OuterB on Queens Real Estate

Hope everyone had a great Independence Day! Here are the open house picks for this weekend:

Bayside
Co-op: 1 bedroom/1 bath penthouse
$350,000
18-05 215th Street, #PH-K
Sunday July 8, 12-4pm
NY Times Listing [City Lights Real Estate]

Briarwood/South Jamaica
Co-op: 1 bedroom/1 bath
$129,000
144-70 Village Road-lower level
Friday July 6, 5-6pm
NY Times Listing [Foxtons]

New Hyde Park
House: 4 bedrooms
$775,000
910 5th Avenue
Sunday July 8, 1-4pm
NY Times Listing [laffey.com]

Rockaway Park/Far Rockaway
House: 7 bedroom/3 bath 3 family colonial
$620,000
110-02 Rockaway Beach Boulevard
Saturday July 7, 4-5pm
NY Times Listing [Foxtons]

Sunnyside
House: 3 bedroom/2 bath
$619,000
50-12 39th Place
Saturday July 7, 11am-12pm
NY Times Listing [Foxtons]

Astoria
House: 4 bedroom/4 bath Tudor
$899,999
Ditmars area
Sunday July 1, 1-3pm
NY Times Listing [Re/Max]

Briarwood/Jamaica
Co-op: 1 bedroom/1 bath
$145,000
Windsor Terrace, 170-40 Highland Ave., #405
Sunday July 1, 1-3pm
NY Times Listing [NY Times web listing]

Forest Hills
House: 3 bedroom/1.5 bath attached brick house
$629,000
67th Avenue
Sunday July 1, 2-6pm
NY Times Listing [Steve Elliot, Owner/Broker]

Jackson Heights
Co-op: 1 bedroom/1 bath
$285,000
The Madison, 35-06 88th St., #1c
Sunday July 1, 2-4pm
NY Times Listing [NY Times web listing]

Maspeth
House: 5 bedroom/3 bath 2 family Colonial
$699,000
60-28 59th Avenue
Saturday June 30, 1-4pm
NY Times Listing [laffey.com]

It should warm up by the weekend…perfect for open house hunting! Check out the listings below:

Briarwood/South Jamaica
Co-op: 1 bedroom/1 bath
$230,000
Green Briar, 85-15 Main Street, #10K
Saturday June 16, 12pm-3pm
NY Times Listing [NY Times Web Listing]

East Elmhurst
House: 4 bedroom/3 bath
$589,000
24-27 97th Street
Sunday June 17, 12pm-3pm
NY Times Listing [laffey.com]

Elmhurst
Co-op: 3 bedroom/1.5 bath
$310,000
94-11 60th Avenue, #2J
Sunday June 17, 12pm-3pm
NY Times Listing [Bellmarc]

Flushing
House: 3 bedroom/3 bath
$679,000
189-37 37th Avenue
Saturday June 16, 2pm-4pm
Sunday June 17, 2pm-4pm
NY Times Listing [Century 21]

Woodside
House: 3 bedroom/2.5 bath
$799,000
73-04 41st Avenue
Saturday June 16, 2pm-5pm
Sunday June 17, 2pm-5pm
NY Times Listing [NY Times Web Listing]

Happy Memorial Day Weekend! Enjoy your Monday off. Here’s what’s up this weekend:

Astoria
Condo: 2 bedroom/1 bath + terrace
$600,000
Saturday May 26, 11am-2pm
Sunday May 27, 11am-2pm
32nd Street near 30th Avenue
NY Times Listing (NYC Connections)

Elmhurst
Townhouse: 5 bedroom/5 bath
$929,000
Saturday May 26, 1:30-4:30pm
54-59 82nd Street
NY Times Listing (Century 21)

Flushing
Condo: 2 bedroom/1.5 bath
$349,000
Saturday May 26, 2-4pm
Sunday May 27, 2-4pm
Roosevelt Avenue
NY Times Listing (Century 21)

Jamaica/Briarwood
House: Jamaica Estates Cape, 2 bedroom/1 bath
$949,000
Sunday, May 27, 2-4pm
[no address provided]
NY Times Listing (Coach Realtors)

St. Albans
House: 3 bedroom/2 bath
$399,000
Sunday May 27, 2-4pm
111-29 205th Street
NY Times Listing (Foxtons)

It’s going to be a gorgeous weekend! Great weather for catching an open house or two. Here are some picks around Queens:

