The name was given because most of the early tenants were associated with the petroleum industry.
At 101 East 75th Street, there were two apartments per floor, and the early tenants arrived from all over.
Think it could have been left there by an earlier tenant?
Miracle Mart was also one of the early tenants.
One of its earliest tenants, a black-owned automotive parts store, closed after only a few months.
Although the early tenants received deep rent discounts and other incentives, rents are slowly rising.
Most of the early tenants paid low rents.
But first, authorities had to nudge aside an earlier tenant: a strategic nuclear submarine base.
About 10 years ago, he began researching census and other records to determine the earlier tenants.
The early tenants were prosperous families with several servants.