194 Bleecker Street

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6-story Renaissance-revival residential building completed in 1901. Designed by John P. Cleary and built at the same time (and with the same design) as No. 194 next door. Both are clad in red brick and white stone above storefronts. The 2nd-story windows are paired under elaborate stone carvings. Above a stone cornice, the upper floors have stone quoins at the edges and dentiled stone cornices over the windows. Above another stone cornice, the top floor has round-arched windows with keystones. A black wrought-iron fire escape with basket-style landings runs down the center of the facade, which is crowned by a bracketed metal roof cornice. The ground floor is occupied by Masala Times Indian restaurant and Artful Posters.