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  • Reviewing over 300 original American Real Estate Company deed records from 1889-1935.
  • Connecting those deeds to individual property histories.
  • Reconciling historic address changes with present-day property records.
  • Matching deed references against tax parcels, maps, and related source records.
  • Building multiple self-guided visit routes that make the neighborhood easier to explore on foot.
  • Adding local maps that connect historic records to present-day streets, parcels, and address changes.
  • Strengthening citations across newspaper items, historic maps, applications, deeds, and land records.
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Some deed records are working research leads, not confirmed property histories. They may refer to neighboring parcels, earlier parcel configurations, easements, mortgages, or related records rather than the present-day address shown.

328 deed records to integrate
32 related maps
10 grantor indexes
26 maps or surveys to locate
Deed records by current address

158 Alta Avenue (aka 174 Alta Avenue)

46 Alta Avenue

88 Alta Avenue

94 Alta Avenue

100 Alta Avenue

105 Alta Avenue

  • 1891-11-17 · Liber 1252 · pp. 175-177 Andrew J. Brownell and Alice B. Brownell, his wife to George J. Ord and Helen M. Ord, his wife Deed PDF Map PDF
  • 1901-04-04 · Liber 1576 · pp. 381-383 Deed PDF Index PDF, page 2

150 Alta Avenue

158 Alta Avenue

22 Edgecliff Terrace

35 Edgecliff Terrace

  • 1927-06-24 · Liber 2769 · pp. 480-482 American Real Estate Company to Charles Hatch Sears and Jeannette Allen Sears, his wife Deed PDF Map PDF Index PDF, page 5

43 Edgecliff Terrace

75 Edgecliff Terrace

322 Glenbrook Avenue

  • 1919-07-31 · Liber 2220 · pp. 285-288 American Real Estate Company to Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church Deed PDF Map PDF Index PDF, page 2

351 Glenbrook Avenue

367 Glenbrook Avenue

375 Glenbrook Avenue

22 Hillcrest Avenue

81 Hillcrest Avenue

109 Hillcrest Avenue

10 Lanark Road

18 Lanark Road

77 Park Hill Avenue

103 Park Hill Avenue

107 Park Hill Avenue

186 Park Hill Avenue

  • 1896-04-01 · Liber 1426 · pp. 110-112 Andrew S. Brownell and Tillie G. Brownell, his wife to Joseph Stanford Brown Deed PDF Index PDF, page 10
  • 1901-05-06 · Liber 1599 · pp. 388-392 American Real Estate Company to Tillie G. Brownell and Andrew S. Brownell Deed PDF Index PDF, page 21

194 Park Hill Avenue

210 Park Hill Avenue

  • 1892-12-20 · Liber 1295 · pp. 453-455 Andrew J. Brownell to Tillie G. Brownell, wife of Andrew J. Brownell Deed PDF Index PDF, page 10

225 Park Hill Avenue

282 Park Hill Avenue

310 Park Hill Avenue

325 Park Hill Avenue

  • 1898-05-09 · Liber 1492 · pp. 50-53 American Real Estate Company to John A. York Deed PDF Index PDF, page 3
  • 1909-12-31; 1910-01-03 (execution and acknowledgment date) · Liber 1897 · pp. 424-428 American Real Estate Company to Balm Mann Hodgson Deed PDF
  • 1911-10-23 · Liber 1968 · pp. 120-121 American Real Estate Company to Clara E. Lingley Deed PDF Map PDF Index PDF, page 7
  • 1917-01-05 · Liber 2512 · pp. 89-91 American Real Estate Company to Edward F. Cole Deed PDF Index PDF, page 14

20 Park Hill Place

105 Prospect Drive

  • 1910-02-01 · Liber 1899 · pp. 488-490 American Real Estate Company to Marie Gelbach Deed PDF Map PDF

15 Prospect Terrace

  • 1900-10-20 · Liber 1564 · pp. 117-121 American Real Estate Company, formerly American Real Estate Investment Union to Virgil Prettyman Deed PDF Map PDF Index PDF, page 15

21 Prospect Terrace

25 Rockland Avenue

97 Rumsey Road

254 South Broadway

  • 1889-10-02 · Liber 1177 · pp. 438-440 George G. Haven and Elizabeth S. Haven, his wife to New York and Northern Railway Company Deed PDF
  • 1891-11-24 · Liber 1252 · pp. 400-402 The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York to The New York and Northern Land and Improvement Company Deed PDF
  • 1904-03-19 · Liber 1679 · pp. 108-110 American Real Estate Company to The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company Deed PDF Map PDF
  • 1905-05-31 · Liber 1079 · pp. 395-397 Chauncey M. Depew and May Depew, his wife to American Real Estate Company Deed PDF Map PDF

272 South Broadway

240 Van Cortlandt Park Avenue

253 Van Cortlandt Park Avenue

  • 1919-03-11 · Liber 2190 · pp. 100-102 American Real Estate Company to Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church Deed PDF Map PDF Index PDF, page 1

