41-19 47th Street

Sunnyside | built 1924

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1924
41-19 47th Street opens onto Sunnyside's first shared garden court
Colonial Court, the first block the City Housing Corporation built at Sunnyside, was started in early spring 1924 and done by fall. Its houses and apartment buildings, including 41-19, were placed around the edge of the block, each with a small private garden, leaving a large open court in the middle owned in common for play and gardening. The cooperative apartments and individually owned houses sold quickly.
“…leaving small private gardens and a large open court in the center of the block, to be held in common for playground and garden space…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
2007
Surveyors note the lost bay window on the side of 41-19 47th Street
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The 2007 survey found 41-19 still had its historic wood-and-glass front door and the original layout of its enclosed porch, now clad in aluminum siding. On the side facing the through-block path, the three-sided bay window that once projected from the first floor had been taken out, leaving visible scarring, and a single window filled the opening. Half of the side yard had become a concrete driveway.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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