[2] In the early 1980s, an organization called Artists Assistance Services rented apartments in the Bretton Hall at lower prices to people in the arts.

When it opened in late 1903, the apartment hotel was fireproof and equipped with an electric plant and six elevators.

[2] The New York Produce Exchange Bank opened a branch at the Bretton Hall Hotel in November 1903.

[7] It was subsequently acquired by investor Benjamin Winter, Sr., who lost it in 1932 during the Great Depression, after filing for bankruptcy.

It has a large stainless steel marquee and a four-step-up entrance with a disabled ramp side approach.

Architect J.C. Calderon has redesigned the parapet in red brick with stone put down in alternating stripes.