Sunnyside Gardens Historic District | |
New York City Landmark No. 2258
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 A typical brick row house along 39th Avenue | |
 Location in New York City | |
| Location | Roughly bounded by Queens Blvd., 43rd and 52nd Sts. Barnett and Skillman Aves., Queens, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°44′49″N 73°55′3″W / 40.74694°N 73.91750°W |
| Area | 53 acres (21 ha) |
| Built | 1924 |
| Architect | Clarence Stein and Henry Wright |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Art Deco |
| NRHP reference No. | 84002919 [1] |
| NYCL No. | 2258 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 7, 1984 |
| Designated NYCL | June 26, 2007 |
Sunnyside Gardens is a community within Sunnyside, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. The area was the first development in the United States patterned after the ideas of the garden city movement initiated in England in the first decades of the twentieth century by Ebenezer Howard and Raymond Unwin, specifically Hampstead Garden Suburb and Letchworth Garden City.
Covering 77 acres (31 ha) between Queens Boulevard and Sunnyside Yard, Sunnyside Gardens was constructed between 1924 and 1928 by the City Housing Corporation, founded by developer Alexander Bing, and architects Clarence Stein and Henry Wright. The project grew out of discussions in the early 1920s about housing and planning; Lewis Mumford was a leading participant. It is among the first planned communities in the U.S.
Sunnyside Gardens is listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places. The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission has also designated it as an official city landmark district.