A whopping 463 affordable apartments are up for grabs in a brand-new Long Island City waterfront tower, renting for as little as $397.
The 1,300-unit project that would reshape the Halletts Point peninsula was approved by City Planning commissioners, setting up a final vote.
Three new buildings around Western Queens have apartments available in the city's housing lottery — though some are pricier than others.
Western Queens is one of the only places in NYC where rental inventory is still shrinking, even as it starts to rise in other neighborhoods.
Astoria's community board formally rejected the enormous Innovation QNS development on Tuesday, sending it further up the chain of review.
The latest changes to Long Island City's streetscape will come via the demolition of four different longstanding buildings, city plans show.
A waterfront tower that would rehab a decrepit warehouse and open up Anable Basin was rejected by a Queens board — but may still be built.
Shorter towers and a new sports facility did not placate an Astoria community board committee, which recommended rejecting the project.
The 1,300-unit project that would transform a once-polluted area of Halletts Point got a thumbs-up from the Queens BP, advancing its review.
Facing one of its first official tests, the neighborhood-altering project got a mixed reception—as new details emerge on its local impacts.
Another low-rise Broadway block will soon be home to a multi-story apartment building, according to newly submitted plans.
The latest Astoria rezoning proposal would allow for dozens of new apartments on a low-rise block near Socrates Sculpture Park.
Apartment buildings could replace Coco La Reve nightclub, the restaurant Dulce Cultura, and a longtime gas station under the rezoning plan.
Two recently-opened buildings near Queensboro Plaza are among the reason rents have risen around the station, a new study found.
The concept of a "COVID deal" is now a distant memory, as rents jump in Astoria and Long Island City amid record highs in New York City.
Despite calls by Councilmember Julie Won to delay its certification, the enormous Astoria rezoning kicked off its public review this week.
The latest of three high-rise projects planned for the Halletts Point peninsula got a warmer reception than some other Astoria developments.
Backers of the transformative, five-block rezoning faced tough questions at a public meeting Wednesday, as protesters chanted outside.
The seven-building project by the Durst Organization is slowly reshaping the Astoria waterfront, even amid reported delays.
Four new buildings around Western Queens have apartments up for grabs through the city's official lottery. Here's how to apply.
A pair of new apartment buildings are set to rise two miles apart on 21st Street in Astoria and Hunters Point, according to city records.
Residents with questions or concerns about the neighborhood-reshaping Innovation QNS proposal can ask them at a forum this month.
The stalled Astoria Cove project, which would build hundreds of apartments near Astoria Park, may be revived, new planning documents show.
The transformation of Astoria's industrial blocks is set to continue, as a rigging business is replaced by a 152-unit apartment building.
The controversial owners of the Steinway Mansion are now planning a new apartment building on Broadway, likely displacing a longtime bodega.
A decade after buying the beloved theater, John Ciafone tells Patch he is finally close to demolishing it to make way for apartments.
A low-rise Astoria block may soon be transformed with apartments, art studios and more after a proposed rezoning drew little pushback.
A half-acre park with dog runs, a playground and more is being built next to the distinctive Sven tower at Queens Plaza. Here's a look.
The developers behind Astoria's huge Innovation QNS project have avoided answering basic questions, City Councilmember Julie Won alleged.
A new public garden is wrapping up work near the Long Island City waterfront, and developers want artists to submit ideas for sculptures.
A nearly 800-foot residential skyscraper will soon rise near Queens Plaza, city records show — eclipsing a nearby tower as Queens's tallest.
The auto shop and taxicab parking that cover a block of Broadway near Socrates Sculpture Park may soon be displaced by a new building.
An 11-story building will rise on an Astoria lot formerly home to a warehouse and a small home, according to plans filed with the city.
Dozens of apartments in Western Queens are available through the city's affordable housing lottery — though some are pricier than others.
Two years after it was rezoned, an industrial block in Astoria will soon be cleared to make way for a 13-story apartment building.
The luxury condo building recently completed in Ditmars now has another tenant besides Lincoln Market: a Northwell Health medical clinic.
The five-block megadevelopment in Astoria now includes a second 27-story tower, while hopes of a public school may have been dashed.
A long-vacant lot facing the Court Square subway station had been slated for a high-rise hotel, but new city laws may change its fate.
The huge film campus spearheaded by Robert De Niro will soon start construction in Astoria after getting a final green-light from the city.
A new 26-story tower proposed for Long Island City would include a long-awaited elevator at the busy Queensboro Plaza subway station.
