Bertine Block : A small street in the Bronx that offers a window into 19th century NYC

… If youre walking down East 136th Street between Willis Avenue and … likely find yourself intrigued by the striking row of townhouses and tenements that line the thoroughfare known as the … including numbers 408 to 412 which were the first to be built there in the 1870s the real architectural standouts …

By Marjorie Cohen |December 22, 2016 - 9:12AM