268 Van Cortlandt Park Avenue

  • 1895-07-18 · Liber 1406 · pp. 180-183 American Real Estate Investment Union to Fidelia S. Phinny Deed PDF Index PDF, page 15
  • 1896-05-20 · Liber 1429 · pp. 220-223 American Real Estate Company to Fidelia S. Phinny Deed PDF Map PDF Index PDF, page 13
  • 1929-11-23 (agreement date) · Liber 3012 · pp. 484-489 American Real Estate Company to James K. Cuddy and Ann B. Cuddy, his wife; Clarice O. Anderson, wife of William H. Anderson; Thomas B. Lawler and Margaret B. Lawler, his wife; Vincent Smith and Frances C. Smith, his wife; Yonkers Savings Bank; Lillian Francis Fitch; George M. Cohan and Agnes Cohan, his wife Deed PDF Map PDF Index PDF, page 14
  • 1930-01-17 · Liber 3012 · pp. 481-483 American Real Estate Company to Ann B. Cuddy Deed PDF Map PDF Index PDF, page 14

276 Van Cortlandt Park Avenue

308 Van Cortlandt Park Avenue

810 Yonkers Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10704

  • 1910-01-27 · Liber 1899 · pp. 442-443 Andrew S. Brownell and Matilda G. Brownell, his wife, of Yonkers to Empire City Racing Association, a New York corporation Deed PDF Index PDF, page 6

