7 Windsor Place
The Sculptor and the Art Teacher
Eric Jacobson and Nancy arrived at number 7 as part of the artist-teacher wave that moved into Windsor Terrace in the late 1970s and 1980s. The neighborhood was still affordable. The park was there. The block was quiet. Eric makes kinetic metalwork sculptures from his studio here. He suffered a stroke in his mid-60s. Mike German and Sarabeth Brockley lived here as tenants for approximately seven years.
7 Windsor Place• NYC Municipal Archives tax photograph, c. 1940
Documented Tenure
~45 years (~1980s-present)
Deed Chain
Sale
Jacobson, Eric
Eric and Nancy arrive as part of the artist-teacher wave into Windsor Terrace.
PLUTO lists JACOBSON ERIC as current owner. Eric suffered a stroke in his mid-60s; he and Nancy remain on the block.
Connections
Eric and Nancy were part of a cohort of teachers, artists, and musicians who moved into Windsor Terrace in the 1970s-1990s.
Mike German and Sarabeth Brockley lived at #7 as tenants for approximately seven years.
1940 US Census · 11 residents
| Name | Relation | Age | Born | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zolls, Emil R. | Head | 41 | Italy | Bus Driver |
| Catherine | Wife | 38 | New York | Paper Roper |
| Richard | Son | 9 | New York | — |
| Luigi | Head | 69 | Italy | B.M.T. Subway |
| Josephine | Wife | 66 | Italy | — |
| KATZ SAM | HEAD | 67 | RUSSIA | CARPENTER |
| SARAH | WIFE | 66 | RUSSIA | — |
| HELEN | DAUGHTER | 24 | New York | — |
| FARBSTEIN ABE | HEAD | 80 | RUSSIA | PAPER |
| ROSE | WIFE | 75 | RUSSIA | — |
| MORRIS | SON | 44 | New York | — |
Source: 1940 US Census, NARA via DPLA mediaMaster · ED 24-2781 sheet 581 (Gemini 2.5 Pro vision OCR)
1950 US Census · 2 residents
| Name | Relation | Age | Born | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dierks, John A | head | 66 | NY | Asst Treasurer |
| Dierks, Ruscina | wife | 64 | NY | — |
Source: 1950 US Census, NARA via IIIF · ED 24-1672 sheet 17 (Gemini 2.5 Pro vision OCR, 2026-05-27)