115-59 222nd Street

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1931
Monda & Bertolazzi design a corner Storybook row house at 115th Road for Selective Homes
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This two-story brick house anchors the north end of the east row, where 222nd Street meets 115th Road. The Ozone Park firm Monda & Bertolazzi drew it for the Brooklyn developer Selective Homes Inc. as the mirror twin of No. 115-61, the pair sharing one five-sided vestibule under a peaked roof. Its front door keeps an iron knocker and strap hinges, and the side facing 115th Road has its own entrance with sidelights beneath a heavy tiled hood on wooden brackets.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1931
Selective Homes markets its 222nd Street houses as part of the Parkway Homes of St. Albans
Selective Homes bought the land in April 1931 and began building in early May. In August it joined five other nearby builders, among them Wolosoff Brothers, to advertise their houses together as the Parkway Homes of St. Albans under a shared crest. Their Daily News ads promised monthly payments no higher than rent and quick trips to Penn Station, Jones Beach and Downtown Jamaica. Sales on 222nd Street began that September, and all 46 houses were finished by December 1931.
“The first houses in the historic district were sold starting in September, and all of the district's houses were completed by December of 1931.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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