Aug. 26, 2025 By Ethan Marshall The real estate development firm TF Cornerstone announced that a 1,500-square-foot retail lease has been reached with The Greats of Craft for a new local all-day café and curated bar concept set to open on Saturday, Aug. 30, at 47-20 Center Blvd. in Long Island City. During the…
Aug. 25, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Sign up for our weekly email newsletter to stay updated on the latest housing lotteries in New York City. An affordable housing lottery for 13 units in a 7-story residential building at 143-26 84th Rd. in the Briarwood part of Jamaica will be coming to a close on Friday, Sept.…
Aug. 22, 2025 By Bill Parry When The Durst Organization broke ground on its massive Halletts Point project in Astoria on a cold winter day in January 2016, the speeches were delivered inside a massive brick warehouse that had cut off public access to a stretch of East River waterfront for generations. That warehouse…
Aug. 21, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Permits have been filed for the construction of a 10-story residential building with 54 housing units at 42-02 80th St. in Elmhurst. The proposed building would be 85 feet tall and cover 36,760 square feet. With an average unit scope of 680 square feet, the 54 residences will…
Aug. 20, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Permits have been filed to expand a 2-story structure with two residential units into a 4-story building with eight housing units at 132-28 Pople Ave. in Flushing. The proposal calls for the building to be 54 feet tall and for the residential space to span 5,474 square feet.…
Aug. 20, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Permits have been filed to construct a large residential building that would be 39 stories tall and have 387 housing units on the vacant lot at 23-15 43rd Ave. in Long Island City. This development would be 446 feet tall and take up 268,204 square feet of space.…
Aug. 15, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Council Member Julie Won has accused housing developer Phipps of failing to control a rodent infestation at an ongoing development on Sunnyside’s Barnett Avenue, allegations that Phipps strongly denies. Won stated that she conducted a neighborhood walkthrough with representatives from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and…
Aug. 14, 2025 By Ethan Marshall The median rental price and inventory of new listings increased year-over-year across northwest Queens in July 2025, but the number of new leases went down, according to a report by Douglas Elliman Real Estate. Northwest Queens, which includes the neighborhoods of Astoria, Long Island City, Sunnyside and Woodside,…
Aug. 14, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Permits have been filed for the construction of a 14-story mixed-use building with 212 affordable housing residences on the empty lot at 159-31 90th Ave. in Jamaica. The proposed building would be 143 feet tall and span 72,862 square feet. The 212 residences would account for 15,100 square…
Aug. 13, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Rental properties across all of New York City experienced a slight jump in median asking rent from last year during the second quarter of 2025, which spans from April to June, according to a report by Realtor.com. There was a 3.7% year-over-year increase in asking rent for all…