Recommended Next Steps for Further Research
Source What It Reveals Access
ACRIS (NYC Dept. of Finance) Full deed chain, mortgages, parties, and document images from 1966 forward; may capture the transfer from Leininger heirs a836.nyc.gov (free online)
LPC Designation Report (LP-2489) Individual building entry for Park Place: architect, original owner, facade description, alterations at time of designation s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2489.pdf (free; pp. 260--283 for Park Place even numbers)
NYC Dept. of Buildings (BIS / DOB NOW) Original new-building permit (NB 5211-1909), alteration history, complaints, violations a810-bisweb.nyc.gov (free online)
Brooklyn Daily Eagle Archives Original Kingston Realty Co. advertisements, Leininger obituary in full context, neighborhood reporting from 1900--1932 Brooklyn Public Library (bklyn.newspapers.com)
Kings County Clerk's Office Pre-1966 deed chain: Leininger to intermediate owners to Edmund family In person at 360 Adams St, Brooklyn
NYC Municipal Archives Tax photos (1939--41), historic maps, census records; may show Park Place in Leininger era In person at 31 Chambers St, Manhattan
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Building footprints, construction materials, uses over time NYPL Digital Collections / Brooklyn Public Library
Green-Wood Cemetery Records Leininger burial plot location, dates, and family members interred green-wood.com or in person
U.S. Census Records (1910, 1920, 1930) Leininger household at Park Place: family members, occupations, boarders, servants Ancestry.com / FamilySearch.org
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Sources: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LP-2489); Ralph Leininger obituary (newspaper clipping, c. 1932); Emma Charlotte Leininger estate notice (newspaper); Brooklyn Eagle, Oct. 19, 1945; New York Times, Oct. 10, 1948; New York Times, July 27, 1991 (Dr. Rachelle Goldberg obituary); PropertyShark; StreetEasy; NYC Department of Finance; Kings County Supreme Court records; Crown Heights North Historic District designation reports; Historic Districts Council; Brownstoner; Wikipedia.