Construction is wrapping up on Astor On Third II, a six-story mixed-use building at 2-24 26th Avenue in the Hallets Point section of Astoria, Queens. Designed by FNA Engineering Services PC and developed by Yitzchok Katz of Developing NY State, the 64-foot-tall structure will span 111,862 square feet and yield 137 rental units with an average scope of 683 square feet, as well as 18,249 square feet of ground-floor community facility space, a 60-foot-long rear yard, and 69 parking spaces. The project is located at the corner of 26th Avenue and 3rd Street, just north of its Astor On Third companion development at 26-41 3rd Street on 27th Avenue.
Recent photographs show the façade nearly complete with only a small section of the ground-floor frontage along 3rd Street still wrapping up. The envelope is composed predominantly of tan brick framing floor-to-ceiling windows with black mullions, and the building features numerous balconies lined with ornamental railings. The main entrance is located on the chamfered northeastern corner of the parcel.
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
An excavator, piling machine, and other equipment sit behind black barriers as crews work to finish the exterior and form the new sidewalks.
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
The following Google Street View image looks west at the site prior to the start of construction.
2-24 26th Avenue in Astoria, Queens via Google Maps
Goose Property Management is handling leasing for the apartments, which will be available in studio to two-bedroom layouts. Residential amenities will include a bike room, a virtual doorman, a shared laundry room, a package room, a fitness center, a media center, a communal rooftop deck, and on-site parking.
The nearest subways from the property are the N and W trains at the Astoria Boulevard station to the east. Also nearby to the south is the Astoria ferry terminal along the East River.
YIMBY anticipates Astor On Third II will fully finish construction before the end of spring.
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Decorated in dark tones which I am fascinated, with many amenities and it’s good that there isn’t a shooting practice room: Thanks.
They have the railings right on the second floor, but clearly cheaped out with the nasty projecting balconies (storage lockers?) above. It’s all just so dumb…
Okay, if the powers that be in NYC refuse to bury the hideous tangle of wires and cables, why do they have to string them up using wooden poles? These are ALWAYS either crooked, bowed or leaning, and sometimes all three.
Because thanks to deregulation the utility companies only care about profit. Maintenance and investment (in burial, upgraded infrastructure) takes away from profits. Ditto nationwide outside of greenfield development where all utilities are buried before building begins.
I’d love to see a stand alone federal infrastructure bill that helps cover the cost of a massive overhead removal/modernization/burial program that would be especially beneficial in cities by removing overhead blight and futureproofing against climate change by placing everything currently overhead underground.
It amazes me how people will complain about offshore wind farms way out on the horizon because they supposedly spoil their views, and then not say a word about the tangle of overhead chicken wire ruining the streetscape throughout the outer boroughs.
In every city coast to coast.