43-11 Skillman Avenue

Sunnyside | built 1927

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.

1927
Madison Court South rows enclose a shared interior garden
This house is in Madison Court South, where three rows of houses line the edges of the southern part of the block around a shared garden court that survives today. Each house also has its own front and rear yard, and a path runs behind the row facing Skillman Avenue. Privet hedges were first planted to divide garden spaces instead of fences, and some still stand.
“The three rows of buildings in Madison Court South are arranged around the perimeter of the southern end of the block, surrounding an intact, interior garden court.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1927
A first-floor window becomes a door in this Madison Court house's remodeled front
The first floor of this 1927 row house has been heavily reworked. A new projecting bay with a picture window flanked by one-over-one sash replaced a flat three-part window, and a single six-over-six window was turned into a door under a metal awning, with small new windows on either side. At the back, a second-floor door opening was also altered.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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