43 St. Mark’s Place; 136 Second Avenue | Block : 450 | Lot #3

Description & Building Alterations

There are currently two six-story buildings on this lot, one at 43 St. Mark’s Place and one at 136 Second Avenue. The one on Second Avenue was originally a pre-1853 row house that was expanded two floors in 1874 by the Association for Befriending Children and Young Girls of the Holy Family, for use by the organization. The building fronting St. Mark’s Place was built between 1937 and 1938 as a hospital and dormitory, according to the Office for Metropolitan History. It is adjoined to the Second Avenue building at the rear.

The facade of 43 St. Mark’s Place features a bracketed cornice with a paneled frieze, simple rectangular sills, a molded entrance enframement, decorative panels, quoins flanking the building corners, and a brick parapet at the two-story section. The historic pedimented window lintels have been stripped. No. 136 Second Avenue features patterned brickwork between each story. The historic entryway on a stoop has been moved to the ground level.