Residential Units: 15
Commercial Units: 1 (East 4th Street Food Cooperative)
Borough of Manhattan
Tax Map Block 459, Lot 15
Date Built: 1888
Architect/Builder: Alexander I. Finkle
Original Owner: J. D. Karst, Jr.
Type: Tenement
Style: German Renaissance Revival
Stories: 5
Material(s): Brick; terra cotta; granite
Decorative Metal Work: Cast-iron storefront piers
Significant Architectural Features: Projecting brick piers with ornate terra-cotta capitals; decorative terra-cotta and corbelled brick spandrels; granite columns; modillioned cornice with broken pediment featuring an eagle figure; pressed-metal cornice above ground floor storefront
Recent History: The City took title to the property in 1976, and transferred ownership to the Cooper Square Mutual Housing Association in 1996. The building was converted to a cooperative in 2012.