David Hunter McAlpin (1816–1901) was a prominent industrialist and real estate owner in New York City.

[3] In 1836 McAlpin moved to New York City where he opened a tobacco store at 84 Catherine Street in partnership with William H. Hughes.

Over the next few years they opened additional stores in the city and the partnership dissolved in 1839 after which McAlpin continued the business alone.

[5] In 1868 as the firm grew, McAlpin bought two entire blocks and built a large manufacturing facility at 150 Ave D (and 10th street) in Manhattan.

According to the New York Times, he owned the "block on the east side of Broadway between 33rd and 34th streets, and on the southern end of the Alpine apartment house which got its title from the family name.

In 1848, McAlpin purchased 60 acres (24 ha) in Monmouth County, New Jersey, in what would become the Cliffwood section of Aberdeen Township.

[1][2] He had spent the day at the company's manufacturing facility followed by a board meeting of the Eleventh Ward Bank, of which he was a director.