39-42 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
Washington Court arranges 86 row houses, including 39-42 46th Street, around three shared gardens
This house is part of Washington Court, the City Housing Corporation block bounded by 39th Avenue, 46th Street, Skillman Avenue and 45th Street. Its 86 row houses stand in eight rows along the edges of the block, broken by through-block paths that lead to three interior garden courts. By the 2007 landmark survey, some owners had fenced off parts of the shared gardens, cutting the interior path in places.
“The 86 row houses of Washington Court, divided in to eight rows, cover the block bounded by 39th Avenue (north), 46th Street (east)…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
2007
Landmarks survey finds 39-42 46th Street keeping its historic door surround under an asphalt roof
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The Landmarks Preservation Commission's 2007 survey listed 39-42 46th Street as a type G' house in Washington Court's 1926 row on the west side of the street. It still had its historic door surround, reached by brick steps with cast-stone treads and a metal railing. By then it had one-over-one aluminum windows, a non-historic door, a bay painted white, a front areaway paved in concrete and asphalt shingles on the roof.
“…historic door surround; light & 2 mailboxes near door; entire bay is painted white; wires at façade; asphalt shingle roof…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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