Cypress Avenue East Historic District

Cypress Avenue East Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Location	Roughly bounded by Linden and Cornelia Sts., Seneca and St. Nicholas Aves., New York, New York
Coordinates	40°42′6″N 73°54′31″W / 40.70167°N 73.90861°WCoordinates: 40°42′6″N 73°54′31″W / 40.70167°N 73.90861°W
Area	26 acres (11 ha)
Built	1900
Architect	Berger, Louis; Bauer & Stier
Architectural style	Mathews Flats
MPS	Ridgewood MRA
NRHP Reference #	83001767 [1]
Added to NRHP	September 30, 1983

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.^[2]

The district boundaries were drawn to exclude commercial and frame construction buildings, and include the following addresses:^[2]

• 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.^[1]

References

1. Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Donald G. Presa (August 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Cypress Avenue East Historic District". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-02-01. See also: "Accompanying two photos".