39-66 48th Street

Sunnyside | built 1925

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

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1925
39-66 48th Street ends the run of set-back flat-roofed houses in its 1925 Roosevelt Court row
Built in 1925, 39-66 is the last of the six flat-roofed houses, 39-56 through 39-66, that step back from the street at the center of a ten-house row in Roosevelt Court. Next door, 39-68 breaks the pattern with a slate-shingled gable roof turned toward the street. The flat-roofed houses are trimmed with stepped piers, a denticulated brick cornice, and brick openwork or recessed header panels at the parapet, plus projecting bay windows.
“The roofs of 39-54 and 39-68 48th Street are gable front. The flat roof center buildings, 39-56 to 39-66 48th Street, are recessed…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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