Real Estate

RKO Keith’s to rise: FAA approval means 17-story development will fly
RKO Keith’s to rise: FAA approval means 17-story development will fly
Northeast Melissa Chan 5/09/2012 at 1:00PM

While the curtain has long come down on a historic former movie house in Flushing, recent approval by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has green lighted RKO Keith’s Theatre for Act 2. The proposed 17-story development will be built approximately 7,000 feet from the runway at LaGuardia Airport, which raised concerns in the past as [...]

House of the Day: Kew Gardens Colonial – 4 Bedrooms, 5 Bathrooms
House of the Day: Kew Gardens Colonial – 4 Bedrooms, 5 Bathrooms
News Jay Lane 5/09/2012 at 8:02AM

KEW GARDENS, NY 11415 Total Taxes: $7,449 List Price: $1,475,000 Colonial, Detached, # Families: 1 10.0 rooms, 4 Bedrooms , 5 Full Baths School District: Community District 28 Year Built: 1940 Construction: Stucco Lot Size: 50 X 100 Appearance: Super Mint Interior Features Eat-in kitchen Dining room: Formal Den/Family room Home office Full Finished Basement [...]

DOT presents plan for Glendale plaza
DOT presents plan for Glendale plaza
News Billy Rennison 5/08/2012 at 5:00PM

Some locals are worried a proposed pedestrian plaza won’t be a walk in the park for drivers. Under the plan, a public space would be constructed between famed German restaurant Zum Stammtisch and the Glendale Veterans Triangle, closing off 70th Street between Myrtle and Cooper avenues. Benches, greenery and outdoor seating for Zum Stammtisch would [...]

House of the Day: Little Neck – 4 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms
House of the Day: Little Neck – 4 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms
News Jay Lane 5/08/2012 at 8:05AM

48-38 Glenwood St LITTLE NECK, NY 11362 Total Taxes: $7,500 List Price: $1,150,000 Other, Detached, # Families: 1 11.0 rooms, 4 Bedrooms , 2 Full Baths , 2 Half Baths School District: Community District 26 Year Built: 2010 , New Construction Construction: Brick Lot Size: 48 X 100 Appearance: Interior Features 1 kitchen Dining room: [...]

If you build it, they will come
News Queens Courier Staff 5/04/2012 at 2:15PM

“If you build it, they will come” is perhaps the second most common real estate adage after “location, location, location.” In LIC, it seems to be true – at least since 2001. Once the city rezoned large swaths of land to allow mixed-use (residential and commercial) development and taller buildings – and gave tax abatements [...]

House of the Day: Forest Hills Colonial – 7 Bedrooms, 5.5 Bathrooms
House of the Day: Forest Hills Colonial – 7 Bedrooms, 5.5 Bathrooms
News Jay Lane 5/04/2012 at 8:13AM

60 Exeter St FOREST HILLS, NY 11375 Total Taxes: $16,082 List Price: $3,100,000 Colonial,  Detached, # Families: 1 11.0 rooms,  7 Bedrooms , 5 Full Baths , 2 Half Baths School District: Community District 25 Year Built: 1930 Construction: Brick Lot Size: – Appearance: Interior Features Eat-in kitchen Dining room: Lr/Dr Den/Family room Home office Full Finished Basement Stove, Washer, Refrigerator, Dishwasher, Dryer Fireplace [...]

Turtle & Hughes Leaving LIC for Glendale, Queens
Turtle & Hughes Leaving LIC for Glendale, Queens
Real Estate David Dynak 5/03/2012 at 2:02PM

Turtle & Hughes, a leader in distribution of Electrical and Industrial Equipment is relocating from Long IslandCityfurther east to Glendale. Its operation at 4939 Van Dam Streetwas simply not large enough, and with industrial rents in and around LIC going up – a result of higher property taxes, strong demand for space close to Manhattanand [...]

No More Rotten ‘Apple’
No More Rotten ‘Apple’
Business Michael Pantelidis 5/03/2012 at 12:09PM

Long Island City’s “Apple Building” – currently eaten to its core – will soon be ripe again. The edifice, located at 30-30 Northern Boulevard and known for the large sign on its roof – left behind by the Apple Red Tag & Label company when it ceased operations in the 1970s – has been mostly [...]

Deal Is Near to Develop Willets Point
Deal Is Near to Develop Willets Point
News Jay Lane 5/03/2012 at 10:30AM

The Bloomberg administration is nearing a deal with the Related Cos. and a real-estate firm controlled by owners of the New York Mets to build a retail and residential development on a gritty swath of Queens near Citi Field, according to people familiar with the matter. But the tentative deal to develop Willets Point isn’t [...]

House of the Day: Bayside Colonial – 5 Bedrooms, 1.5 Bathrooms
House of the Day: Bayside Colonial – 5 Bedrooms, 1.5 Bathrooms
News Jay Lane 5/03/2012 at 8:09AM

215-33 40th Ave BAYSIDE, NY 11361 Total Taxes: $5,622 List Price: $788,000 Colonial, Detached, # Families: 1 9.0 rooms, 5 Bedrooms , 1 Full Baths , 1 Half Baths School District: Community District 26 Year Built: 1925   Construction: Frame Lot Size: 40 X 100 Appearance: Good Interior Features Eat-in kitchen Dining room: Formal Den/Family [...]