Welcome
The owner of 85 Eastern Parkway, Mr. Mordechai Nagel, converted several rent-stabilized apartments [1D, 2C, and 6C] into market-value apartments by subdividing them. Although opposed as potentially illegal by the 85 Eastern Parkway Tenants Association, as well as by various city and state officials, the changes were made.
This website is by and about the residents of 85 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, NY and is maintained by the tenants association. The first and foremost duty of the 85 EPTA is to protect the welfare of the residents of the building.
The association is a member of:
CuRBA (Cultural Row Block Association on Eastern Parkway - Brooklyn)
About the Martha Washington & the neighborhood
The Martha Washington was built between 1918 and 1922 and is along Eastern Parkway, a Scenic Landmark.The parkway was designed by Frederick Olmsted, famous for two other of his projects: Central Park and Prospect Park.
The construction started in 1870 and was completed in 1874. Olmsted had envisioned the park and parkway as encouragement to prestigious residential buildings. The formal elegance of the parkway attracted such prestigious cultural institutions as the Brooklyn Museum, the Brooklyn Botanical Garden and the Brooklyn Public Library.