39-59 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
The flat-roofed end house at 39-59 45th Street closes Washington Court's 1926 row
Number 39-59 is the twelfth and southernmost house of a 12-house Washington Court row on the east side of 45th Street, dated 1926 in the landmarks commission's report. It is Type R', a flat-roofed house set back farther than its neighbors and turned at a right angle to the row so that it faces the through-block path. The row's house types run from R at its north end to R' at its south end, and its trim includes brick soldier coursing above the foundation.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
2007
At 39-59 45th Street, the 2007 survey finds historic doors on the street side
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The commission's 2007 survey of 39-59 45th Street described three faces. The front, facing the through-block path, had a brick stoop with a historic metal railing, and the flanking windows of its aluminum-clad bays were single panes. The west side, toward the street, kept historic doors behind storm doors, with a light on the first-floor porch. The east side, toward the garden court, had been pointed.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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