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
Sale
Vackner Family
Earliest ACRIS record. Purchased during the Irish-American expansion of Windsor Terrace.
100 years of continuous Vackner family ownership. No recorded sale. Property passed within the family across at least three generations.
Sale — $2,100,000
Vackner Family → Mathew George
Ended 101-year family ownership chain. Among the longest documented tenures on the block.
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.