Wilson Court

43-12 47th Street | also 46-16 47th Street | Sunnyside | built 1928

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

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1928
Basement passage at 43-12 47th Street leads through the building to Wilson Court's yard
This six-bay Wilson Court building nearly matches its northern neighbor at 43-06, with a gabled central tower whose eight-pointed star opening is now filled with concrete. What sets it apart is a second entrance at basement level in its northernmost bay, which runs through the building to the courtyard behind. Above the main door, brick laid in a slightly projecting diamond pattern marks the entry, and historic six-over-six wood sash survive in the central bay.
“…secondary basement-level entrance, which leads through the building and to the interior courtyard, at the northernmost bay…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1928
Wilson Court keeps a long shared back yard with a surviving historic ginkgo
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Wilson Court does not fill its block, so instead of an enclosed court garden its buildings, 43-12 among them, share small front lawns and one long grassy yard behind the row. A concrete path runs the length of that yard, and the Landmarks Preservation Commission found one large historic ginkgo tree still standing there. A chain-link fence at the back divides the yard from apartment houses on 46th Street that the City Housing Corporation did not build.
“…one large, historic Ginkgo tree remains in the yard…”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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