Linden Court

37-12 85th Street | also 37-18 85th Street | Jackson Heights | built 1921

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

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1917
November
Plans are announced for Linden Court, a whole block of garden apartments by Andrew J. Thomas
In November 1917 Queensboro Corporation president E. A. MacDougall announced that a full block of Jackson Heights garden apartments was being planned, between 84th and 85th Streets, designed by Andrew J. Thomas for the Queensboro Corporation. Work did not start until mid-1919, a delay the Landmarks Preservation Commission attributes to World War I and trouble raising money. The Title Guarantee & Trust Company eventually lent about $500,000, which with the land made a $900,000 investment.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1919
Linden Court becomes the first Jackson Heights complex offered under cooperative ownership
Linden Court, built in 1919-21, was the first Jackson Heights complex offered under a plan of cooperative ownership. Starting with it, the Queensboro Corporation sold its apartments as co-ops and also turned existing rental buildings in the neighborhood into cooperatives. The Landmarks Preservation Commission says the company thereby set the legal precedent for co-op conversions, which later had an enormous effect on New York City's real estate market.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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