Brill Building, Manhattan, New York One Place Study

Date: [unknown]
Location: Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Surnames/tags: One_Place_Studies New_York United_States

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Contents 1 Brill Building, Manhattan, New York One Place Study 1.1 Name 1.2 Geography 1.3 History 1.4 Population 1.4.1 Individuals with Profiles: 1.4.2 Living or needs profiles: 2 Sources

Brill Building, Manhattan, New York One Place Study

• Wikidata: Item Q917034, en:Wikipedia
• WikiTree Profiles that link here

Name

• The Russell and Pyne families leased the first floor to the Brill Brothers, a men's clothing store.
• The 11-story commercial building at 1619 Broadway and 49th Street we know today was built in 1930 and was initially known as the Alan E. Lefcourt Building, named after the builder's son who died young from anemia. It's Alan Lefcourt's bronze bust that adorns the building.
• According to long-time building manager David G. Transom, Lefcourt defaulted on his sublease and the Brill Brothers took it over.

Geography

Continent: North America

Country: United States of America

State/Province: New York

County: Kings

GPS Coordinates: 40.7611, -73.9845

Elevation: 17.3 m or 56.6 feet

History

• Address: 1619 Broadway, New York, NY 10019
• Built in 1931; the first floor was leased to the Brill Brothers.
• The builder lost his lease and the Brill Brothers took it over.
• The building was sold in 1951 after the death of Maurice Brill.
• The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the building a landmark in 2010.
• Bought by Brickman Associates and Allied Partners in 2013 for $185.5M.
• Brill Holdco sold loans during a UCC foreclosure on March 14, 2017.
• Bought by Mack Real Estate Group in July 2023 for $216.1M.

Population

Individuals with Profiles:

Name	Noted	Birth	Death	WikiData/Wikipedia	Notes (e.g. No WikiTree profile, Unconnected, Unlisted)
Andy (Youakim) Kim	Singer/Songwriter	1946	Living	Wikidata: Item Q526423, en:Wikipedia	Private, Connected
Carole King	Singer/Songwriter	9 Feb 1942	Living	Wikidata: Item Q217787, en:Wikipedia	Private, Connected
Steve Lawrence	Singer/Songwriter	8 Jul 1935	7 Mar 2024	Wikidata: Item Q1339107, en:Wikipedia	Open, Unconnected
Johnny Marks	Composer and music publisher	10 Nov 1909	3 Sep 1985	Wikidata: Item Q1702357, en:Wikipedia	Open, Connected
Shadow Morton	Songwriter and Record Producer	3 Sep 1941	14 Feb 2013	Wikidata: Item Q4798025, en:Wikipedia	Open, Unconnected
Phil Spector	Record Producer	26 Dec 1939	16 Jan 2021	Wikidata: Item Q213793, en:Wikipedia	Open, Unconnected
Connie Francis	Singer, Actress	12 Dec 1937	Living	Wikidata: Item Q216341, en:Wikipedia	Private, Unconnected
Bobby Darin	Songwriter, Singer, Actor	14 May 1936	20 Dec 1973	Wikidata: Item Q311267, en:Wikipedia	Open, Connected
Burt Bacharach	American pianist, composer, producer	12 May 1928	8 Feb 2023	Wikidata: Item Q212762, en:Wikipedia	Open, Connected
Neil Diamond	American singer-songwriter and musician	24 Jan 1941	Living	Wikidata: Item Q294531, en:Wikipedia	Private, Unconnected
gerry Goffin	American Lyricist	11 Feb 1939	19 Jun 2014	Wikidata: Item Q48774, en:Wikipedia	Open, Unconnected

Living or needs profiles:

• Maurice Brill (1869-1951) co-owner of Brill Habasery, founded in 1887.^[1]

• Abraham E. Lefcourt ( -1932) builder.

• Johnny Marks composer and music publisher of Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
• Neil Sedaka -Living

• Paul Simon -Living

• Tony Orlando -Living

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(Writing Teams)

• Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil

• Goffin & King

(Producers)

(Publishers)

• Aldon Music (established in 1958) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldon_Music

(Record Companies)

• Red Bird Records (1964-1966) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Bird_Records

Sources

1. ↑ https://findingaids.library.nyu.edu/nyhs/pr428_maurice_brill/

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brill_Building
• Wikidata: Item Q917034, en:Wikipedia
• https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/realestate/03scapes.html
• https://thegoldenageofrock.com/rock/brill-building/
• https://dsps.lib.uiowa.edu/downtownpopunderground/place/brill-building/