West Point Grey, Vancouver

4157 Crown Crescent

In the 1940 city directory.

The 1940 street section prints only a name at 4157 Crown Crescent, L Leavy, and no line in the name section matches it.

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1
person the 1940 directory lists here
Rebuilt in 2009
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

Crown Crescent is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

CROWN CRESCENT

  1. 4157Leavy Lp. 39
The lines for 4157 Crown Crescent in the 1940 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

The house today

The building the 1940 directory knew is gone: the City dates the building at 4157 now to 2009; next door, 4161 still has its building from before 1946, one of 13 on the block.

Since 1940

  1. 2009Today's building goes up, by the City's record.

From City of Vancouver open data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver): the property tax report (BC Assessment's years, approximate for old buildings), business licences from 1997 (the kind of business only), issued building permits from 2017 and the heritage register.

The 4100 block in 1940

Crown Crescent starting at Camosun Street, West Point Grey: every door the 1940 directory lists on the block, the way it prints them, and what stands at each today. This house is marked in red.

Crown Crescent, block by block

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4157 Crown Crescent, West Point Grey, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 2009, by the City's record.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/4157-crown-crescent, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.

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Sources

The 1940 city directory (British Columbia and Yukon Directory), street and name sections, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories); each line above links its page. Today's buildings: City of Vancouver Open Data (property tax report 2026, property addresses, Vancouver Heritage Register; Open Government Licence – Vancouver). The City's year built is BC Assessment's figure and can be approximate for old houses. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.