Sorry for the light posting this week. Happy Solstice, Eid, and Christmas and enjoy the weekend!
Co-op life in Douglaston. [NY Times]
The Short on Long Island City . [inthebox.tv]
gets noticed. [NY Times]
East Side Access Tunnel displaces Flux Factory in LIC. [amNY]
Sunnyside Real Estate: Not So Sunny . [Let's Meet Up in Queens]
Astoria
Condo/Co-op: 1 bedroom/1 bath
$435,000
30-63 32nd Street
Saturday September 15, 1-4pm
NY Times listing [NY Times Web Listing]
Forest Hills
House: 2 bedroom/1 bath
$749,999
Ascan Avenue
Sunday September 16, 1-4pm
NY Times listing [Exit Kingdom Realty]
Jackson Heights
Co-op: 3 bedroom/2 bath
$585,000
83-10 35th Ave/The Fillmore (landmarked)
Sunday September 16, 2-3:30pm
NY Times listing [Prudential Douglas Elliman]
Little Neck
Co-op: 1 bedroom/1 bath
$263,000
54-40 Little Neck Pkwy, #3J
Sunday September 16, 11:30-1pm
NY Times listing [Century 21]
Sunnyside
Condo: 1 bedroom/1 bath
$400,860
41 44th St, #4B
Saturday September 15, 1-3pm
NY Times listing [Prudential Douglas Elliman]
“Cheap” being a relative term in the bizzarro world that is NYC real estate. But apparently rent in Sunnyside can run 300 less that in neighboring Astoria. A young 20-something couple was profiled in the Daily News, who were looking for something affordable in New York City. They were coming from Rhode Island, recent grads from the School of Design up there. They ended up in Bushwick, in a $1325/month loft.
Four neighborhoods were highlighted in the article, one of the Sunnyside:
Though rents have soared by $150 a month in the past year, [Sunnyside] remains one of the cheapest nabes near Manhattan. It’s just 15 minutes from Grand Central Terminal on the 7 train - so close, there’s a stunning view of the Chrysler Building from 43rd Ave.
One-bedrooms in the western Queens area go for an average of $1,200 a month; they’re $1,500 in Astoria.
Sunnyside’s rentals are found in six-story Colonial and Art Deco buildings amid the area’s co-ops.
The sought-after Sunnyside Gardens section - a 55-acre enclave of historic homes on streets with tall arching trees - has some rentals, but they come on the market rarely.
More: Finding deals in city’s pricey rental market [NY Daily News]
The NY Times has an interactive chart regarding bridges in New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey, which you can sort by state and then county. The description of the chart:
Chart shows bridges in the region that are deficient, meaning they need repair or replacement, but are usually not in imminent danger of falling. Conditions of deck, superstructure and substructure are based on findings in the bridge’s most recent inspection. Bridges that are considered obsolete, meaning they carry more traffic than they were designed for, and bridges that are not considered deficient are not included in the chart.
Glad to know none of these bridges are ready to fall down. The ratings are in the range of Good, Satisfactory, Fair, Poor, or Serious, and consider three elements: Condition of Deck, Condition of Superstructure, and Condition of Substructure. The Honeywell Street Ramp in Sunnyside looks like the scariest, with a Poor/Serious/Poor rating. Borden Ave Bridge in Dutch Kills follows right behind that, with ratings of Poor across the board.
Related:
Structurally deficient bridges in the New York metropolitan area [NY Times]
How Is Your Bridge Holding Up? Click Here. [City Room]
Weekend Hot Links [previously on OuterB]
And since I’ve been gone, more links for you!
Here are some nice maps of new developments in Long Island City, Astoria, Whitestone, Fresh Meadows, and College Point. [StreetEasy]
Photo evidence that Bjork and/or Matthew Barney are in town. Whenever I think of those two, I am reminded of this McSweeney’s gem. [Curbed]
Sleaze Alert: Dennis Gallagher, a Queens Republican, has been charged with rape. Um, eeuw. [City Room]
There are over 22,000 public bridges in NY State. 2,000 of them are “structurally deficient”, which was the designation of the 35W bridge in Minneapolis that collapsed this week. Three bridges in the city are rated as “poor” by the city, including the bridge at Willow Lake at 76th Road in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens. [NY Times]
Mayor Bloomberg signed into law a new anti-graffiti law. [City Room]
Hats off to Chef Darren Lawless of the wonderful Il Bambino, to be the only Astoria restaurant to be included in NY Mag’s 2007 Cheap Eats issue. I can vouch for the deliciousness served here. Other Queens eats include Burmese Cafe and Frisby in Jackson Heights and Little Pepper in Flushing. [NY Mag]
The trees might be gone at St. Saviour’s, but activists won’t give up on the site. [Times Ledger]
Douglaston House stays in its historic district. [Queens Chronicle]
Forest Hills preservationists are looking for buyers to save two of the century-old townhouses on the East side of 72nd. [NY Daily News]
Queens loves surfers! Brings me back to my California roots. [nyc.24.us]
ConEd loves Queens… leasing 120,00 square feet of space in Jamaica! [Globe St.]
Apricots are available this weekend at the Sunnyside Farmer’s Market. [City Room]
Neighbors have been hoping for the arch to be restored by now, but two years has passed and nothing has happened. There’s $450K set aside to pay for restoration of the unofficial landmark and neighboring streets. Those in charge of the project are still trying to figure out exactly what to do with the arch. Who knows when the improvements will come?
Related:
Sunnyside Renovations Moving At Snail’s Pace [Queens Chronicle]
Photo Credit: John Roleke
Apparently the best places to raise your kids in Queens are Jackson Heights, Whitestone, and Bayside [streeteasy.com]
Joey in Astoria has been splogged [Joey in Astoria]
The nicest section of Forest Hills to live… is where you live [Forest Hills 72]
New Concrete Building Material Lets Light In [Sellsius Real Estate]
Eventually, there will be a commuter rail station in Sunnyside. The big dig is coming along. [MTA]
There’s talk about a Historic Preservation Tax Credit [Historic Districts Council Newsstand]
Moving Up, a show on TLC, is casting for homeowners in Queens who are interested in being on the show. [NYHouses4Sale]
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]
Apologies for the light posting this week - my computer died Monday night. But thanks to a local internet cafe and some good friends, I’ve had a little bit of computer access. Anyway, enjoy the warmer weekend the links below!
The Cooperator is “Flushed with Pride“.
More complaints about the brutalism in Astoria.
Sunnyside residents fault city descriptions of homes.
Is the ugliest billboard in NY in Forest Hills?
This gal’s trying to buy a home in Queens and is finding that things aren’t always what they seem. [closer2home]
Recent Sales Information from nyc.gov for the real estate sales data voyeur in you. [NY Times]
Suburban 7-11 comes to Forest Hills, complete with a parking lot in front. [Forest hills 72]
20 blocks of Queens Blvd that run through Woodside and Sunnyside may be named after pol Thomas Manton. [Times Ledger]
Good news for Sunnyside Gardens! [Queens Chronicle]
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