39-44 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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1966
The forty-year easements protecting the gardens behind 39-44 45th Street run out
At the banks' insistence, the deed easements that kept Sunnyside's courts open were written to expire, starting January 1, 1966. The United Trustees, successors to the bankrupt City Housing Corporation, had tried in 1956 to get owners to extend them voluntarily and failed. Once they lapsed, court associations could no longer collect dues, and owners began fencing off parts of the common gardens, adding rear decks and porches, and cutting curbs for driveways.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
2007
The enclosed porch of 39-44 45th Street gains picture windows, the 2007 landmarks survey records
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39-44 is a two-bay Lincoln Court row house of 1926, next door to 39-42. The Landmarks Preservation Commission's 2007 survey found its facade cleaned and its porch enclosed with non-historic infill and aluminum siding: a one-over-one window and door in front and two picture windows on the side, with a white plastic awning above the door. Part of the front areaway had been paved.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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