Hamilton Court Apartments

39-92 47th Street | also 39-86 47th Street, 46-15 Skillman Avenue | 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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2007
The 47th Street wing of the Hamilton Court Apartments nearly closes off the complex's garden court
As described in the 2007 designation report, the 47th Street side of the Hamilton Court Apartments has two parts: a four-story arm 14 bays wide, and at the north end a three-story, three-bay building set slightly back that runs west into the block and nearly closes off the central court. The long arm has two entrances with painted brick surrounds, iron fire escapes and a diamond-patterned brick parapet; some original steel casement windows survive at the basement.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
2007
The apartment complex's interior garden is reached through a passage from Skillman Avenue
Residents of the Hamilton Court Apartments reach their interior garden through a corridor cut through the Skillman Avenue building, or through the north end of the complex, where the buildings do not join, from the block's through-block service driveway. In 2007 the court held a flat lawn crossed by diagonal concrete paths, with more paths running along the edges to each building's door.
“The interior garden court features a flat lawn that is bisected by concrete paths that cut across the courtyard at diagonal angles.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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