Construction is finishing up on 95-25 Waltham Street, a 16-story residential building in Jamaica, Queens. Designed by Angelo Ng + Anthony Ng Architects for Amar Marketing enterprise 2 LLC, the 158-foot-tall structure will yield 52 rental apartments with an average scope of 767 square feet, as well as a cellar level, a 30-foot-long rear yard, and 15 enclosed parking spaces. The project is situated on an interior lot between 95th and 97th Avenues.
Recent photographs show the tower almost fully enclosed in its façade, which is composed of white and gray EIFS surrounding a grid of large windows and a central column of balconies on the main western elevation. Two additional columns of balconies line the edges of the rear eastern face, while the side profiles are mostly blank with only a handful of windows. The massing incorporates three small setbacks at on the lower levels that are topped with terraces, and the building culminates in a flat parapet with a bulkhead and exposed mechanical equipment.
The only sections of the exterior awaiting completion are the ground floor, which is still obscured behind the sidewalk shed, and the western corner of the northern elevation where the construction hoist remains attached.
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
The below Google Maps image shows the two former homes that were demolished to make way for the new building.
95-25 Waltham Street in Jamaica, Queens via Google Maps
The rendering on the construction board previews the finished look of the building. The parapet is lined with a metal railing, suggesting the possibility of a roof deck, and the garage door for the enclosed parking facility is positioned on the southern end of the main western profile.
A list of additional amenities has yet to be disclosed.
Photo by Michael Young
The nearest subways from the site are the E, J, and Z trains at the Sutphin Boulevard-Archer Avenue-JFK Airport station to the north. Also nearby is the Jamaica station with access to the Long Island Rail Road and AirTran shuttle service to John F. Kennedy International Airport.
An anticipated completion date of September 2024 is posted on the construction board, but YIMBY expects construction to finish closer to the end of the year or in early 2025 at the latest.
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Oh boy
Gotta love the decorative AC fan units on the roof! … or not.
Regentrification!–Will be priced out such as Harlem-Brooklyn and now Jamaica..MAIN Transportation Hubs
Okay.
16 story styrofoam building, yikes
It’s 1962 all over again.
Will the undersides of all those balconies at least get painted?
Probably not. They’d just peel anyways.
Looks like something in San Juan, PR.
Gross.
Surely the builder knows his customers and built accordingly.
I drew this exact building in MS Paint when I was 12.
The quality of paint should last no less than 10 years, with the fan that spreads out its prominence: Thanks to Michael Young.
“Gentrification” is investing in real estate.