Elmhurst

06/14/13 10:00am

Slow Going at Elmhurst Condo With Close-up Views of the 7 Train

by emily

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Elmhurst’s Bravo Condominium, at 40-07 73rd Street off Roosevelt Avenue, is looking mighty lonely. Signage out front says the building holds seven one-bedroom units, twenty-one two-bedrooms, and three three-bedrooms. Listings, however, are nowhere to be found online — a Re/Max broker told us over the phone that units are being listed exclusively. He said that 11 apartments are available, although no sales of the other 45 are reflected on public records. He also reported that no one’s moved in yet. We dug up this thread from last summer where one commenter said this: “That so-called luxury condo, “Bravo,” is as silly a construction as I’ve ever seen. Residents could literally reach out and touch the elevated subway if the windows opened….Seriously, the 7 train is no more than 15 feet away from the apartment windows. There don’t look to be any physical amenities in the way of gardens, greenery or even potted plants. I can’t imagine these things selling, even at deep, deep, deep discounts. And the condo market seems to be just fine in the area.” Anyone know what’s really going on here? GMAP

06/13/13 3:00pm

New Three-Story Building with Community Space Going Up on Broadway

by emily

Under construction at 70-38 Broadway in Elmhurst: a four-story building with plans for both community space and residential units. According to DOB documents, there will be 2,881 square feet of residential space and 5,228 square feet of community space. Only two dwelling units are proposed, which suggests they should be generously sized. This lot was previously home to a modest wood-frame house. The architect of record for the new development is Askon Architects. GMAP

Food and Drink

Astoria

05/29/13 11:00am

Open and Shut

by Alyssa Haak

Elmhurst, Long Island City, Rockaways

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Long Island City

Sage General Store is installing a bar and will close until the end of June when it will reopen with a full liquor license and new dinner menu. Owner Leslie Nilsson will also be opening a macaroon bar down the street by the end of August. Sunnyside pub owner, Pat Burke, plans on opening his fourth bar on Vernon Blvd by the end of August. His newest pub, Woodbine’s – named after the cigarettes his grandfather smoked in Ireland – will pour 16 craft beers and serve high-end pub food.

Astoria

Katch Bar & Grill opened at 3119 Newtown Ave with 50 beers on tap and more than 50 TVs. The beer garden will open soon.

Sunnyside

Jack’s Ale House reopened last Saturday at 39-46 Skillman Avenue with festivities that were chased indoors by the storm. The pub, owned by three firefighter brokers, closed two years ago for renovations.

Elmhurst

The Nevada Diner opened at 80-26 Queens Boulevard and offer free delivery of its gourmet dinners and baked-on-premises desserts.

The Rockaways

With Memorial Day just over and summer just beginning, Eater did a wrap up of the restaurants open near the now-open Rockaway beach: Rockaway Taco is open and now serving breakfast. Ripper’s on Beach 86 will be open. Caracas Arepas Bar served from a pop-up location at Beach 97th Street and Rockaway freeway and will post updates to their instagram account.

Did we miss something? Let us know in the comments what opened in your neighborhood!

Photo from Mighty Sweet

Astoria, beer, LIC, Long Island City, Restaurants

Corona

04/19/13 1:00pm

Open houses this weekend in Maspeth, Corona, Sunnyside and Elmhurst

Elmhurst, Maspeth, Sunnyside

Saturday

Open House - Saturday 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
$560,000
58-22 57th Dr, Maspeth
4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms

2 Family, Detached Home,Near Transportation, Convinient To All! 4 Bedrooms, Dining Rm, Living Rm, 2 Kitchens, 2-5 Baths, Office Space, Laundry Rm, Handicap Access, Nice Size Patio, Wood Floors And Much More! This Is A Must See!!
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Open House - Saturday 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
$409,000
76-18 69th Pl, Maspeth
1 bedroom, 2 bathrooms

Mint 1373 Sq.Ft. Condo On Penthouse Floor With Indoor Parking! This Unit Has It All! Verify All Sq.Ft. & Common Charges
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Corona real Estate, Elmhurst Real Estate, Maspeth Real Estate, open houses, Sunnyside Real Estate

Food and Drink

Flushing, Jackson Heights, Long Island City

04/12/13 10:00am

Question of the day: what’s missing from Eater’s Queens heat map?

by Joe DiStefano

Chopsticks + Marrow, written by Joe DiStefano, covers food both inside and outside of Queens. He joins us here on QueensNYC each Thursday (except this week on Friday..).

