{"nrhp_refnum":"12000052","name":"Parkway Village","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bounded by Union Tpk., 150th St., Goethals Ave., Parsons Blvd., Grand Central Pkwy., & Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Queens","county":"Queens","state":"NY","lat":40.719582717000065,"lon":-73.81236548755261,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-02-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Landscape Architecture","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Parkway Village is a 35-acre planned garden-apartment complex in Queens, New York City, built in 1946-47 to house international staff of the newly formed United Nations. It was designed by Leonard Schultze & Associates with landscape design by Clarence C. Combs.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the complex as a planned residential community shaped by the garden-apartment tradition that Schultze & Associates carried over from earlier projects such as Parkfairfax. It is also tied to the United Nations, having housed its international staff and notable residents. The plan, buildings and entrance gateposts are counted as contributing.","narrative":"Parkway Village is a 35-acre residential complex in Queens, built in 1946-47 to house the international staff of the newly formed United Nations. Leonard Schultze & Associates designed it, drawing on experience with planned garden-apartment communities such as Parkfairfax in Virginia, and Clarence C. Combs created the landscape plan. Two internal roads, Charter Road and Village Road, link three main entrances, and buildings are grouped around courtyards and green spaces, with only 16 percent of the land covered by structures. The 109 buildings hold 685 mostly residential units. They are framed in concrete block, faced in red brick, and finished with clay tile roofs and neo-Georgian trim suggesting 18th-century colonial models. The buildings come in nine basic shapes with eighteen variants, mainly in entrance detailing. Five pairs of brick gateposts mark the entrances. Residents have included Ralph Bunche and Roy Wilkins. The plan, buildings and gateposts are the contributing elements of the district.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Leonard Schultze & Associates (architects); Clarence C. Combs (landscape architect)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals / Colonial Revival (neo-Georgian)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in residential use as multiple dwellings, with some trim altered and windows replaced; two edge parcels were sold and redeveloped, and one Type D building was demolished in 1985.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.247883-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/12000052.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000052/fa3da52416-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000052/fa3da52416-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Peter Greenberg","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parkway_Village_02.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Greenberg</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parkway_Village_02.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321127","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkway_Village_(Queens)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16896429"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/queens/parkway-village-12000052/"}