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Queens preservation panel asks applicant to reduce scale of proposed 3‑story rear addition in Hunters Point
Summary
The Landmarks Preservation Commission declined to approve a three‑story rear addition to an Italianate row house in the Hunters Point Historic District, asking the architect to provide more documentation and to reduce the proposed volume before returning.
The Landmarks Preservation Commission on Feb. 25 declined to approve a proposed three‑story rear yard addition at 2120-40 Fifth Avenue in the Hunters Point Historic District, asking the applicant to provide more documentation and to reduce the addition’s volume.
Commissioners said the enlargement — a two‑story extension over an existing basement sunroom with an additional rebuilt third floor — would be out of scale as presented. The architect, Victor Hahn, described a plan that would extend the parlor and second floors about 10 feet behind the previously approved basement sunroom and reconstruct the existing third floor, matching brick and introducing precast lintels and sills. Hahn said…
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