# Single family houses in Manhattan

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-family-houses-in-manhattan/399147>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 8, 2007, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-family-houses-in-manhattan/399147 "2007-04-08T01:33:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-family-houses-in-manhattan/399147/21 "2007-04-09T15:21:21Z")

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> Horseback riding in New York City.

I never claimed horses didn’t exist in Manhattan. But do you think there are really any private homes in Manhattan where people are keeping their own horses?

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-family-houses-in-manhattan/399147/22 "2007-04-09T15:35:50Z")

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In my neighborhood in Brooklyn, (Fort Greene)there are many ‘single family’ houses that have been turned into apartments. Their original design was for single family dwelling.

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-family-houses-in-manhattan/399147/23 "2007-04-09T16:28:21Z")

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[QUOTE=Little Nemo]  
I never claimed horses didn’t exist in Manhattan. But do you think there are really any private homes in Manhattan where people are keeping their own horses?  
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Private horse stabling is still allowed in NYC (M.C. §161.23), and most homes built before World War I (i.e., almost all of the single-family homes in the borough of Manhattan) were built with a horse stable. How many of those stables are still standing is the question.

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**Author:** ![iSkyscraper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9d8465/32.png) [@iSkyscraper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iSkyscraper)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-family-houses-in-manhattan/399147/24 "2012-10-08T18:43:31Z")

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There are a very few, and they are not all that expensive (by Manhattan standards) because they are at the very tip-top of the island, 12 miles from the Battery. But still in Manhattan… look in the NW corner of Inwood, around W 217th St.

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