39-51 47th Street

Sunnyside | built 1927

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1. 1927

   39-51 47th Street begins a ten-house Roosevelt Court row, set sideways to the street

   Roosevelt Court's row of ten houses at 39-51 to 39-69 47th Street dates from 1927. No. 39-51, the northern end house, has a flat roof with stepped brick piers at the parapet, and it is set farther back from the street and turned perpendicular to face the through-block path.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

2. 2007

   The 2007 survey finds 39-51's brick porch infill and cast-iron porch painted brown

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   At 39-51 47th Street the district survey recorded old brick infill at the path-side porch with its trim painted brown, lights flanking the door, and bay windows clad in aluminum. On the 47th Street side, the original cast-iron porch had also been painted brown and the brick at its first floor off-white. The parapet had been rebuilt with cast-stone coping.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

3. 2007

   Most of Roosevelt Court's shared garden land has been fenced into private yards

   Roosevelt Court's 74 row houses were laid out in eight rows around four interior garden courts. By the 2007 designation only the northernmost garden survived intact; much of the rest had been taken into private fenced yards and the inner paths removed. The two southernmost gardens had disappeared entirely, and only two small pieces of the second garden from the north remained.

   “…much of the other central court garden space has been annexed into private yards…”

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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