39-67 47th 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
39-67 is built in 1927 with a street-facing gable that crosses its neighbors' roofs in Roosevelt Court
This house is the ninth in a row of ten on 47th Street that the Landmarks Preservation Commission dates to 1927, part of Sunnyside Gardens' Roosevelt Court. Unlike the eaves-front houses beside it, 39-67 turns its gable toward the street, so its roof forms a cross gable where it meets theirs; 39-53 near the north end of the row repeats the arrangement. Next door, the flat-roofed 39-69 closes the row, turned sideways to face the path through the block.
“The gable front roofs of 39-53 and 39-67 47th Street create additional cross gables with the adjacent eaves front houses…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
2007
39-67 keeps its painted entrance surround while its front yard is raised and paved
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When the Commission surveyed the house for its 2007 designation report, the historic door surround and hood were still in place, painted white, with a mailbox beside the door. The front yard had been raised and paved in concrete and enclosed by a chain-link fence. On the side facing the through-block path, concrete steps between painted cheek walls led down to a basement entrance with a light, and the windows were aluminum one-over-one sash.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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