[1] The business sold: Boys' and children's outfits in every style; men's garments of all kinds, adapted to all seasons, load the long counters and the immediate shelves of this extensive establishment.

[9] In 1905, Brokaw built twin Gothic style adjoining houses at 984 and 985 5th Avenue, designed by Charles Frederic Rose, for Howard and Irving.

[12] In 1911, Brokaw built 7 East 79th Street for his daughter, Elvira, designed by Harold Van Buren Magonigle.

After his mother's death in 1926, George filed a lawsuit requesting permission to tear down the mansion and erect an apartment house.

He also asked that his brothers, Irving and Howard, who opposed the demolition plans, be prevented from interfering with the new building.

[10] George won his suit and in November of the same year and filed plans for the construction of a 13‐story building.

After the daughter's death in an automobile accident, George's ex-wife, Clare, sold her share to her then husband, Henry Luce.

[18] Abbott Eliot Kittredge, then pastor of the Church, was in charge of raising funds to purchase land where the missionary could be built upon.

[42] Through his son George and daughter-in-law Clare Boothe Luce, he was the grandfather of Ann Clare Brokaw (1924–1944), who was killed in an automobile accident while a senior at Stanford University,[43] and Frances de Villers "Pan" Brokaw (1931–2008), a half-sister of Jane and Peter Fonda, who later married Francesco Corrias, and became a painter.