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.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sunnyside Gardens Historic District | 1 |
| Sunnyside Gardens Park | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
garden city–inspired development
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historic district ⓘ planned residential community ⓘ |
| addedTo | National Register of Historic Places NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
brick row houses
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garden city movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionEndDate | 1928 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1924 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dateAddedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces | 1984 ⓘ |
| dateOfNYCHistoricDistrictDesignation | 2007 ⓘ |
| designated | New York City Historic District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedBy |
Clarence Stein
NERFINISHED
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Henry Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedBy | Sunnyside Gardens Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| governedBy | Sunnyside Gardens Preservation District regulations ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
cohesive urban design
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limited on-street parking in original plan ⓘ low-rise housing ⓘ setback buildings with front gardens ⓘ shared interior courtyards ⓘ superblock site planning ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
communal gardens
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pedestrian pathways through courtyards ⓘ rear shared greens ⓘ |
| hasStreet |
46th Street
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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
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New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ Queens ⓘ Sunnyside, Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| near |
Queens Boulevard
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Sunnyside Yard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
New York metropolitan area
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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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sunnyside Gardens Historic District
this entity surface form:
Sunnyside Gardens Park