37-27 87th Street

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1924
Queensboro sells 37-27 87th Street as a convertible garden home
The Queensboro Corporation marketed the 1924 McAvoy houses on this 87th Street blockfront, 37-27 87th Street among them, under the name "English Convertible Garden Homes." Each was built as a single-family house, but the report notes an owner could choose to turn it into a two-family residence. The company's houses of 1924 to 1929 were planned this way as single-family or "convertible" two-family homes.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1924
37-27 87th Street gets a basement garage on a shared driveway behind the row
Like each of its nineteen neighbors in McAvoy's 1924 group, 37-27 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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