A. E. Rhine Radio Engineering Service, Kingsbridge

[EileenRhine]

Between about 1944 and  1951s, my grandfather was the proprietor of A. E. Rhine Radio Engineering Service, 158 to 160 West 230th St. I am seeking any information that anyone might have about the business, and (I dream of ) photos.

Also, current maps place that address in the median of the Major Deegan. Is there a way to find out if the building was demolished for construction and when that might have occurred?
Thanks for any help you can provide!

[Tom Gaffney]

Hi, Eileen, there is a photo of the building in the NYC Tax Assessor records from 1940. The building is a large, dead storage warehouse with various business signs.  There is a furniture business at the easterly end of the 230th Street exposure. I can’t make it out clearly, but the business sign on the westerly end of the building, which would be 158-160, looks like it could say A.E. Rhine. The entire building’s address is given as 154-160 West 230th Street.  The tax lot was Block 3264 Lot 85.  Go to https://a860-collectionguides.nyc.gov/repositories/2/resources/64.  The photos are for sale.

Tom Gaffney

[EileenRhine]

Thanks so much! I believe you could be correct about the sign in the window!  I just ordered the image and I hope it will have enough resolution to confirm.

[Thomas Casey]

In 1940 there was a large storage building, then the train station then an auto dealership

[Tom Gaffney]

That large storage building in the background was 154-160 West 230th Street.  It’s where the Deegan is now.

[Thomas Casey]

154-160 West 230th Street  in 1940

[John Tierney]

Thanks for that history! Was the train station for the Old Putnam Railroad?

[EileenRhine]

Thank you everyone for all your help.

[Thomas Casey]

https://kingsbridgehistoricalsociety.org/forums/topic/putnam-railroad-crowdsourcing-a-question/

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