21-48 45th Avenue

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

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1889
A three-story yellow brick apartment house goes up at 21-48 in 1889
No. 21-48 was built in 1889 as an apartment house of yellow brick, three stories high over a basement, in the local vernacular. By the time the Landmarks Preservation Commission surveyed the street, its ground floor had been altered, though its plain window lintels and bracketed cornice survived.
“Constructed in 1889, this yellow brick apartment house was built in the local vernacular and is three stories high with basement.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1968
May 15
Landmarks commission draws the historic district's eastern edge at 21-48
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When the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Hunters Point Historic District on May 15, 1968, it drew the district's boundary along the eastern property line of No. 21-48, on the south side of 45th Avenue. The district runs along the avenue between 21st and 23rd Streets. Its 1966 public hearing had drawn seven witnesses in favor and no opponents.
“…the eastern property line of 21-48 45th Avenue…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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