39-34 46th Street

Sunnyside | built 1926

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

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1926
No. 39-34 ends its Washington Court row turned sideways toward a through-block path
No. 39-34 is the southern end house of a 13-house Washington Court row on the west side of 46th Street, a flat-roofed design of the type the report calls R. Rather than lining up with its neighbors, it is pushed farther back and rotated to face the through-block path. The row is trimmed with projecting bay windows, soldier-course brick bands, header sills and elliptical wood panels over the paired front doors.
“The flat roof, southernmost (first) building is further recessed and set perpendicular to the row, facing the through-block path.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
2007
April 17
Washington Court Association tells the landmarks hearing most of its residents favor designation
No. 39-34 is one of Washington Court's row houses. At the Landmarks Preservation Commission's public hearing on April 17, 2007, on whether to make Sunnyside Gardens a historic district, speakers for the Washington Court and Harrison Place associations said most of their residents supported designation. In all, 138 speakers spoke in favor and 27 against.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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