Continuing our annual Turkey Week coverage of stalled projects in New York is 30-25 Queens Boulevard, a 46-story residential skyscraper in Long Island City, Queens. Designed by CetraRuddy Architecture and developed by LargaVista Companies under the 30-25 Queens Boulevard Tenant LLC, the 517-foot-tall structure is planned to span 1,293,315 square feet and yield 561 condominium units with an average scope of 1,464 square feet, as well as 471,673 square feet of commercial space. The property is located at the corner of Queens Plaza East and Queens Boulevard, directly west of the Sunnyside Yards rail tracks.
Recent photos show the 25,177-square-foot lot cleared of most of the construction machinery that was prepping the land at the time of our last update in October 2023. The pilings that were in the process of being driven last year remain partially inserted at the center of the parcel, which has begun to be reclaimed by weeds around the western edge. The property, dubbed QPX, comprises 30-25 Queens Boulevard, 29-00 to 29-10 Northern Boulevard, and 29-14 Queens Plaza East.
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
No renderings have been revealed for the project apart from the below preliminary elevation diagram posted on the construction board. The illustration shows a conventional massing beginning with a multi-story podium, followed by a setback around the halfway mark, and a final setback around the crown. The exterior appears to be composed of a uniform glass curtain wall.
Photo by Michael Young
The site was once home to an open-air parking lot, a gas station, a low-rise commercial structure, and a vacant lot at 29-00 Northern Boulevard parcel. 30-25 Queens Boulevard sits directly adjacent to the entrance to the Queens Plaza subway station, served by the E, M, and R trains. The 7, R, and W trains are also accessible across Queens Boulevard East.
No revised construction timeline has been announced.
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Why can’t they have normal addresses in Long Island City? These numbers make no sense and definitely keep this part of the city out of top consideration!
this is how addresses in Queens have worked for over 125 years. if you don’t want to move somewhere because the building numbers look funny, feel free to take your absurd reasoning elsewhere. we’re full.
They actually make perfect sense. Just take a second to learn how.
Who is the GC?
Golden Calf?
Read the article in the link, learn something, and stop complaining Stanley! If LIC wasn’t desirable, then why the F are they building so much then (including the tallest skyscraper in the borough)?!?!
https://ny1.com/nyc/queens/news/2018/11/05/queens-streets-
Simple Google search would’ve sufficed instead of whining
LIC was anticipating a huge Amazon headquarters and jobs, but AOC blocked it.
And don’t forget about that existential housing crisis in the city
Low information voter
You do realize the Amazon pitch was a giant grift right?
Railroad yard on one side; elevated subways on two others. Desirable?
Clearly.
The buyers apparently don’t have an irrational phobia of the sight of trains.
If completed the train yard behind is not visible at all, this style of building with a setback so beautiful and sharp: Thanks.
How do they build this on top of the subway station? Is it safe?
It isn’t on top of a subway station, it’s adjacent.