T. B. Ackerson Company Explained

T.B. Ackerson Company was a real estate development company that built several planned communities in the New York metropolitan area during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

History

The company was founded by Thomas Benton Ackerson in 1898. That year, it purchased and began developing land in Flatbush bounded between East 19th Street, Ocean Avenue, Beverly Road and Cortelyou Road. The development, known as Beverly Square East, was completed and fully sold by 1901.^[1]

In the 1920s, the company developed a neighborhood over a portion of shipping tycoon Carlos W. Munson's estate in Flower Hill, New York.^[2]

Its former real estate office building for Fiske Terrace is now a station house for the New York City Subway's Avenue H station, at the corner of Avenue H and East 16th Street. The building was designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 2005.^[3]

Notable developments

• Beverley Squares (in Brooklyn)
• West Midwood (in Brooklyn)
• Fiske Terrace (in Brooklyn)
• Brightwaters, New York (on Long Island; now an incorporated village of the same name)^{[4] [5]}

References

1. Web site: Guide to the T. B. Ackerson Company Records 1884–1926 Control # A-7 – Queens Public Library Digital. July 19, 2021. digitalarchives.queenslibrary.org.
2. News: May 29, 1924. T.B. Ackerson Dies; Was Founder of Brightwaters LI. 2. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. July 19, 2021.
3. Web site: Walsh. Kevin. April 30, 2014. AVENUE H, Brighton Line. July 19, 2021. Forgotten New York. en-US.
4. News: April 9, 1911 . A DEMONSTRATION FARM; Being Built at Brightwaters, L.I., for Prospective Farmers. . January 21, 2024 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
5. News: September 24, 1911. BUYS BRIGHTWATERS PLOT.; Builder to Erect a Number of $10,000 Dwellings on Shore Front.. en-US. The New York Times. July 19, 2021. 0362-4331.