Single Family
242nd Street
242nd Street, Queens, NY
Single Family
6,200 SF
Completed
A disciplined symmetry gives the 242nd Street Residence the presence of an urban villa. Flemish-bond red brick walls are rhythmically pierced by full-height arched windows, drawing daylight deep into the interior and creating a cathedral-like cadence along the façade. Center stage, a two-story portico—clad in smooth cast stone, ringed by Ionic columns, and capped with a pediment bearing the owner’s monogram—supports a balustraded balcony that turns arrival into ceremony. Broad brick steps and mahogany double doors rise above a granite water table, quietly elevating the living level and screening it from the street. Together, these classical moves deliver stately curb appeal while framing flexible, light-filled spaces for contemporary family life.