Question: when was the first building built in new york city
Answer: Building Image Location First Built Notes Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House Brooklyn 1652 Oldest surviving structure in New York City Billiou -- Stillwell -- Perine House Staten Island 1662 Oldest surviving structure in Staten Island Bronck House Coxsackie 1663 Oldest house in Upstate New York Brewster House East Setauket 1665 One of the oldest houses on Long Island John Bowne House Flushing 1669 Oldest surviving structure in Queens ; once hosted a well - known Quaker meeting Cubberly - Britton Cottage Staten Island 1670 Abraham Manee House Staten Island 1670 Timothy Knapp House Ry