Unmapped or general record

Related map PDFs
Grantor index PDFs
Maps and surveys still to locate
  • 46 Alta Avenue 1902-07-15 · Liber 1619 · pp. 337-341 1902-07-17_L1619_P337_IDX25_eugenie_h_meyer.pdf Map: Park Hill Yonkers on Hudson Plots for sale by the American Real Estate Company, William Building, 280 Broadway, New York City, March 1899.
  • 64 Alta Avenue 1895-10-14 · Liber 2308 · pp. 98-100 1921-05-17_L2308_P98_IDX6_francis_a_winslow.pdf Map: Map of Park Hill, Yonkers, Westchester County, made by M. Lorini, Surveyor.
  • 94 Alta Avenue 1893-07-29 · Liber 1325 · pp. 126-128 1893-08-02_L1325_P126_IDX15_charles_a_ashmead.pdf Map: Park Hill Avenue appears in a reference to streets shown on the survey and map; Map and survey of land of the grantor at Park Hill, Yonkers, dated October 20, 1892, with surveyor and engineer names visible but not confidently transcribed.
  • 100 Alta Avenue 1893-07-25 · Liber 1326 · pp. 324-326 1893-09-01_L1326_P324_IDX15_anna_s_dwyer.pdf Map: Map by Charles E. Barber, C.E., dated September 24, 1892.
  • 105 Alta Avenue 1901-04-04 · Liber 1576 · pp. 381-383 1901-04-04_L1576_P381_IDX2_andrew_s_brownell_george_j_ord_helen_m_ord.pdf Map: Map No. 2 of property of American Real Estate Investment Union at Park Hill, made by M. Lorini, C.E.
  • 158 Alta Avenue 1896-12-29 · Liber 1447 · pp. 135-137 1896-12-29_L1447_P135_IDX13_theodore_r_varick.pdf Map: Map made by M. Lorini, Civil Engineer.
  • 56 Lakeside Drive 1896-12-30 · Liber 1449 · pp. 184-187 1897-01-02_L1449_P184_IDX13_george_e_robertson.pdf Map: Map of the American Real Estate Company and Park Hill property is referenced by the deed description.
  • 186 Park Hill Avenue 1896-04-01 · Liber 1426 · pp. 110-112 1896-04-03_L1426_P110_IDX10_andrew_s_brownell_joseph_stanford_brown.pdf Map: Map Number Two of property of the American Real Estate Investment Union at Park Hill, Yonkers, N.Y., made by M. Lorini, C.E.; filed or to be filed in the Westchester Register's office
  • 186 Park Hill Avenue 1901-05-06 · Liber 1599 · pp. 388-392 1901-12-21_L1599_P388_IDX21_tillie_g_brownell.pdf Map: References a proposed private way plotted or designated on the ground and by map; exact map citation not stated in the reviewed deed text.
  • 21 Prospect Terrace 1904-03-11 · Liber 1676 · pp. 196-198 1904-03-15_L1676_P196_IDX35_emilie_k_baker.pdf Survey: Survey of the premises by M. Lorini, C.E., Yonkers, N.Y., dated March 10, 1904.
  • 240 Van Cortlandt Park Avenue 1902-06-17 · Liber 1615 · pp. 168-171 1902-06-18_L1615_P168_IDX24_allen_p_wilson.pdf Map: "Park Hill, Yonkers on Hudson, Lots for sale by the American Real Estate Company"
  • 268 Van Cortlandt Park Avenue 1895-07-18 · Liber 1406 · pp. 180-183 1895-09-08_L1406_P180_IDX15_fidelia_s_phinny.pdf Map: map of building lots and villa plots at Park Hill, property of the American Real Estate Investment Union; Ravine Avenue or Ravine Drive reference possibly appears in the map and description language, but the handwriting is not clear enough for mapping-grade extraction; Park Hill building-lot and villa-plot map of American Real Estate Investment Union property
  • 810 Yonkers Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10704 1910-01-27 · Liber 1899 · pp. 442-443 1910-01-29_L1899_P442_IDX6_andrew_s_brownell_empire_city_racing_assoc.pdf Map: Map of property of N. B., C. F., and J. L. Valentine, dated 1891-07-29, filed 1891-11-17 in Volume 9
  • Unmapped or general record 1894-10-15 · Liber 1372 · pp. 423-427 1894-11-14_L1372_P423_IDX15_city_of_yonkers.pdf Map: Map and survey by M. Lorini, City Surveyor, referenced in the roadway description.
  • Unmapped or general record 1895-03-25 · Liber 1685 · pp. 217-220 1904-07-08_L1685_P217_IDX1_city_of_yonkers.pdf Map: Map of Undercliff Street between the N.Y. & Putnam R.R. and Parkhill Avenue, made by M. Lorini, C.E., dated March 21, 1895, filed or to be filed in the office of the City Clerk and duplicate in the office of the Register
  • Unmapped or general record 1896-04-18 · Liber 1426 · pp. 346-347 1896-04-29_L1426_P346_IDX10_andrew_s_brownell_mutual_realty_loan_corp.pdf Map: Map of subdivision of property belonging to Nathaniel B., Charles F., and James L. Valentine in the City of Yonkers, N.Y., dated 1891-07-29, made by Thos. Streatford or Streetford, C.E.
  • Unmapped or general record 1897-04-01 · Liber 1477 · pp. 220-223 1897-12-03_L1477_P220_IDXna_joseph_stanford_brown_andrew_s_brownell.pdf Map: Map Number Two of property of the American Real Estate Investment Union at Park Hill, Yonkers, N.Y., made by M. Lorini, C.E.
  • Unmapped or general record 1897-11-27 · Liber 1477 · pp. 217-219 1897-12-03_L1477_P217_IDX10_andrew_s_brownell_arec.pdf Map: Map Number Two of property of the American Real Estate Investment Union at Park Hill, Yonkers, N.Y., made by M. Lorini, C.E.
  • Unmapped or general record 1902-12-26 · Liber 1624 · pp. 463-465 1902-12-27_L1624_P463_IDXna_dyer_b_holmes.pdf Map: Map of the City of Yonkers compiled by Rogers H. Radford, C.E., published in 1896; map-author reading is from handwritten text and should be checked before formal citation.
  • Unmapped or general record 1904-02-24 · Liber 1682 · pp. 389-391 1904-06-11_L1682_P389_IDX38_city_of_yonkers.pdf Map: Map of Undercliff Street between the N.Y. & Putnam R.R. and Park Hill Avenue, dated March 21, 1895, filed in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Yonkers.
  • Unmapped or general record 1905-12-07 · Liber 1730 · pp. 263-264 1905-12-15_L1730_P263_IDXna_j_stanford_brown_andrew_s_brownell.pdf Map: Map of a part of Belmont, Yonkers, N.Y., dated March 16, 1903, John R. Ayer, Surveyor, filed in the Westchester County Register's office January 18, 1904 as Map No. 1237
  • Unmapped or general record 1910-01-31 · Liber 1902 · pp. 121-122 1910-01-31_L1902_P121_IDX6_andrew_s_brownell_new_york_realty_owners.pdf Map: Map No. 1237, filed in the Westchester County Register's office on 1904-01-18
  • Unmapped or general record 1910-04-06 · Liber 1962 · pp. 336-338 1911-09-02_L1962_P336_IDX6_city_of_yonkers.pdf Map: Map and Profile to accompany petition for dedication of Hill Crest Avenue from the easterly limit of the part dedicated in 1906 to Rockland Avenue and of Rockland Avenue from the northerly limit of the part dedicated in 1906 to Hill Crest Avenue, M. Lorini, C.E., Yonkers, N.Y., March 28, 1910
  • Unmapped or general record 1910-07-06 · Liber 1967 · pp. 259-262 1911-11-06_L1967_P259_IDX7_city_of_yonkers.pdf Map: Map for dedication of Edgecliff Terrace from Hemlock Road to Hill Crest Avenue and Hemlock Road from Rumsey Road to Edgecliff Terrace, made by M. Lorini C.E., dated June 9, 1910
  • Unmapped or general record 1911-09-01 · Liber 1967 · pp. 262-266 1911-11-06_L1967_P262_IDX7_city_of_yonkers.pdf Map: Map and Profile to accompany petition for dedication to Crest Place from Rockland Avenue to Hill Crest Avenue, made by M. Lorini C.E., June 6, 1911; Map and Profile to accompany petition for dedication to Rockland Place from Edgecliff Terrace to Rockland Avenue, made by M. Lorini C.E., June 6, 1911; Map and Profile to accompany petition for dedication of Valley Road from Edgecliff Terrace to Rumsey Road, made by M. Lorini C.E., June 6, 1911
  • Unmapped or general record 1921-12-28 · Liber 2369 · pp. 253-255 1922-06-07_L2369_P253_IDX9_merchants_hldg.pdf Survey: Survey by M. Lorini dated November 5, 1913.
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