Jun. 25, 2024 By Athena Dawson The Downtown Jamaica Partnership Business Improvement District (BID) held its annual meeting on Thursday, June 20. The meeting was held at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center, 153-10 Jamaica Ave., where directors of the BID, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards and NYC Department of Small Business Services Commissioner Kevin Kim…
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Jun. 22, 2024 By Ethan Marshall While much of New York City saw an increase in homes entering contract from May 2023 to May 2024, Queens was an exception to this trend, according to a report by the real estate listing site StreetEasy. When a home is ‘in contract’, it means an offer to buy…
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Jun. 15, 2024 By Bill Parry
With construction ramping up over the summer on the $19 billion JFK Airport redevelopment project, the Port Authority opened a free drop-off, pickup and waiting lot at the AirTrain station at Lefferts Boulevard to help passengers avoid heavy traffic congestion at the terminal frontages.
Jun. 13, 2024 By Athena Dawson Department of City Planning Director Dan Garodnick spoke exclusively with QNS about the housing component of the mayor’s comprehensive City of Yes proposal. The City of Yes for Housing Opportunity is a zoning reform proposal put forward by the DCP that aims to address New York’s housing crisis by…
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Jun. 12, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The average size of apartments in Queens was the smallest among all New York City boroughs in 2023, as well as the third-smallest among cities in the United States, according to a report by the real estate firm RentCafe. At 692 square feet, Queens boasts slightly smaller apartments on…
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Jun. 11, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The Rockaways nonprofit Residents Acquiring Land Edgemere Community Land Trust (ReAL Edgemere CLT) revealed its Request for Qualifications (RFQ) on Friday, June 7, inviting affordable housing developers who meet these qualifications to partner in creating more than 100 affordable homes to 32 development sites in Edgemere. In addition to…
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Jun. 10, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The East Elmhurst Corona Alliance and Ditmars Blvd. Block Association partnered to hold a rally calling for the closure of an East Elmhurst migrant shelter on June 7. Formerly the Courtyard Marriott at 90-10 Ditmars Blvd., the building now serves as a migrant shelter and is cited as a…
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Jun. 6, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Over 100 local residents packed out this month’s Community Board 11 meeting in Bayside to voice their opposition to the housing opportunity component of the City of Yes proposal, which seeks to pave the way for more housing by upending zoning laws. The public meeting on Monday, June 3,…
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Jun. 5, 2024 By Ethan Marshall New York City has launched a housing lottery for nine units in a 7-story mixed-use building at Elmcor Permanent Supportive Residences, located at 104-10 Northern Blvd. in Corona. The building has a total of 30 residences, with 21 of them being market-rate. Monica Lopez Architect designed the structure, while…
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Jun. 3, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Real estate brokers in Queens are speaking out against a proposed New York City Council bill to legislate broker fees for residential rentals. The bill, Intro 360, mandates that any representative or agent involved in a residential rental transaction collect their fees from the party that hires them, whether…
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