Jun. 17, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Permits have been filed for the construction of a 9-story residential building with 94 housing units at 185-17 Hillside Ave. in Jamaica. The proposed building would be 90 feet tall and yield 72,087 square feet of space. With an average unit scope of 766 square feet, the 94…
Jun. 12, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Northwest Queens experienced a massive surge in its listing inventory in May 2025, compared to the same month the previous year, according to a report by Douglas Elliman Real Estate. The listing inventory in northwest Queens, which includes the neighborhoods of Astoria, Long Island City, Sunnyside, and Woodside, nearly doubled…
Jun. 12, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Leasing has launched for CORE NYC, a 260-unit residential building at 98-10 63rd Rd. in Rego Park. As of June 11, the CORE NYC website has 13 units listed as available. These units range in rental price from $2,908 a month to $4,297 a month. The units in…
Jun. 9, 2025 By Robert Pearl Anger, fear and determination filled the air on Saturday as dozens of residents gathered at the corner of 180th Street and Linden Boulevard in St. Albans to protest a planned lithium-ion battery energy storage facility (BESS) just feet from homes, a welding shop and the St. Albans VA…
Jun. 9, 2025 By Athena Dawson The office of Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. held a public land use hearing on the Jamaica Neighborhood Plan on Thursday, June 5. The hybrid hearing, which is part of the city’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP), was held at the Helen Marshal Cultural Center at…
Jun. 4, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Home prices more than doubled in 24 neighborhoods across New York City over the past decade—including seven in Queens—according to a new report from real estate research site PropertyShark that highlights dramatic shifts in the city’s housing market between 2014 and 2024. The Queens neighborhoods to experience this…
Jun. 3, 2025 By Shane O’Brien As New York City grapples with the ongoing housing crisis, CityFHEPS, a city-funded voucher program for low-income households, has played an increasingly prominent role in securing housing for some of the poorest residents in the city. But the program, which has grown astronomically since its inception in 2018,…
May. 30, 2025 By Shane O’Brien State Sen. Jessica Ramos expressed her disappointment following the State Senate’s approval of parkland alienation legislation for the $8 billion Metropolitan Park casino project earlier this week. Ramos was one of only five lawmakers to vote against the bill during Tuesday’s Senate session, where 54 senators voted in…
May. 29, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Following extensive infrastructure and resiliency improvement efforts, the reconstructed section of Edgemere Avenue between Beach 32nd Street and Beach 38th Street on the Rockaway Peninsula finally reopened on Wednesday, May 28. The reconstruction effort, which took nearly two years, resulted in green infrastructure elements being incorporated. Edgemere Avenue…
May. 28, 2025 By Ethan Marshall The Austin, a 7-story, 98-unit luxury condominium at 78-29 Austin St. in Forest Hills, has set a new price record in the neighborhood for 2025 with the sale of one of its penthouse units for $3,881,150. The record-breaking sale of PH1A is more than double that of the…