2046 Gates Avenue
Ridgewood | built 1909
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1909
Louis Berger and Company designs 2046 Gates Avenue for builder G. X. Mathews
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Built in 1909 under permit NB 1860-09, 2046 Gates Avenue is the second of eight matching Renaissance Revival flats that G. X. Mathews developed at 2044 to 2058 Gates Avenue, all designed by Louis Berger and Company. It stands on lot 20 of Queens tax block 3486.
- 1909
Six-family Mathews flats like 2046 Gates Avenue sell for $11,000, less than other tenements nearby
Newspaper reports cited by the Landmarks Preservation Commission say six-family brick flats houses in the district sold for $11,000, while a late-1909 Real Estate Record and Guide listing priced tenements at $16,000 to $17,000. A buyer could put about $2,000 down, live in one apartment and rent the other five, with the rents covering mortgage interest, taxes, water and insurance.
- 2009
2046 Gates Avenue keeps its historic golden-painted double doors
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In the 2009 designation report, the five-bay buff brick facade of 2046 Gates Avenue retains carved limestone lintels, a bracketed limestone door hood, brick pilasters and a grey-painted cornice with swags, along with its historic paired wood-and-glass doors in a golden color. Alterations listed include aluminum windows, metal mesh grilles at the basement, grey paint on the bluestone band course and sills, and a non-historic brick and cast stone stoop.
“…historic paired wood-and-glass doors painted golden color ... Alterations: Aluminum replacement windows in all openings; wood windows and metal mesh grilles at basement…”
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