41-40 47th Street

Sunnyside | built 1924

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

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1924
The house is built on the part of Colonial Court across 47th Street from the main block
Built in 1924, 41-40 stands on the west side of 47th Street, across from the block that holds most of Colonial Court. The designation report notes that houses on this side got private front and rear gardens but, because they occupy only part of their block, were never arranged around a shared interior court like the houses across the street.
“…buildings on the west side of 47th Street have private front and rear gardens, but do not face an interior garden court at the rear.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
2007
Landmark surveyors find the house's paired porch partly in its original form
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In the 2007 survey for the Sunnyside Gardens designation, 41-40 kept its historic porch layout, with clapboards on the enclosed part, although the wooden railing at the open part had been removed and screens put up. A non-historic door with a grille led to the basement. A bracketed through-window air conditioner was fitted on the second floor, and a satellite dish and antenna sat on the roof.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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