List of the oldest buildings in New York

This article attempts to list the oldest buildings in the state of New York, including the oldest houses and any other surviving structures. Some dates are approximate and based on architectural studies and historical records; other dates are based on dendrochronology. All entries should include citation with reference to: architectural features indicative of the date of construction; a report by an architectural historian; or dendrochronology.

Sites on the list are generally from the First Period of American architecture. If the exact year of initial construction is estimated, it will be shown as a range of dates.

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BuildingImage Location First built Notes Wyckoff House East Flatbush, Brooklyn 1652 Oldest surviving structure in Brooklyn, New York City, and New York.Dated by dendrochronology.Riker–Lent–Smith HomesteadEast Elmhurst, Queens1656Oldest surviving structure in Queens, and oldest remaining private residence in New York.Peter Crippen HouseHuntingtonc. 1658Oldest home on Long Island. Recently in a state of disrepair, but is set to be taken apart and rebuilt in the Huntington African American Museum Zachariah Hawkins House Stony Brook c. 1660Bowne HouseFlushing, Queensc. 1661Once hosted a well-known Quaker meeting. Billiou–Stillwell–Perine House Dongan Hills, Staten Island c. 1662 Oldest surviving structure in Staten IslandKlinkenberg(h) BouwerijCoxsackiec. 1663One of oldest surviving Dutch homes north of greater New York City area. On the western shore of Hudson River. Klinkenberg(h) was translated by Pelletrau in Beer's History of Greene County from Old Dutch as "Echo Hill". On August 25, 1670, Jurian Teunisse Tappen sold his one third of the Rensselaerswyck patroonship to Abraham Staats and Johannes Provoost. The deed in the 1670 sale to Staats and Provoost, later known as The Loonenburg patent, mentions a barn, indicating a preceding settlement. Notable owners: On September 6, 1694, reports the sale of Klinkenberg was sold to Jacob Casperson Hallenbeck; it became “the original seat of the family of Hallenbecks” for several generations. During the Revolutionary War, Klinkenberg was inhabited by the Provoost family, who were “noted tories.” In Klinkenberg was referenced as “George Houghtaling's house ref: Pelletreau's chapter “Coxsackie” in "Beers History of Greene County", p 4, 1884.