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 ⓘ
architecturalStyle brick row houses ⓘ
garden city movement ⓘ
constructionEndDate 1928 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1924 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateAddedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces 1984 ⓘ
dateOfNYCHistoricDistrictDesignation 2007 ⓘ
designated New York City Historic District ⓘ
designedBy Clarence Stein ⓘ
Henry Wright ⓘ
developedBy Sunnyside Gardens Corporation ⓘ
linked to: Sunnyside Gardens
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 ⓘ
47th Street ⓘ
48th Street ⓘ
Skillman Avenue ⓘ
influenced Radburn, New Jersey ⓘ
inspiredBy garden city movement of Ebenezer Howard ⓘ
intendedUse residential housing ⓘ
locatedIn New York City ⓘ
New York State ⓘ
Queens ⓘ
Sunnyside, Queens ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
near Queens Boulevard ⓘ
Sunnyside Yard ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 Historic District ⓘ
linked to: Sunnyside Gardens
Sunnyside → hasPublicSpace → Sunnyside Gardens Park ⓘ
linked to: Sunnyside Gardens
Fred F. French Company → developed → Sunnyside Gardens ⓘ
Clarence Stein → notableWork → Sunnyside Gardens ⓘ
Sunnyside Gardens → developedBy → Sunnyside Gardens Corporation ⓘ
linked to: Sunnyside Gardens
Sunnyside, Queens → hasHistoricDistrict → Sunnyside Gardens ⓘ
Sunnyside, Queens → hasLandmark → Sunnyside Gardens Park ⓘ
linked to: Sunnyside Gardens