39-86 44th 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
The house is built as part of a single Madison Court, which splits into North and South courts in the 1960s
When 39-86 44th Street was finished in 1927, its row was part of one Madison Court covering the westernmost block of Sunnyside Gardens. In the 1960s, as the original easements ran out, the court was split into Madison Court North, where this house stands, and Madison Court South. According to Sunnyside historian Herbert Reynolds, interviewed in May 2007 for the landmark report, the traditional rows broke away from the mews courts because paving, sewer and electrical lines cost more to keep up in the mews layout.
“Madison Court was developed as a single court and later divided into Madison Court North and Madison Court South when the initial easements expired in the 1960s…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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