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Astoria Is The Hottest Neighborhood For Apartment Hunters: Report
Astoria was the most-searched neighborhood for prospective renters, according to a report by the real estate website RentHop.

Astoria was the most-searched neighborhood for prospective renters, according to a report by the real estate website RentHop.

With rent prices swinging drastically upward in the city, homes near subway stations were also on board the trend, a new report shows.

People are not buying homes in Astoria in 2023 at nearly the same rate as last year.
Former homeless households and NYCHA tenants have started moving into the new affordable housing units on Hallets Point.
The first AI-driven parking garage in Queens opened this week at the recently-built luxury condominium The Rowan.
The building will have 240 studio, one, and two-bedroom apartments.
Multifamily landlords and property managers look for technology-enabled solutions to accept, manage and safely secure incoming packages
The median price per square foot increased from $1,493 to $1,586 per square foot between October and December in Long Island City.
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New York, Boston, Seattle, Chicago, Houston, San Francisco building operations save $12 million through technology-enabled access control
This week, city inspectors found mice on the Upper West Side, roaches in Forest Hills, scalding hot water in Hamilton Heights, and more.
A Long Island City community board weighed in on a plan to top Queens Plaza's iconic Eagle Electric building with a 22-story office tower.
The 3,200-apartment, five-block development passed another Council committee Monday, making it poised to win final approval this week.
A modest wood-frame Astoria home built in the 1940s is set to be bulldozed for a seven-story apartment building, new plans show.
Astoria's neighborhood-reshaping rezoning seems likelier to win approval after hundreds of affordable homes were added to the proposal.
Dutch Kills' industrial past and its high-rise future are colliding in Parts Authority's proposal to build a glassy corporate headquarters.
It isn't just H Mart: another big Asian supermarket will be built on a mostly empty Astoria block, as part of a new eight-story building.
This week, city inspectors found roaches and mice in Park Slope, rat droppings in the West Village, lead paint in Astoria, and more.
A Long Island City skyscraper and an apartment building on a long-empty Astoria block are among the neighborhood's newest developments.
The crumbling old warehouse that sold for $25 million in August will now become a nine-story apartment tower, new plans show.
A developer illegally inflated a tenant's stabilized rent at the same high-rise where it underpaid dozens of workers, a lawsuit says.
If it seems everyone you know is moving to Astoria or Long Island City, you aren't wrong — they're Queens's most-searched neighborhoods.
The developer of a Long Island City luxury tower must pay a $3 million settlement for under-paying dozens of workers, prosecutors said.
This week, city inspectors found roaches in a Park Slope apartment, no hot water in Astoria, mice in the West Village, and more.
More than 100 affordable homes for seniors may finally replace the parking lot facing the Broadway N train station, if a rezoning passes.
The major, long-awaited increase in affordable units comes as the contested Astoria rezoning awaits a final vote from the City Council.
Renting for as little as $665 per month, the 145 affordable units are now available in Astoria's brand-new Halletts Point development.
The separate projects at the two Astoria landmarks will include a planetarium, recycled shipping containers, 200 units of housing and more.
The transformative, five-block Astoria development was approved over local objections, sending it to the City Council for a final vote.
The developer responsible for building Queens's tallest tower is now set to demolish a sprawling warehouse building near Queens Plaza
A controversial tax break means a new "affordable" housing lottery in Astoria will be unaffordable to many in the neighborhood.
A new proposal would build an eight-story building on an industrial block and rezone portions of Astoria's Welling Court Mural Project.
A Broadway building that advertises a planned tower named after an energy drink is now facing the wrecking ball, plans show.
A dilapidated warehouse that recently rained bricks onto an Astoria sidewalk will soon become a condo tower thanks to a $25 million sale.
Eye-catching new renderings show the modern apartment buildings set to rise on what had been low-rise corners of Broadway in Astoria.
After recent layoffs at the Astoria film studio project, labor unions protested with a Robert De Niro impersonator battling a rat mascot.
A longtime adult daycare center near the N train will be transformed into an apartment building after a recent sale by its former owner.
A seven-story apartment building will be built across from Murray Playground, replacing a Radha Soami meditation center, records show.
The Queens Borough President rejected the enormous Astoria development over affordability concerns, further narrowing its path to approval.
An enormous warehouse building has been sold by its longtime owners to the investment arm of real estate giant Related.