37-19 87th Street

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

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1924
37-19 87th Street gets a basement garage on a shared driveway behind the row
Like each of its nineteen neighbors in McAvoy's 1924 group, 37-19 87th Street has a garage under the rear of the house, reached by a common driveway that enters and leaves at the two ends of the blockfront. The landmarks report traces this layout to Andrew J. Thomas's block plan for the Linden Court garden apartments, and says the gaps between the four clusters let light, air and views into the middle of the block.
“Basement garages are provided at the rear below each house. Access to the garages is provided by a common driveway…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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