OuterB on Queens Real Estate

Someone on eBay is selling a postcard from 1906 advertising building a house and property:

“We can build you a home like this in Douglas Manor, Broadway-Flushing or [unreadable] for $6,500 including land and give you 15 years to pay for it.”

Houses in this area go for $1 million easily. How times have changed.

Related:
Real Estate Flushing Douglaston Douglas Manor Queens NY [eBay]

Apparently it is when it comes to having top sales in the borough! Last year, Douglaston Douglas Manor was home to five of the 10 largest home sales in Queens, including sales of 2@ $2.6 million , $2.18 million, $1.85 million and $1.3 million. Quite a heavy hitter for Queens. Most of these are houses, too, not condos. And these prices are still cheaper than Manhattan (and Brooklyn), the top 10% there starting at about $4 million.

It sounds like a lovely community with beautiful homes and an active waterfront. 27 minutes to Penn via LIRR sounds good, too.

Related:
Douglaston Profile [Wikipedia]
Douglaston dominates top sales in Queens [The Real Deal via Miller Samuel]
Douglas Manor Profile [Long Island Exchange]

BAYSIDE

$260,000

201-02 Rocky Hill Road, Bayside, NY

One-bedroom, one-bath condo, 700 square feet, with eat-in kitchen and hardwood floors. Common charges $250, taxes $1,300. Asking price $272,500, on market four weeks. Broker: Anthony Carollo, Carollo Real Estate

DOUGLASTON

$990,000

360 Manor Road, Douglaston, NY

Prewar three-bedroom, 1 1/2 -bath Tudor on an 8,000-square-foot lot, with eat-in kitchen, formal dining room, office, attic, washer/ dryer, dishwasher, fireplace, screened porch, private driveway and attached one-car garage. Taxes $5,000. Asking price $1,200,000, on market 222 days. Broker: Nina Kowalski, Bryce Rea Associates

Source - NY Post 10/19/06