39-40 45th 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
39-40 45th Street rises in Lincoln Court, a block of 78 row houses around shared gardens
This house belongs to Lincoln Court, whose 78 row houses fill the block bounded by 39th Avenue, 45th Street, Skillman Avenue and 44th Street. As at Hamilton, Roosevelt and Washington Courts, the rows line the block's edges with varied setbacks and rooflines, broken by through-block paths. Three interior garden courts sit between paired rows, and each house has its own front and rear yard besides the shared greens. The City Housing Corporation printed the court's plan in its promotional brochures.
“The 78 row houses of Lincoln Court cover the block bounded by 39 th Avenue (north), 45 th Street (east), Skillman Avenue (south), and 44th Street (west).”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
2007
39-40 45th Street keeps its original six-over-six wood windows when the Landmarks Commission surveys it
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In its 2007 survey the Landmarks Preservation Commission found that this three-bay house still had six-over-six wood windows, now fitted with storm sash, while its neighbors had switched to one-over-one vinyl or aluminum. The commission also noted the front bay painted green, two multi-light windows in the south gable end, and planting beds behind a low brick wall in the front areaway.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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