Surely Zhū Dà Jiě’s Lao Cheng Du deserves a slot on Eater’s Queens Heatmap.

Over the weekend Eater released its Queens Heatmap, a roster of a dozen of-the-moment restaurants, including the recently opened Alchemy, Texas, BBQ as well as C+M favorites M. Wells Dinette, Biang!, and Chao Thai Too. The list highlights “recent arrivals . . . that the critics, bloggers, and restaurant obsessives are buzzing about right now.” For what it’s worth I don’t consider myself a critic but I’ll proudly fly the blogger and restaurant obsessive flags. I am pleased to say that there’s only one spot on the list that I haven’t been to, Casa Enrique.

In the past Eater has taken some, well, heat for its Queens Heatmap. As for this time around it looks pretty good. That said, I question the inclusion of Corner Bistro as buzzworthy. And I’d like to have seen Zhū Dà Jiě’s Láo Chéng Dū, on a list of a hot new restaurants. So here’s what I’m curious to know. What do you think of the latest incarnation of Eater’s Queen’s Heatmap? What’s missing? What’s doesn’t deserve to have made the cut? Tell me in the comments or hit me on the Twitter, @JoeDiStefano.

Alchemy, Casa Enrique, Chao Thai Too, Eater, Láo Chéng Dū, M. Wells Dinette, Texas

04/05/13 1:00pm

Three one bedroom apartments: Elmhurst, Rego Park, Woodside

Rego Park, Woodside

$1,800
Elmhurst, NY
1 bedroom, 1 bathroom

This 664 sq. ft. 1 bed, 1 bath condo in Plaza 75 condominium in Elmhurst features an airy layout, large windows with North East exposure, hardwood flooring through, color screen video intercom system, pre-wired cable and telephone lines, and is Fios ready. The kitchen has stainless steel appliances includes 5 burner gas range. Located across from the Jackson Hts Roosevelt Ave station you can catch the E,F,M,R and 7 trains, Q33, Q47 buses.
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Real Estate, rentals, sales

Astoria

04/04/13 1:00pm

QueensNYC March real estate sales market report

Elmhurst, Forest Hills, Jackson Heights, Long Island City

The following is the first real estate sales market report that we have compiled here on QueensNYC. We rank the top 5 neighborhoods based on the volume of searches on QueensNYC Real Estate.

The top 5 neighborhoods for real estate sales on QueensNYC are…

5. Elmhurst

4. Forest Hills

Astoria Real Estate, Elmhurst Real Estate, Forest Hills Real Estate, Jackson Heights Real Estate, LIC real estate, Market Report, Real Estate

Shopping

04/03/13 3:00pm

Photos of the Queens Center Mall in Elmhurst

We were in Elmhurst recently and happened by The Queens Center Mall (GMAP) where we were reminded that there is band with the names of Queens neighborhoods wrapping around the building: Flushing, Corona, Maspeth, East Elmhurst, Rego Park, Kew Gardens, Fresh Meadows, Woodside…

Malls, of course, are not known for their architectural appeal.. but we kinda like this touch.

Queens Center Mall

Food and Drink

Astoria

04/01/13 12:00pm

Complete guide to Queens greenmarkets and farmers markets (work in progress)

Corona, Douglaston, Elmhurst, Forest Hills, Jackson Heights, Jamaica, Long Island City, Outings, Ridgewood, Shopping, Sunnyside, Weekend

Note: As the season progresses, we’ll update this guide. Please leave comments with new or updated information!

Forest Hills Greenmarket, South side of Queens Blvd at 70th Avenue (GMAP) (Website)
Sundays from April 7, 2013 to December 29, 2013
8:00am – 3:00pm

Sunnyside Greenmarket, Skillman Ave btwn 42 & 43 Streets (GMAP) (Website)
Saturdays from June 1, 2013 to December 21, 2013
8:00am – 3:00pm