48 Windsor Place
57 Years — The Current Longest
Rosalie Keenan has owned 48 Windsor Place since 1968 — 57 years. She bought it from Bridget Naughton, whose Irish surname places the property squarely in the original wave of Windsor Terrace ownership. Oral history connects this address to Maureen, longtime friend of Brandan Gonzalez’s mother at 28A. The house is currently in probate and expected to sell.
48 Windsor Place• NYC Municipal Archives tax photograph, c. 1940
Documented Tenure
57 years (1968-present) — current longest on block
Deed Chain
Naughton, Bridget
Bridget Naughton held the property before 1968. Irish surname consistent with the first-wave ownership pattern.
Sale
Naughton, Bridget → Rosalie Keenan
Rosalie Keenan purchases at 48 Windsor Place. Begins what will become the current longest tenure on the block.
57 consecutive years. No recorded sale or transfer in ACRIS. Still the current record on the block.
Community photos
Connections
Oral history connects this address to 'Maureen' — the childhood friend of Brandan Gonzalez's mother at 28A.
Bridget Naughton's Irish surname connects the property to the 1900-1930 Irish immigration wave.
1940 US Census · 30 residents
| Name | Relation | Age | Born | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simkins, James O | Head | 52 | South Carolina | porter |
| Cohen, Abraham | Head | 48 | Poland | chauffeur |
| Esther | Wife | 40 | Poland | none |
| Irving | Son | 21 | New York | clerk |
| Gertrude | Daughter | 19 | New York | none |
| Selma | Daughter | 14 | New York | none |
| Julius | Son | 8 | New York | none |
| Leon | Son | 6 | New York | none |
| Kolodner, Hyman | Head | 46 | Poland | baker |
| Yetta | Wife | 38 | Poland | none |
| Pearl | Daughter | 13 | New York | none |
| Bella | Daughter | 10 | New York | none |
| Robinson, Louise | Head | 52 | Brooklyn | Carpenter |
| Sinclair | Son | 15 | Brooklyn | None |
| Weeks, Samuel | Adopted Son | 20 | Brooklyn | None |
| Scott, William R | Head | 50 | South Carolina | Laborer |
| Katie | Wife | 48 | South Carolina | — |
| Empell, Herman | Head | 51 | Germany | inspector |
| Empell, Bessie | wife | 50 | New York | — |
| Empell, Sheldon | son | 19 | Pennsylvania | solderer |
| Empell, Seymour | son | 12 | New York | — |
| Foglio, Vincent | Head | 38 | Italy | Cement Mason |
| Foglio, Esther | Wife | 34 | Italy | — |
| Foglio, Antennet | Daughter | 14 | New York | — |
| Foglio, Louisia | Daughter | 12 | New York | — |
| Foglio, Susy | Daughter | 10 | New York | — |
| Foglio, Louis | Son | 7 | New York | — |
| Foglio, Josephine | Daughter | 5 | New York | — |
| De Luca, Gaetano | Head | 56 | Italy | Turner |
| De Luca, Elizabeth | Wife | 61 | Hungary | — |
Source: 1940 US Census, NARA via DPLA mediaMaster · ED 24-2744 sheet 347 (Gemini 2.5 Pro vision OCR)
1950 US Census · 9 residents
| Name | Relation | Age | Born | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horsburg, Alexander | Head | 35 | New York | Lineman |
| Horsburg, Joan | Wife | New York | — | |
| Horsburg, Judy | Daughter | 3 | New York | — |
| Thornbury, Winifred | Mother | 65 | — | |
| Miller, Edward | Head | ? | New York | Truck Driver Delivery Asst |
| Miller, Loretta | Wife | 36 | Pennsylvania | — |
| Miller, Charles | Son | 10 | New York | — |
| Miller, Walter | Son | 4 | New York | — |
| Miller, Stephen | Son | ? | New York | — |
Source: 1950 US Census, NARA via IIIF · ED 24-1667 sheet 7 (Gemini 2.5 Pro vision OCR, 2026-05-27)