Sunnyside Gardens, Queens

Sunnyside Gardens Historic District
A typical brick row house along 39th Avenue
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Location in New York City
LocationRoughly bounded by Queens Blvd., 43rd and 52nd Sts. Barnett and Skillman Aves., Queens, New York
Coordinates40°44′49″N 73°55′3″W / 40.74694°N 73.91750°W / 40.74694; -73.91750
Area53 acres (21 ha)
Built1924
ArchitectClarence Stein and Henry Wright
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Art Deco
NRHP reference No.84002919 [1]
NYCL No.2258
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 7, 1984
Designated NYCLJune 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.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.