Nov. 8, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Council Member Julie Won has launched a OneLIC Community Priority Survey, aiming to solicit feedback from members of the Long Island City community about the OneLIC neighborhood plan. The digital survey, launched on Oct. 24, is available in English and Spanish through Jan. 6, 2025 and seeks to continue… Read more »
Nov. 7, 2024 By emarshall Nov. 7, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The New York-based development and construction management firm New Empire Corp. announced the launch of sales at Centric, a new luxury condominium in Woodside, on Thursday, Oct. 31. Centric is located at 58-01 Queens Blvd., the site of a former Rite-Aid and across from… Read more »
Nov. 6, 2024 By Ethan Marshall A key trend in Long Island City, Astoria and Flushing during the third quarter of 2024 was a rise in closed sale prices for condos, showing an increase compared to the same period in 2023, according to a report by the real estate firm Modern Spaces. Flushing had the… Read more »
Nov. 5, 2024 By Ethan Marshall New York City has launched a housing lottery for 282 units at Lumen LIC Apartments, a residential skyscraper in Long Island City. Located at 23-15 44th Rd., Lumen LIC is 67 stories tall and contains 802 residences, with 520 being at market rate. The remaining 282 units have been… Read more »
Oct. 31, 2024 By emarshall Oct. 31, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Construction has wrapped for Siena, a 7-story residential building in Astoria. Located at 31-27 Crescent St., Siena covers approximately 30,368 square feet of space, with 28 luxury condominium units. The units range from one-bedroom to two-bedroom layouts and have an average scope of 806… Read more »
Oct. 31, 2024 By Ethan Marshall New York City has launched a housing lottery for 173 units at the two-tower complex at 2-20 Malt Dr. in Hunters Point. This 34-story high-rise yields 575 residences, 402 of which are market-rate. The other 173 units have been set aside for those earning 130% of the area median… Read more »
Oct. 30, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Demolition work is underway for a structure at the site of an upcoming 23-story mixed-use building at 45-40 Vernon Blvd. in Long Island City. Formerly the site of the Paragon Paint Building, the derelict structure now has a hallowed framework. Scaffolding and netting have covered its main eastern elevation…. Read more »
Oct. 29, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Queens Community Board 2 has said that the city has an obligation to build safe streets after a Queens judge halted plans to build a bike lane along Review Avenue in the industrial heart of Long Island City. Construction on a Review Avenue bike lane was scheduled to begin… Read more »
Oct. 25, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Skyline Tower, one of the tallest buildings in all of Queens, is offering those who purchase select penthouse units a 2024 Porsche 911 Turbo S now through Dec. 31. There are currently eight penthouse listings on Skyline Tower’s site, ranging in sales price from $1.83 million to $3.85 million…. Read more »
Oct. 24, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Malt Drive Park, a new expansive park along the Newtown Creek waterfront in the Hunter’s Point South section of Long Island City, officially opened to the public on Thursday, Oct. 17. This public space is meant to advance citywide efforts to bring more New Yorkers back to the water’s… Read more »