Sunnyside Gardens

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Sunnyside Gardens is a historic planned residential community in the Sunnyside neighborhood of Queens, New York City, known for its garden-city design and cohesive brick row houses surrounding shared courtyards.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf garden city–inspired development
historic district
planned residential community
addedTo National Register of Historic Places NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle brick row houses
garden city movement NERFINISHED
constructionEndDate 1928
constructionStartDate 1924
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dateAddedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces 1984
dateOfNYCHistoricDistrictDesignation 2007
designated New York City Historic District NERFINISHED
designedBy Clarence Stein NERFINISHED
Henry Wright NERFINISHED
developedBy Sunnyside Gardens Corporation NERFINISHED
era early 20th century
governedBy Sunnyside Gardens Preservation District regulations
hasCharacteristic cohesive urban design
limited on-street parking in original plan
low-rise housing
setback buildings with front gardens
shared interior courtyards
superblock site planning
hasFeature communal gardens
pedestrian pathways through courtyards
rear shared greens
hasStreet 46th Street NERFINISHED
47th Street NERFINISHED
48th Street
Skillman Avenue NERFINISHED
influenced Radburn, New Jersey NERFINISHED
inspiredBy garden city movement of Ebenezer Howard
intendedUse residential housing
locatedIn New York City
New York State NERFINISHED
Queens
Sunnyside, Queens NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
near Queens Boulevard NERFINISHED
Sunnyside Yard NERFINISHED
partOf New York metropolitan area
borough of Queens
preservationStatus protected historic neighborhood
primaryBuildingMaterial brick
recognizedAs model of affordable middle-class housing
streetPlan superblocks with interior courts
targetDemographic working and middle-class families
transportationAccess New York City Subway 7 line at 46th Street–Bliss Street NERFINISHED
urbanPlanningSignificance early example of large-scale planned community in the United States
zoningType special preservation district

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Sunnyside hasLandmark Sunnyside Gardens
Sunnyside hasLandmark Sunnyside Gardens
this entity surface form: Sunnyside Gardens Historic District
Sunnyside hasPublicSpace Sunnyside Gardens
this entity surface form: Sunnyside Gardens Park
Fred F. French Company developed Sunnyside Gardens