This is the last Hot Links of 2007. Wow…. Happy Holidays!
Greeks vs. Hipsters in Astoria [NY Daily News]
Austin Street is Up For Grabs [Splitting Hairs in Forest Hills]
plans might disrupt the natural habitat there. [Times Ledger]
Fire damages St. Paul’s Episcopal in Woodside [1010 Wins]
Politicians are frustrated with Queens Plaza progress. [Times Ledger]
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]
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]
WOODSIDE
$1,150,000
52-21 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, NY
2 units in a 75 year old mixed use brick building. Each unit has 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom. Comes with 1,100 sq. ft. of commercial space. 26-foot-by-58-foot lot. Taxes $6,200. Asking price: $1,250,000, on the market for 11 weeks.
Broker: Century 21 Benjamin
Source: New York Times – 6/1
FOREST HILLS
$750,000
64-10 110th Street, Forest Hills, NY
57-year-old brick 2-family. Primary unit: 3 bedrooms, 1 bath. Other unit: 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. Finished basement. 25-foot-by-60-foot lot. Taxes $3,712. Asking price: $799,000, on the market for 37 weeks.
Broker: Century 21 Benjamin
Source: New York Times – 6/1
FLUSHING
$517,000
199-45 34th Avenue, Flushing, NY
Three-bedroom, two-bath semidetached Colonial on a 20-foot-by-100-foot lot, with new eat-in kitchen, finished full basement, aboveground pool, patio and private driveway. Taxes $2,136. Asking price: $539,000, on the market two weeks.
Broker: Carollo Real Estate
Source: New York Post – 5/31
OuterB doesn’t normally digest anything but real estate, but we got to make an exception for the eats of our fine borough and point you to “Queens Now Has Less Feta, More Jellyfish.”
NY Times food critic William Grimes writes in praise of his Astoria’s past and present and dives mouth first into the culinary delights of Woodside and Flushing. Excellent article, highly recommended for those who love to eat and love to eat in Queens.
Here are the addresses and a few of reviews of the places that Grimes recommends (after the jump):
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Pomonok (Forgotten NY)
Looks like a great weekend in Queens for open houses. There are lots of new listings in Craigslist and the NY Times. Here are my three picks.
Jr4/2 bedroom Co-op in Forest Hills, "The Lafayette" 69-40 Yellowstone Blvd, Forest Hills, NY, $369,000, Open House: 6/12/2005 12 - 5 pm. I like the interior photos of this prewar co-op, especially the rounded archways. The maintenance is reasonable at $650 a month. The building has a doorman and a garage, though it’s not clear if there’s a space available. See NY Times listing #25. The broker looks like "Kingdom."
3-Family in Woodside, 58-41 44th Avenue, Woodside, NY, $929000, Open House: June 12, 2005, 1-4 pm. Four bedrooms over two bedrooms over one bedroom in a semi-attached brick building– call it a two-family plus. It’s in the heart of Woodside, right by Roosevelt Ave and Queens Blvd. Sounds like a great rental property. Note - it’s on 44th Avenue, not Street. See Craigslist for more.
5-Bedroom Cape House in Queens Village, 234-05 88th Avenue, Queens Village, NY, $690,000, Open House: June 11, 2005, 12 - 2 pm; June 12, 2005, 2 - 4 pm. A legal 2-family meaning it can be converted, or more likely, knocked down and rebuilt as big as possible on this large strip of land - 46×171 Lot. Make sure to check drainage. Often big backyards in central Queens means it’s the drainage area for the block. The house is blocks away from Bellerose — though in general Queens V schools aren’t as good as those in Bellerose. Sales: Jennifer Castellanos, ERA CAPUTO REALESTATE. See Craigslist for more.
Woodside is mixed-use, and there’s a lot of sub-par housing, right next to warehouses and light factories. But there are a few gems, like this co-op on 65th Street at 38th Avenue. The best side is the north-side, farther away from the elevated 7 subway.
65th Street is one of the best blocks in Woodside.
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