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.
Documented from deed records, census rolls, newspaper archives, and oral history. Names withheld where appropriate.
Rikers Island Corrections Officer, 20+ years
Full name: Timothy Horan. PLUTO confirmed at 57 Windsor Place (corner of 8th Ave). Grew up on the block, married Marrianne who grew up around the corner. Soul of the block. Always hosting.
Community anchor
Grew up around the corner from Timmie. Always hosting.
Public school worker, 20+ years
Property owner
Unofficial mayor of the block. Confirmed at 40 Windsor Place via ACRIS/PLUTO.
Sculptor and kinetic metalworker
Creates mobiles, curved brass tubing sculptures, mixed-media metalwork. Website: jacobsonsculpture.com. Part of the Park Slope Windsor Terrace Artists (artspswt.com). Suffered a stroke in his mid-60s. PLUTO owner: JACOBSON ERIC. Mike German and Sarabeth Brockley lived here as tenants for ~7 years.
Artist and teacher
Lives at #7 with Eric Jacobson.
Unknown
Lives in his mother's former house at 28A Windsor Place (ACRIS: GONZALEZ SUSAN). His mother was best friends with Maureen.
Unknown
Bought from Naughton Bridget in 1968. 57-year tenure -- the current longest on the block. Oral history connects this address to 'Maureen.'
Founder, Boober; Co-founder, Birth Day Presence
Founded Boober (2017), a national lactation/postpartum support platform (DOS #5530253, active). Previously co-founded Birth Day Presence (2002) with Anna Merrill. Business registered at 182 8th Ave #1A. Lives on Windsor Place.
Current owners/residents at #5, south side.
Tenant of Jake & Melissa at #5. Vintage watch dealer.
Current residents at #9, south side.
Current residents at #51, south side.
Current residents at #53, south side.
Lives at approximately #11 with Jada Shapiro (Boober founder), south side.
Current residents at #46, north side.
Current owners at 46A Windsor Place. Mike German and Sarabeth Brockley were tenants here for approximately 2 years.
Working-class Brooklyn
Finamore blog: Frankie, Jimmy, and Dave Cullen lived at 175 Windsor Place (between 9th and 10th Ave). Their stoop was the block's social hub. Frank Cullen Sr. (1932-2007) was the family patriarch. Jim Vackner's sister confirmed she 'still lives in the family house on Windsor.'
High school teacher and basketball coach (Msgr. McClancy, Elmhurst, 28 years)
Finamore blog confirms 110 Windsor Place. Lives between 8th and 9th Ave. Bobby Trapp: 'Donnie is and has always been one of the most respected guys from Holy Name School.'
Booksellers
Finamore blog: The Bookshelf bookstore was on Windsor Place near 9th Avenue, owned and operated by the Cregg family from Horace Court. Jeannette, John, Mary, Elaine, Terrence, Kathy, Patrick, Gerry and Philip Cregg. Steve Finamore bought 'Foul: The Connie Hawkins Story' there for a dollar.
Unknown
101 years of ownership -- the longest documented tenure on the block. Sold to Mathew George, January 2026, for $2.1M. A family that watched the entire 20th century from one address.
Unknown
Bought 42A from the Vackner family in January 2026 for $2.1M, ending a 101-year ownership chain.
Unknown
PLUTO: HORAN TIMOTHY at 57 Windsor Place, corner of 8th Ave. Possible connection to 'Maureen' in oral history.
Unknown
PLUTO confirmed. Part of the Artz family documented in Steve Finamore's neighborhood oral history.
Unknown
54-year tenure on the even side. One of the longest-held properties on the block.
Unknown
Died April 1950 at 1 Windsor Place. Funeral at Halvorsen Chapel. Documented in Brooklyn Eagle death notice.
Unknown
Mid-90s. Entered hospice 2025. Never lived anywhere else. The living end of the founding chain.
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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