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Stuyvesant Apartments
| Stuyvesant Apartments | |
|---|---|
 (1934) | |
 | |
| Alternative names | The Stuyvesant |
| General information | |
| Status | Demolished |
| Architectural style | Victorian Gothic[1] |
| Location | Manhattan, New York |
| Address | 142 East 18th Street |
| Country | U.S. |
| Coordinates | 40°44′10″N 73°59′10″W / 40.7360°N 73.9861°W |
| Construction started | 1869 |
| Completed | 1870 |
| Demolished | Prior to 1960[2][1] |
| Cost | $100,000 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 5 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Richard Morris Hunt |
The Stuyvesant Apartments, Stuyvesant Flats, Rutherfurd Stuyvesant Flats or simply The Stuyvesant, was an apartment building located at 142 East 18th Street between Irving Place and Third Avenue in the Gramercy Park neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It is considered to be the first apartment building in the city intended for the middle class, who previously were not used to living in apartments, which were initially called "French flats" at the time.[1]
Before the Stuyvesant, almost all of the housing in New York City consisted of either tenements or townhouses. The Stuyvesant helped to bridge this gap, satisfying the need for higher density but upscale housing.[3] Rents ranged from $1,000 to $1,800 per year, the rough equivalents in 2015 of approximately $8,000 to $14,000 per year.[4][5]
The Stuyvesant was successful, leading the way for other such buildings to be constructed.[6] In their book New York 1880, Robert A. M. Stern and his co-authors wrote that the Stuyvesant was the "foundation stone" of the movement of the middle-class into apartments.[1]
- ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference
graywas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ The current building at 142 East 18th Street was constructed in 1960. See "142 East 18th Street, Manhattan" on the New York City Geographic Information System Map
- ^ Rosenberg, Zoe (November 11, 2014). "Cornerspotted: The Stuyvesant Flats at 124 East 18th Street". Curbed NY. Archived from the original on April 11, 2015.
- ^ Laskow, Sarah (October 22, 2014). "American Apartments Came From Paris". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on October 22, 2014.
- ^ Inflation Calculator Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Commerce
- ^ Dolkart, Andrew S. "The Architecture and Development of New York City: Apartment Living: The Stuyvesant". Columbia University.
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