OuterB on Queens Real Estate

This weekend there’s a walking tour of Jamaica Estates, Holliswood, and Hollis. Here are a couple open houses picks to follow up on in the neighborhood. If you’ve never been, the area is great, suburban with lots of old, old trees.

• May 20 and 21, 2006 - 1-4 pm - 85-39 Avon St, Jamaica Estates - $1,350,000

• May 21- noon-3pm - 181-38 Henley Rd , Jamaica Estates - $849,000

FRESH MEADOWS $672,500

61-29 163rd St., Fresh Meadows, NY 

Two-family house on a 4,000-square-foot lot, with one-bedroom, one-bath duplex over two-bedroom, one-bath unit with eat-in kitchen. Property features basement with separate entrance, laundry room, private driveway and two-car garage. Taxes $2,775. Asking price $699,000, on market five weeks. (Broker Anthony Carollo, Carollo Real Estate) Source: NY Post 8/27/05

QUEENS VILLAGE $425,000

89-90 218th Place, Queens Village, NY 

Prewar three-bedroom, two-bath Colonial on a 3,000-square-foot lot, with formal dining room, finished basement, porch, private driveway and one-car garage. Taxes $1,349. Asking price $469,000, on market 25 days. (Broker: Century 21 Laffey Associates) Source: NY Post 8/27/05

HOLLISWOOD $805,000

80-23 192nd St, Holliswood, NY

1-Family Colonial brick house, 3-Bedroom, 1 1/2 baths,  finished basement, 2-car garage, 40×100 lot,  $4,600 taxes, on market 3 weeks, listed at $825,000 (Broker: Goller & Costi Realty)  Source: NY Times 8/26/05

FOREST HILLS, $278,000

102-10 66th Road, Forest Hills, NY

2-Bedroom, 1 bath, 900 sq foot co-op, 24-hour doorman, common roof deck and building pool, on market one week, $995 maintenance (50% tax deductible), listed at $289,000 (Broker: Century 21 Benjamin) Source: NY Times 8/26/05