39-31 48th Street

Sunnyside | built 1927

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

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1927
This house opens a Jefferson Court row whose front doors face a garden, not the street
The 48 row houses of Jefferson Court fill the middle of the block between 48th and 49th Streets, 39th Avenue and Skillman Avenue. Like those of Madison Court North, its houses are set at right angles to the street, here in three U-shaped groups wrapped around central gardens. Every house fronts on a garden court yet carries a 48th Street address; this house is the first of a seven-house row, 39-31 to 39-43, that forms the northern arm of one of the U's.
“…the buildings in Jefferson Court are arranged in three horizontal, U-shaped rows surrounding the central court gardens. All of the front facades of the buildings face the garden courts…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1927
The only gabled house in its row, this house turns a three-bay side to 48th Street
Of the seven houses in this Jefferson Court row, this first one alone has a gable roof with its eaves to the front; the other six are flat-roofed. Its three-bay side faces 48th Street. At the back, a brick porch that was originally open has had its arched side opening filled with brick, and a second-floor door leads out to the porch terrace.
“The first building has an eaves front, gable roof, while the other six buildings have flat roofs…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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