39-11 48th Street

Sunnyside | built 1927

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

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2007
Harrison Place, this row's court, is the only Sunnyside court whose houses all face the street
The house is part of Harrison Place, 83 row houses in nine rows spread over five tax blocks around 39th Avenue. Unlike the other courts, every house in Harrison Place faces the street, and because no row fills a whole block there is just one central garden, enclosed by the rows on 48th Street, 49th Street and 39th Avenue. The 2007 district report found that much of that garden had been taken into individual yards and fenced off.
“…this court is unique in that all primary facades face the street ... there is only one central court garden…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
2007
End house 39-11 turns a three-bay side wall toward the through-block path
As the northern end of its row of seven, 39-11 has a three-bay side facade facing the through-block path, with a brick chimney above the parapet and an entrance at basement level. The 2007 survey found the historic front door, now behind a metal grille, and the original door surround and hood, its roof painted white. The basement windows had been enlarged and fitted with six-over-six wood sash and light wells, and a low brick wall with cast-stone finials edged the side yard.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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