Updated plans and renderings have been revealed for 42-50 24th Street, an upcoming 44-story residential skyscraper in downtown Long Island City, Queens. Developed by Chris Jiashu Xu of United Construction & Development, the 589-foot-tall structure will stand as the second-tallest condominium tower in the borough, only surpassed by the developer’s 67-story, 763-foot-tall Skyline Tower a few streets to the south. The site is bound by 23rd Street to the west, 43rd Avenue to the south, and 24th Street to the east.
The rudimentary aerial rendering above depicts a large podium taking up the entire city block and topped with a green rooftop. The tower then rises along the eastern side of the property with monolithic massing leading up to a flat roof parapet.
A pair of diagrams below show one shallow setback 100 feet above the eastern elevation. The podium will rise 28.5 feet and will be separated from the main tower by a narrow corridor. The final three stories of the skyscraper, colored black, will likely serve as mechanical floors.
42-50 24th Street. Developed by United Construction & Development.
The project site is highlighted in yellow in the following image. The lack of tall buildings to the west of the plot should allow for panoramic vistas of the Manhattan skyline and Queensboro Bridge.
Xu purchased the land in the spring of 2024 for $57.5 million from a joint venture between Fisher Brothers and The Hakim Organization. The sale was brokered by Doug Middleton and Daniel Kaplan of CBRE.
42-50 24th Street site highlighted in yellow, via Google Maps
Below is an outdated iteration of 42-50 24th Street by Perkins Eastman that was last seen in YIMBY’s coverage from 2018.
42-50 24th Street, rendering by Dynamic Star LLC
No unit count, architect, or construction timeline have been revealed at this time. The nearest subways from the property are the 7, N, and W trains at the Queensboro Plaza station to the northeast.
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Funny, the google maps shots are missing several years of skyscraper development in LIC. looks barren!
So boring, I guess they thought the color would jazz it up. Not teal—ugh.
Thats just a diagram I assure you it wont be teal
Isn’t the orchard taller?
Orchard is a rental, not a condo like Skyline Tower
The Emerald City
come on developers.
Build something amazing.
You will get it back with higher sales, higher rents.
Good design is a good investment
thank you,
New York City