40-01 48th 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
Gable-roofed 40-01 48th Street heads a 1926 row of seven in Jefferson Court
Completed in 1926, 40-01 48th Street, a type S house, heads a row of seven in Jefferson Court and shows a three-bay side wall to the street. Its brick rear porch was originally open. By the time of the landmarks survey, brick filled the porch's arched opening and the spaces between its piers, the roof was asphalt shingle, and four mailboxes sat beside the original wood front door.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1926
September 15
Easements binding 40-01 48th Street's block are dated September 15, 1926
Sunnyside's deeds carried easements that buyers signed when they bought their lots, keeping the shared gardens open and protecting setbacks. The copy for Block 133, which holds this house and the rest of Jefferson Court, is dated September 15, 1926. Because the mortgage banks insisted, most of these rules were set to run for forty years, generally until 1966, while utility and light-and-air provisions were made permanent.
“Block 133 (dated September 15, 1926); intended to last for forty years (generally until 1966)…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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