Public Hearing Scheduled Next Week for yet Another LIC Development
Next week Community Board Two will hold a public hearing in regards to a zoning change needed for a 12-story residential development at 11-55 49th Avenue. LIC Post shares all the details on this...
View ArticlePublic Hearing Is Scheduled Tonight for a Rezoning in Ridgewood
Tonight, Community Board Five will hold a public hearing in regards to a proposal to rezone the property between Woodward, Starr, Onderdonk and Flushing from industrial to residential/commercial use....
View ArticleCan Ridgewood’s Industrial Business Zone Stand up to Coming Development?
On the heels of this new luxury rental development, plans to convert the Knockdown Center into an event space, as well as concerns of gentrification coming to the neighborhood, there is a fear that...
View ArticleLIC Townhouses Ask $8.077, $6 Million
That’s no typo. Two listing popped up for the three-story townhouse at 23-16 45th Avenue (left) and the two-story townhouse at 45-05 23rd Street (right). The asking prices come in at $8,077,000 and...
View ArticleRidgewood Rezoning Moves Forward, Despite Some Community Concern
The developers of 176 Woodward Avenue, the rental development rendered above, have a few more meetings before the city approves their rezoning. The Times Ledger reports that the proposal should go to...
View ArticleCity Looks to Flushing for Possible Upzoning
The Department of City Planning is launching a study to explore the potential of upzoning in Western Flushing. The area in question is the mostly industrial land surrounding the Flushing River...
View ArticleCity Gets Ready to Study Another Possible Rezoning for LIC
After a 34-block rezoning of Long Island City in 2001 that has dramatically changed the neighborhood, the city is now considering another significant up-zoning. According to the Wall Street Journal,...
View ArticleBorough President Talks Education, Zoning in her State of the Borough Speech
Yesterday, Borough President Melinda Katz delivered her State of the Borough address. In it, she talked about her accomplishments during her first year in office and discussed the future of Queens in...
View ArticleAffordable Housing May Be Mandatory if Court Square is Rezoned
Following the news that the city is considering upzoning the Court Square/Queens Plaza area for more development, LIC Post reports that any zoning change will likely accommodate more affordable...
View ArticleDepartment of City Planning Releases Details on Court Square Rezoning
The Department of City Planning has posted a website detailing the proposed rezoning of the Court Square and Queens Plaza areas in LIC. LIC Post first spotted the site, which includes the exact...
View ArticleRidgewood Rental Site Seeks $33 Million
Remember that brand new, 88-unit rental proposed for Woodward Avenue and Troutman Street in Ridgewood? After the city approved a zoning change to develop it, it looks like the property owners would...
View ArticleIn Queens, an Opportunity to Create Neighborhoods From Scratch
New York Daily News rounded up all of the mega developments by private “master builders” that promise to alter the landscape of New York. Three are in Queens: Astoria Cove (rendered above), Hallets...
View ArticleRumblings of Development at One of the Largest Vacant Waterfront Properties...
There have been reports of a new developer stepping in at 151-45 6th Road, a massive 13-acre property along the Whitestone waterfront. This site has a rather lengthy history of failed development so...
View ArticleDevelopers Want Air Rights to Build Very Tall Skyscraper in LIC
The developers Property Markets Group and the Hakim Organization — who are seeking to build a 70-story, 930-unit skyscraper at 29-37 41st Avenue in LIC — are hoping to purchase air rights to do so....
View ArticleWill This Astoria Boulevard Corner Make Way for Development?
A recent sale that hit public records caught our eye — the three-story townhouse at 21-03 Astoria Boulevard, on the corner of 21st Street, traded hands for $2,768,000. (It’s the second property to the...
View ArticleAir Rights Granted for 70-Story Skyscraper in Long Island City
The MTA has awarded 480,000 square feet of air rights to Property Markets Group and the Hakim Organization to build a 70-story tower at 29-37 41st Street. The Daily News reports that the MTA Board...
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