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Madison Court

Madison Court North and South form the westernmost Sunnyside Gardens block, pairing inward-facing mews with a more traditional perimeter court.

Accessible proportional rendering of the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission existing-conditions plan of Madison Court. Buildings, streets, paths, open space, fences, gates, and trees remain labeled as documented in the designation report.
LPC existing-conditions plan · not to scale and not a survey. Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission designation report.
Construction1927
CompositionNorth and South courts
North court3 paired mews
Historic garages26

Plan and composition

How the Court Is Organized

Madison Court North departs from the district's usual perimeter arrangement. Six paired rows are set perpendicular to the street, with their fronts facing three shared mews known as the north, center and south mews.

Madison Court South uses three rows around the edge of the southern part of the block, enclosing a separate interior garden court. Together the two parts demonstrate two planning approaches within one development unit.

Landscape and circulation

Gardens, Paths and Shared Space

The north mews rise with the natural grade from 43rd to 44th Street and are reached by paths and brick steps. At-grade service drives provide access to rear basement elevations.

Historic privet hedges, path entrances and portions of the original garden organization survived at designation. The south court retains an interior garden and a through-block path behind the Skillman Avenue houses.

What makes it distinctive. Madison Court presents two versions of the garden-city idea side by side: the intimate, inward-facing mews of Madison North and the perimeter-enclosed garden of Madison South.