Cypress Avenue East Historic District Explained

Cypress Avenue East Historic District
Nrhp Type:	hd
Location:	Roughly bounded by Linden and Cornelia Sts., Seneca and St. Nicholas Aves., New York, New York
Coordinates:	40.7017°N -73.9086°W
Built:	1900
Architect:	Berger, Louis; Bauer & Stier
Architecture:	Mathews Flats
Added:	September 30, 1983
Refnum:	83001767

Cypress Avenue East Historic District is a national historic district in Ridgewood, Queens, New York. It includes 247 contributing buildings built between 1900 and 1914. They consist mainly of three story tenements with two apartments per floor. They feature alternating facades of light and dark speckled brick.^[1]

The district boundaries were drawn to exclude commercial and frame construction buildings, and include the following addresses:^[1]

• Linden Street
  • 16-66 to 16-92
  • 17-02 to 17-40
• Cypress Avenue
  • 654, 664
• Gates Avenue
  • 16-73 to 16-91
  • 16-74 to 16-94
  • 17-01 to 17-21
  • 17-02 to 17-22
• Palmetto Street
  • 16-63 to 16-83
  • 17-01 to 17-21
  • 17-02 to 17-22
• Woodbine Street
  • 16-61 to 16-83
  • 16-60/2? to 16-84
  • 17-01 to 17-21
  • 17-02 to 17-26
• Seneca Avenue
  • 652 to 668
  • 784 to 790
  • 802 to 816
• Madison Street
  • 17-01 to 17-25
  • 17-10 to 17-28
• Cornelia Street
  • 17-19 to 17-33

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Cypress Avenue East Historic District. August 1983. 2011-02-01. Donald G. Presa. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. https://web.archive.org/web/20121019000600/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7469. 2012-10-19. dead. See also: Web site: Accompanying two photos. 2011-02-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20121019000632/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7489. 2012-10-19. dead.