By The Numbers
What the numbers say about a block where people stay. Sources: NYC ACRIS deed records, U.S. Census 1880–1950, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, oral history.
1849
Year the block was founded
175+
Years of continuous residential use
101
Years: Vackner family at 42A (1925–Jan 2026)
20
Permitted block parties (2008–2025)
Irish immigration wave
majority of original owners; families like Vackner, Horan, MacNamara
Post-war families
stable occupancy; Keenan bought 48 in 1968, Cavicchio at 16 ~1972
Artists & teachers
Eric Jacobson at #7; teacher/artist cohort layered in without displacement
New Brooklyn buyers
rising prices; 42A sold Jan 2026 for $2.1M after 101 years in one family
From census records and oral history. Brooklyn jobs, Brooklyn people.
NYC Street Activity Permit Office records. Every permitted block party on Windsor Place between 7th and 8th Avenues. The block has closed the street every year since 2008 -- except 2017 and 2020.
Source: NYC Open Data -- Street Activity Permit Office (SAPO). Applicant names not recorded in dataset.
NYC ACRIS deed data pulled May 2026. Block 1112 (even side) + Block 1108 (odd side). All buildings date to 1901 per NYC PLUTO.
Vackner family: 101 years (1925–Jan 2026). Sold for $2.1M.
Keenan family: 57 years (1968–present). Bought from Naughton Bridget.
Cavicchio family: ~54 years.
GONZALEZ SUSAN -- Brandan's house, confirmed by ACRIS.
GARRY GOLDEN -- confirmed by PLUTO.
JACOBSON ERIC -- Eric's house, confirmed by PLUTO.
January 2026
42A Windsor Place: 101 years in one family. Then it sold.
The Vackner family owned 42A Windsor Place from 1925 until January 2026 -- 101 years. They watched Windsor Terrace absorb every wave of Brooklyn's 20th century. They held it through the Depression, the post-war boom, the 1970s decline, the 1990s revival, and the gentrification that followed. In January 2026, a buyer named Mathew George paid $2.1 million for it. The chain ended quietly.
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