From 1953 to 1960, Hansberry resided in the third-floor apartment of this building. The full address is 335–337 Bleecker Street and the building is five window bays wide. The entrance to the upper apartments is the central door between the two storefronts.From 1953 to 1960, Hansberry resided in the third-floor apartment of this building. At the time she lived here, the upper two stories had one apartment per floor, accessed by the central door located between the two storefronts.From 1953 to 1960, Hansberry resided in the third-floor apartment of this building. While here, Hansberry lived parallel lives: one as the celebrated playwright of A Raisin in the Sun, the first play by a Black woman to appear on Broadway, and the other, as a woman who privately explored her homosexuality through her writing, relationships, and social circle.Through the efforts of the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project, this site was listed on the New York State Register of Historic Places and the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.From 1953 to 1960, Hansberry resided in the third-floor apartment of this building. At the time she lived here, the upper two stories had one apartment per floor, which were accessed by the central door located between the two storefronts.