Between Bushwick Avenue and Broadway
Block 3387, Lot 15

1040 Jefferson Avenue (2011) Credit: Dianne Pierce O’Brien

Year Built: 1886-1898
Building Type: Rowhouse
Architect: Unknown
Builder: Unknown
Original Owner: Unknown

1040 Jefferson Avenue is a two-and-a-half story, freestanding rowhouse located between Bushwick Avenue and Broadway. It is covered in vinyl siding, has a covered cornice, and has a stoop on the right side of the front facade. Surrounded by vacant lots, it can be assumed that the building was originally part of a row of speculative development rowhouses spanning Jefferson Avenue, reflecting the typical development patterns of the area between 1886 and 1898.

According to the United States Census of 1900, there were two large, multi-generational families living in the rowhouse, neither with servants. Most of the residents were born in New York with parents also born in the United States, while a few were of German descent. The women did not have professions listed, and the male occupations included a well driver, lead spinner, and bookkeeper. All the residents were renters.