Astoria
House: Prewar (ca.1925) 3-Family w/ Solarium
$1,149,000
Sunday May 6th, 12pm-3pm
33-31 29th Street. Brokers welcome.
NY Times Listing (Portrait Realty)

Briarwood/Jamaica
Co-op/Condo: 2 bedroom/1 bath
$239,000
Sunday May 6, 1pm-4pm
Windsor Apartments, 143-25 84th Drive, #4-K
NY Times Listing

Far Rockaway
House: 5 bedroom duplex
$569,000
Saturday May 5, 1pm-4pm
191 Beach 95 Street
NY Times Listing (Re/Max Liberty)

Flushing
House: 4 bedroom 1-Family Colonial
$679,000
Sunday May 6, 1pm-4pm
45-33 149th Street
NY Times Listing (Century 21)

A month ago we gawked at the Briarwood Terrace Condo in central Queens, and we’re aghast at the asking prices of over $570 per square foot. An LIC’er even commented that’s even more coin per foot than some units in that high-rising neighborhood.

Well this is your weekend to make the comparison. Zip out to Briarwood on the express F line on Saturday, get completely lost on your way home, overnight in Rego Park, and finally make it just in time for the open house at Long Island City’s Purves condo on Sunday. At last you’ll know who has won the Battle of the Open House.

• Briarwood Terrace 143-41 84th Dr, Briarwood
• $454,200 for one bedroom condo
• Open House: 11/11/06, noon to 3 pm (NY Times ad)

• 44-27 Purves, 44-27 Purves, Long Island City
• $454,155 for one bedroom condo (NY Times ad)
• Open House - 11/12/06, 1-4 pm

The folks selling the Briarwood Terrace Condos have got gumption. The new condos are just set for their first open house, but I’m still reeling at prices of over $570 per square foot. Long Island City, sure. But Briarwood? It’s lovely and all, but $570! What!

• Briarwood Terrace Condos - 143-41 84th Dr, Briarwood, NY
• Open House - 10/7/2006, noon-5 pm - details at NYTimes
• Briarwood Terrace Condos
• Briarwood [About.com]

There’s a real pricing gap between old and new in the central Queens neighborhood of Briarwood. The under-construction Briarwood Terrace Condominium is being priced starting at $345,900 for a one-bedroom and $523,500 for a two-bedroom. Sure, they got all that stainless steel and granite geegaws, but it’s hefty premium over this three-bedroom co-op listing at $399,000. Is new worth the extra bucks? Can a 1966 co-op stack up against a 2006 condo? What do you think?

• The Old Bargain - 3-Bedrooom Co-op in Briarwood, $399,000, 85-15 Main Street #2J, Briarwood, NY, $1,257 maintenance, Open House - Next weekend, 8/20/06 11 am to 1 pm

• The New Hot-Shot - Briarwood Terrace Condominium
  
• Profile - Briarwood

BEECHHURST

$350,000

162-01 Powells Cove Blvd, Beechhurst, NY

Two-bedroom, one-bath co-op, 1,300 square feet, with dining area, renovated kitchen with new stainless-steel appliances, oversized Jacuzzi bath, Italian marble and California closets; Cryder Point complex features pool, dock and playground. Maintenance $826.51. Asking price $369,000, on market 10 weeks. Broker: Anthony Carollo, Carollo Real Estate

BRIARWOOD

$164,500

139-09 84th Drive, Briarwood, NY

One-bedroom, one-bath co-op, 900 square feet, with new custom-windowed kitchen and bath and refinished floors; building features video intercom, live-in super, laundry and private playground and park. Maintenance $560 (includes utilities), 50 percent tax-deductible. Asking price $169,000, on market three weeks. Broker: Jodi N. Nath, Argo Residential

Source - NY Post 7/27/06

It’s Labor Day Weekend and the open house pickings are slim.

Try this two-family in Bayside listed on Craigslist.  The arrangement of "triplex" and "duplex" sounds interesting, if not a little confusing in the ad. It’s listed for $869,000, and the open house is this Sunday  (no time specified).  The only problem is the address — 221-33 Horace Harding Expy,
Bayside, NY 11364.  Is a good price worth living just off the LIE?

Also try the studio listed by Corcoran in elegant Briarwood. Open house is 9/3, 2:30 to 4 p.m., and the address is  The Winston,  84-55 Daniels st, #1L, Briarwood, NY.  See NY Times listing.