39-48 44th Street

Sunnyside | built 1927

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

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1927
May 2
Deed easements are recorded for Block 182, the future Madison Court
The City Housing Corporation tied each Sunnyside Gardens lot to covenants that preserved the planners' common gardens and design. The declaration for Block 182, where this house stands, is dated May 2, 1927. At Madison Court some of the walks through the common gardens were placed under easements meant to last forever, unlike most covenants, which ran about 40 years.
“Block 182 (dated May 2, 1927) ... At Madison Court, the sidewalks through some of the common gardens were also covered by the perpetual easements.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
2007
Madison Court North row house keeps a historic basement door at the rear
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No. 39-48 is a type B' house, the mirror image of its neighbor, in Madison Court North's 1927 row of eight. The 2007 landmark survey recorded a cleaned facade, a historic wood front door, an aluminum-clad tripartite window with a planter box, and two satellite dishes on the chimney. At the back, the painted basement still had a historic door, and half the raised yard was paved.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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