183 Duane Street (New York City, New York)

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5-story residential building completed in 1865 as a store-and-loft building. Above a brown cast-iron ground floor, it is clad in red brick. The facade has three bays of windows per floor with flat heads trimmed in stone. Stone sills further enhance the design. In recent years the facade above the 1st floor has been cleaned and repointed, and the sheet-metal cornice, originally crowning the brick dentil course above the 5th floor, has been removed. A metal fire escape is shared with 181 Duane next door.

In 1885 the building housed liquor dealers Fisher & Heinrichs, who also occupied the neighboring building at No. 181. In the 1940s No. 183 contained butter and eggs wholesalers such as Morton & Isidore Hyman and Badian Brothers. It has since been converted to apartments, with the ground floor occupied by Tokyo Bay Japanese restaurant.