Claim: The Trinity Court's First Building had six stories that later became the focus of a complex tort in the 1890s over property value loss due to the construction of Manhattan Elevated Railroad (later IRT Sixth Avenue Line) in front of it.
Evidence: It had six stories, 5,000 square feet of space, stores on the ground floor, and commercial lofts in the rest. The building was the focus of a complex tort in the 1890s over property value loss due to the operation of the Manhattan Elevated Railroad (later IRT Sixth Avenue Line) in front of it.