Renderings have been revealed for The Cube, a 14-story residential building planned for 42-53 24th Street in downtown Long Island City, Queens. Designed by MY Architect PC and developed by Chris Jiashu Xu of United Construction & Development, the structure will yield 217 condominium units, ground-floor retail space, and enclosed parking. The site is located at the northeast corner of 24th Street and 43rd Avenue.
The main rendering above is oriented northwest showing The Cube composed of conjoined rectangular volumes clad primarily in a reflective glass curtain wall. A nine-story volume at the southeast corner of the property is clad in white paneling with a grid of punched windows and a landscaped roof deck. The abutting ten-story residential building at the corner of 43rd Avenue and Crescent Street is omitted from the rendering to show the project’s eastern lot line wall and elevated courtyard.
The following two renderings depict the building from the adjacent elevated highway to the northeast, and from street level at the southwest corner. The ground floor is largely clad in a gray envelope with the exception of the double-height main entrance, which is shown enclosed in glass.
Rendering courtesy of MY Architect PC.
Rendering courtesy of MY Architect PC.
The property is currently occupied by a dilapidated industrial building, as seen in the below Google Street View image.
42-53 24th Street. Image: Google Maps
United Construction & Development purchased the property in early 2022 for $40.1 million.
The nearest subways from the development are the 7, N, and W trains at the Queensboro Plaza station to the northeast.
The Cube at 42-53 24th Street is expected to be completed sometime in 2027.
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Shame they couldn’t incorporate the factory building into the base.
The dilapidated industrial building is far better than yet another LIC boring box like this dreck.
Gleaming The Cube
I hate to be a stickler about the names the marketing people come up with, but that’s not even close to being a cube.