Metropolitan Fireproof Warehouse

In July 1932 it was discovered that Lawrence S. Morris, secretary and general manager of the company, had diverted over $100,000 from the business. His brother, Charles S. Morris, was president of the Metropolitan Fireproof Warehouse, Inc. Charles Morris suffered a Nervous breakdown in the spring of 1929. Morris learned that his brother had borrowed $15,000 from the firm when an accountant was called in, following his illness. Lawrence Morris had forged his name on checks to carry out his theft of more than $100,000. The Morris brothers resided in the same apartment house, which was located at 666 West End Avenue.^[2]

A bankruptcy petition for $750 was filed against the business by N&H Michaelian, rug cleaners, on December 22, 1935.^[3]

Sofia Brothers bought the building in December 1950 when it was under foreclosure by the Greenwich Savings Bank. Its property value at the time was assessed at $440,000, of which $125,000 represented land value. Arthur Eckstein, Inc., brokered the sale with the title being insured by the Title Guarantee and Trust Company. Attorneys for the seller were Karelson, Karelson, Rubin & Rosenberg. Irving Raisman was the attorney for the buyer. It became the fourth warehouse in New York City for Sofia Brothers, which was founded in 1910.^[1]

In 2020 it was an apartment building.^[4]

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