39-72 46th Street
Sunnyside | built 1926
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.
- 1926
City Housing Corporation builds 39-72 46th Street as Sunnyside Gardens grows in 1926
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This Washington Court house is dated 1926, a year the City Housing Corporation opened ready to put up 300 more homes at Sunnyside Gardens. By May 1, 1926, the company had built homes for roughly 600 families, split between co-op apartment buildings and houses holding one to three households each. The developers declared Sunnyside complete in the fall of 1928, with homes for more than 1,200 families.
“At the beginning of 1926, the company was ready to embark on the construction of 300 more homes. By May 1, 1926 ... approximately 600 families…”
- 2007
Landmarks survey finds the porch at 39-72 closed in with wood boards and casements
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In the Landmarks Preservation Commission's 2007 designation report, the porch of 39-72 had been enclosed with non-historic vertical wood boards, holding one casement window at the front and a pair of casements on the side. The facade had been cleaned and repointed, the windows were aluminum one-over-one sash, and sliding windows lit the basement. Brick steps with a metal railing lead up to a replacement door.
“…façade has been cleaned and repointed; light & sliders at basement; non-historic vertical wood infill and altered openings at porch - single pane casement at front, paired casement windows at side…”
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