39-77 44th 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
39-77 44th Street is built as part of Lincoln Court, 78 row houses set around three shared garden courts
39-77 44th Street, built in 1926, belongs to Lincoln Court, a group of 78 row houses filling the block between 39th Avenue, 45th Street, Skillman Avenue and 44th Street. Rows of eight to 14 houses are broken by paths through the block, and three paired rows enclose three garden courts in the middle. Besides the shared gardens, every house has its own small front and back yard.
“The 78 row houses of Lincoln Court cover the block bounded by 39th Avenue (north), 45th Street (east), Skillman Avenue (south), and 44th Street (west).”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1926
39-77 44th Street ends its row with a side wall facing a path through the block
The southernmost of ten Lincoln Court houses built in 1926, 39-77 44th Street turns a three-bay side wall toward the path that cuts through the block. Its gable holds a white wood vent and a pair of windows, with a brick chimney rising on the east side of the peak. One-over-one windows have since replaced the side wall's original six-over-six and four-over-four sash.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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