1943 Profile of the Jefferson Park, Manhattan area from the 1943 New York City Market Analysis Originally published by the New York Times, the News Syndicate Co., the Daily Mirror, and Hearst Consolidated Publications Scanned by the Center for Urban Research at the CUNY Graduate Center www.urbanresearch.org o www.gc.cuny.edu For other 1943 profiles, please visit www.1940snewyork.com gx;. . {ij1-., . -K-V V- JEUR EPSON e1aii'fiInf-Q? Il A . gi? VV 27- "lgjleiW13, . 2 tfri Vrrig WI II gf - 1 55Ii'] Si {Irl I-iiji.; i ii . II V. ..14?Lttt. V--Ag, --1FF ,rr/, Iignrm TQVexceigl .. . .. I5th Street between Pork Avenue ond Lexington Avenue . IO7th Street between Ist Avenue ond Avenue rz-;gg1 VV"`-V-- Vt iisIi`? V-V- IiVi-- -V .V Vc.; VV o-1 *5 --9 -- stefIf; .--, V---5V-V.V ujgg gf Eost River Housing Deveiopment-Ist Avenue ot IO2nd Street {ggA-viz- l" I I ,oiL gi} xii, I it I 5 g?i 1-.. {if -J-This i n. jr -..fadI-GEE.-zeQ-I- -- 3 Vfitlim {lun Hgh;} . . libij.; En --VVez--Pork Avenue looking south from I I3th Street - - Qur}: Fifth Avenue fucing north from Street THE NEWS me new vom: times I DAILY mann jefferson lv . I E. 119TH st. ?l Il] lj lj [il;Ii_i] 11? Q7 151,381 A (larger than Bridgejrart, Conn.) I I 89,136 Ii] [ij . . . 36,426 - Mw PARK Negro . 25,345 l;Tl lil l;l lj Other races 474 I I I Negroes Qf wv Avenue. Italians in the Park I I I d6C0llf1[f`0T i'Tl0J`ll Qfth8_f0T6?gT2? 9 A born--ownertami|ies . . . 509 [lj Ijiilj [Il Cl s. 70627 I -57 FAMILIES BY RENT [il lj 1:4 lj F4 ANNUALEXPENDITUREGROUPS I Isl;] 1 I M4 Erpmurt I (st Q1 $15081up $10,00081 up 182 lj Ig. is 100-149 6,6664.144 146 75- 99 4,500-5,999 123 4,6661,144 498 lj 1:1 30-49 1,666-2,see 9,117 li 5 40-417 2,400-2,040 1,021 dj;] 1;1u146I16 one 1,800 30,394 I It 562 Median family expenditure . $1,504 I lz 5* Average family expenditure . $1,618 ;l . 4,173 as I. --one?famiIy houses. . . 278 -two-family houses. . . 104 ij I --three-or-more-family houses 3,791 E. 94TH sr. . Although Jefferson Park lost population in of their respective trades, are situated along the last census period, it is still the most all of the avenues and on a number of side . densely populated district in New York City. streets. Third Avenue is the most important The area has a large Negro group. The shopping street and has heavy concentrations bulk of foreign-born population is Italian. of furniture and clothing stores. Second-hand . Along Fifth Avenue and the adiacent side and bargain stores are prevalent throughout . streets are fine apartments and homes, but the entire section. The East River Housing the remainder of this area is made up of Proiect extends from E. lO2nd Street to E. lower grade apartment buildings, tenements IO5th Street from First Avenue to the East and rooming houses. Retail stores, generally River. poor in quality and reflecting the nationalities covvmour 1943 (C) or ri. v.