2058 Gates Avenue

Ridgewood | built 1909

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

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1909
2058 Gates Avenue closes out G. X. Mathews' 1909 row of eight flats
The last of the eight flats numbered 2044 to 2058 Gates Avenue that G. X. Mathews filed for in 1909 under NB 1860-09, this house sits on lot 32 of tax block 3486. Louis Berger and Company designed the row in the Renaissance Revival style, with buff brick fronts and carved stone trim.
“2044, 2046, 2048, 2050, 2052, 2054, 2056, 2058 Gates Avenue Borough of Queens Tax Map Block 3486; Lots 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
2009
Surveyors find 2058 Gates Avenue's rear wall rising above a store addition
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In 2009 the house's front, with a projecting first bay, kept its carved limestone trim and brown-painted paired doors and cornice, and had been cleaned and repointed. Two signs, conduit and a window grille had been added to the facade. Behind, the six-bay brick wall with segmental-arched windows and a fire escape was visible only above a store addition, and was stuccoed gray.
“Southeast (rear) elevation: Visible above store addition; six bay brick facade…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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