115-86 222nd Street

Cambria Heights | built 1940

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About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
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About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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  1. 1931

    Selective Homes builds 115-86, sharing its peaked entry vestibule with 115-84

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    Selective Homes Inc. erected this two-story Storybook house in 1931 under permit NB 2170-31, with Monda & Bertolazzi as architects; it is the sister of 115-84, the two sharing a five-sided peaked vestibule. Surviving details listed by the Landmarks Preservation Commission include a half-round brick step at the entrance, three leaded transom sashes with colored diamond panes, basketweave brickwork beneath the upper windows, and a chimney of patterned brick and stone blocks shared with 115-88. The front door and lower first-floor sashes have since been replaced.

    “…historic features include the semi-circular brick entry step; three leaded-glass wood transom sashes containing clear and colored diamond panes…”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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