190 East 7th Street; 607 East 6th Street | Block : 389 | Lot #11

Description & Building Alterations

Lot 11 is comprised of a large, seven-story, two-building apartment complex called Tompkins Square Plaza. The complex stretches through the block from East 7th Street to East 6^th Street, and was consolidated with former Lots 56, 58 and 59 on East 6^th Street.

A single entrance to the complex exists at No. 190 East 7^th Street, while the building on East 6^th Street faces inward to an open space in the center of the block. Prior to construction of Tompkins Square Plaza in 1999, the large property had been vacant for decades. Public School No. 71, once on East 7^th Street, was torn down in 1967 and three buildings were lost on the rear of the lot (facing East 6^th Street) around the same time.

Former lots 58 and 59 (Nos. 603-605 East 6^th Street) were two old law tenement buildings constructed in 1898 by Max Muller. Typical of the type, there were stores on the ground floor and eleven families in each five-story building. Former lot 56 (609 East 6^th Street) was a five-story tenement building constructed in 1899 by Michael Bernstein and demolished in 1967. According to a 1940s tax photo, there was a school building at No. 607 East 6^th Street, which may have been associated with P.S. 71 behind it, according to a demolition application.