File #: Res 1123-2007    Version: * Name: LU 553 - Landmark, Sunnyside Gardens H.D., Queens (20085013HKQ)
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Committee: Committee on Land Use
On agenda: 10/29/2007
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: Resolution affirming the designation by the Landmarks Preservation Commission of Sunnyside Gardens Historic District in the Borough of Queens, Designation List No. 393, LP-2258 (L.U. No. 553; 20085013 HKQ; N 080005 HKQ).
Sponsors: Melinda R. Katz, David I. Weprin, Jessica S. Lappin
Council Member Sponsors: 3
Attachments: 1. Press Release, 2. Committee Report, 3. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 10/29/07

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

RESOLUTION NO. 1123

 

Resolution affirming the designation by the Landmarks Preservation Commission of Sunnyside Gardens Historic District in the Borough of Queens, Designation List No. 393, LP-2258 (L.U. No. 553; 20085013 HKQ; N 080005 HKQ).

 

By Council Members Katz, Weprin and Lappin

 

                     WHEREAS, the Landmarks Preservation Commission filed with the Council on July 10, 2007 a copy of its designation dated June 26, 2007 (the "Designation"), of the Sunnyside Gardens Historic District.  The district boundaries are properties bounded by a line beginning at the northeast corner of Skillman Avenue and 43rd Street (Laurel Hill Avenue), extending northerly along the eastern curbline of 43rd Street (Laurel Hill Avenue) to a point on a line extending westerly from the northern lot line of 39-05 43rd Street (Laurel Hill Avenue), easterly along said line and the northern lot lines of 39-24 through 39-16 44th Street (Locust Street) and part of the northern lot line of 39-14 44th Street (Locust Street), northerly along the western lot lines of 39-08 through 39-02 44th Street (Locust Street), to the southern curbline of Barnett Avenue, northeasterly along the southern curbline of Barnett Avenue, easterly across 45th Street (Packard Street) and easterly along the southern curbline of 39th Avenue (Middleburg Avenue) to the southeast corner of 39th Avenue (Middleburg Avenue) and 47th Street (Carolin Street), northerly across 39th Avenue (Middleburg Avenue) to the northeast corner of 39th Avenue (Middleburg Avenue) and 47th Street (Carolin Street), northerly along the eastern curbline of 47th Street (Carolin Street), easterly along the northern lot lines of 47-01through 47-19 39th Avenue (Middleburg Avenue), easterly across 48th Street (Gosman Avenue), northerly along the eastern curbline of 48th Street (Gosman Avenue), northeasterly along the southern curbline of Barnett Avenue, easterly across 50th Street (Fitting Street), easterly along the southern curbline of Barnett Avenue, southerly along the western curbline of 52nd Street (Dickson Street) to the southern curbline of 39th Avenue (Middleburg Avenue), easterly along the southern curbline of 39th Avenue (Middleburg Avenue), southwesterly along the western curbline of 52nd Street (Dickson Street) to a point on a line extending easterly from the southern lot line of 51-26 39th Avenue (Middleburg Avenue), westerly along said line and the southern lot lines of 51-26 through 51-02 39th Avenue (Middleburg Avenue), to the western curbline of 51st Street (Stone Street), northerly along the western curbline of 51st Street to a point on a line extending easterly from the southern lot line of 50-22 39th Avenue (Middleburg Avenue, westerly along said line and the southern lot lines of 50-22 through 50-02 39th Avenue (Middleburg Avenue) to the western curbline of 50th Street (Fitting Street), northerly along the western curbline of 50th Street (Fitting Street) to a point on a line extending easterly from the southern lot line of 39-02 50th Street (Fitting Street) aka 49-20 39th Avenue (Middleburg Avenue), westerly along said line and the southern lot lines of 49-26 through 49-12 39th Avenue (Middleburg Avenue), southerly along part of the eastern lot line of 39-09 49th Street (Heiser Street) and the eastern lotlines of 39-11 through 39-33 49th Street (Heiser Street), westerly along the southern lot line of 39-33 49th Street (Heiser Street) to the western curbline of 49th Street (Heiser Street), southerly along the western curbline of 49th Street (Heiser Street) to a point on a line extending easterly from the southern lot line of 40-17 48th Street (Gosman Avenue) aka 39-70 49th Street, (Heiser Street), westerly along said line and the southern lot lines of 40-17 48th Street (Gosman Avenue) to 40-31 48th Street (Gosman Avenue), to the western curbline of 48th Street (Gosman Avenue), southerly along the western curbline of 48th Street (Gosman Avenue) to a point on a line extending easterly from the southern lot line of 39-88 48th Street (Gosman Avenue), westerly along said line and the southern lot lines of 39-88 48th Street (Gosman Avenue) and 39-87 47th Street (Carolin Street), to the western curbline of 47th Street (Carolin Street), southerly along the western curbline of 47th Street (Carolin Street) to the southwestern corner of Skillman Avenue and 47th Street (Carolin Street), easterly across 47th Street (Carolin Street) and the southern curbline of Skillman Avenue, southerly along the western curbline of 48th Street (Gosman Avenue), to a point on a line extending easterly from the southern lot line of 43-20 48th Street (Gosman 113 Avenue), westerly along said line and the southern lot line of 43-20 48th Street (Gosman Avenue), southerly along part of the eastern lot line of 43-25 47th Street (Carolin Street), and the eastern lot lines of 43-31 through 43-37 47th Street (Carolin Street), westerly along the southern lot line of 43-37 47th Street (Carolin Street), to the western curbline of 47th Street (Carolin Street), southerly along the western curbline of 47th Street (Carolin Street), to a point on a line extending easterly from the southern lot line of 43-45 47th Street (Carolin Street), westerly along said line and the southern lot line of 43-45 47th Street (Carolin Street), northerly along the western lot lines of 43-45 through 43-02 47th Street (Carolin Street), to the northern curbline of Skillman Avenue, westerly along the northern curbline of Skillman Avenue, to the point of beginning, as a historic district; Community District 2, Borough of Queens, as a historic district, pursuant to Section 3020 of the New York City Charter;

 

WHEREAS, the Designation is subject to review by the Council pursuant to Section 3020 of the City Charter;

 

WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission submitted to the Council on September 10, 2007, its report on the Designation dated September 4, 2007 (the "Report");

 

WHEREAS, upon due notice, the Council held a public hearing on the Designation on October 17, 2007; and

 

WHEREAS, the Council has considered the land use implications and other policy issues relating to the Designation;

 

RESOLVED:

 

Pursuant to Section 3020 of the City Charter, and on the basis of the information and materials contained in the Designation and the Report, the Council affirms the Designation.

 

 

Adopted.

 

Office of the City Clerk, }

The City of New York,  } ss.:

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a Resolution passed by The Council of The City of New York on October 29, 2007, on file in this office.

 

 

 

 

 

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