Historical landmark from 1877

21-34 45th Avenue | Long Island City | built 1887

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

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1887
A Mr. Burnell builds No. 21-34 for his wife; their daughter Lotte later plays the Palace
The house, on what was then 12th Street, was built by a Mr. Burnell for his wife, according to the 1968 Hunters Point Historic District report. Their daughter Lotte grew up to perform at the Palace Theatre with an act called the "Piano Fiends." The report notes that by the time the elevated trains arrived, old Twelfth Street had drawn theatrical performers.
“…built in 1887 by a Mr. Burnell for his wife. Their daughter, Lotte, later played the Palace Theatre with a group called the "Piano Fiends".”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1968
May 15
Landmarks report describes No. 21-34's timber-and-clapboard front
The Commission described No. 21-34 as a single house of two stories over a low brick basement, with wooden upper floors. Its clapboard front is laced with upright and crosswise timbers that link the windows from floor to floor, and the panels between them carry incised boards set vertically and diagonally. Coupled center windows sit between single-window bays, under a bracketed roof cornice.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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