60-73 69th Avenue

Ridgewood | built 1908

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

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1908
Stier and Berger finish a Renaissance Revival two-family house with wood window and door trim
Paul Stier was the original owner of this two-story house, built around 1908 to designs by Louis Berger & Company as part of the 23-building row from 60-55 to 60-99 69th Avenue. Besides the curved bay and pedimented stone door hood shared with its neighbors, it keeps a wood door reveal and wood brickmold framing every window. The landmarks survey noted storm windows on the first and second stories and a planting bed in the front areaway.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1925
Foxall Street, the house's original address, becomes 69th Avenue
The house was built on a street then called Foxall Street. In 1925 the Board of Aldermen renamed most of the streets in the Ridgewood area under a numbering plan for Queens, first proposed in 1911 to end confusion over duplicated street names, and Foxall Street became 69th Avenue. Other streets in the district changed too: Elm Avenue became Catalpa Avenue, Hughes Street became 68th Avenue and Ivy Street became Madison Street.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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