39-83 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
39-83 and its neighbor close the row under eaves-front slate roofs with rear rooftop terraces
The two southernmost houses of this 1927 Roosevelt Court row, 39-83 and 39-87 47th Street, have slate-shingled gable roofs with the eaves toward the street, unlike the flat-roofed houses to the north. Their back walls mirror each other, and at the rear each gable is cut open to form a third-floor terrace with a metal railing. At 39-83 the center bays use four-over-four windows instead of six-over-six.
“The third-floor gable of these end buildings is cut out to create an open terrace with a metal railing at that floor.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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