Key puncher |
| DUFFY, Agnes C | Daughter | 25 | N.Y. | — |
| DUFFY, Robert | Son | 19 | N.Y. | — |
| DUFFY, Helen | Daughter in law | 24 | N.Y. | — |
| DUFFY, Bruce | Grandson | 2 | N.Y. | — |
Source: 1950 US Census, NARA via IIIF · ED 24-1665 sheet 19 (Gemini 2.5 Pro vision OCR, 2026-05-27)
In the record
Charles Alfred Gabbert Jr. born February 19 at 42-A Windsor Place. His grandmother Catherine Vackner was present — the same Vackner family that would own that house for 101 years.
Brooklyn Eagle, Mar. 9, 1952 →