Exterior work is progressing on Radiant, a 19-story residential building at 24-01 Queens Plaza North in Long Island City, Queens. Designed by ODA New York and developed by New Empire Corporation, the 115,000-square-foot structure will yield 117 condominium units in studio to two-bedroom layouts. The project will also feature a suite of amenities and ground-floor commercial space. The property is alternately addressed as 41-45 24th Street and located on an 8,967-square-foot lot at the corner of 24th Street and Queens Plaza North.
The entire reinforced concrete superstructure was built since our last update in May 2024, when foundation work was just getting started. Yellow insulation boards now enclose the building up to its final story, and window installation is following not far behind. The building features a striking design incorporating ODA’s typical cubic aesthetic of cantilevering and cutout boxes, with the added flourish of rounded edges and a broadly curved corner.
Radiant. Photo by Michael Young.
Radiant. Photo by Michael Young.
Radiant. Photo by Michael Young.
Radiant. Photo by Michael Young.
Radiant. Photo by Michael Young.
Radiant. Photo by Michael Young.
Radiant. Photo by Michael Young.
Radiant. Photo by Michael Young.
Radiant. Photo by Michael Young.
Radiant. Photo by Michael Young.
The renderings in the main photo and below preview Radiant enclosed in light gray façade panels surrounding the flat and curving windows. The building will feature an abundance of private outdoor space in the form of terraces atop its numerous cubic volumes and balconies on the notches that protrude from the cutout sections.
Radiant. Designed by ODA New York.
Residential amenities will include an outdoor courtyard with ping pong, a sauna, karaoke room, screening room, pet spa, and a double-height fitness center and adjacent indoor basketball court. There will also be a glass-enclosed rooftop lounge complete with a chef’s kitchen, a coworking space, game room, children’s playroom, and a rooftop terrace with an outdoor grilling station and views of the Manhattan skyline and the Queensboro Bridge.
New Empire Corporation acquired the corner site for $26 million. Paris Forino is the interior designer for the project, and Bethony Shen of Nest Seekers Development Marketing and One Realty Global are in charge of sales and marketing.
The development is a short walk from the elevated Queensboro Plaza subway station, which is served by the 7, N, and W trains.
Radiant’s completion is expected sometime in the first half of next year.
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It’s definitely the most interesting building going up in LIC, but I feel very bad for the architects and engineers who had to detail and energy model the thing. Pizzas for all of them.
Is this Barcelona or Queens? Very nice!
Love that ‘beehive’ look, sometimes the yellow insulation paneling looks as good or better than the final facade, they should stop there 🙂
Omg I thought the same thing too! Sometimes I love seeing the different colors and materials DURING construction, where you see all the layers of the facade and structure
Pretty sweet.
Barcelona in New York.
Hi, please let me know more info on your studio apartment. Thank You
Hi please let me know more info on your studio apt Thank You
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This one is probably the best building going on in NYC right now.
My question is how do they keep the water and snow on the curvy balconies floor from seeping inside thru the bottom of the wall?
You don’t, lol.
Upon carefully looking at the photos again I realized that the construction is slightly different than the fancy renderings. In the renderings the curvy balconies are at the same floor grade level as the apartments floor level. But in the construction version the back are a step down lower than the I interior level. In that case there wouldn’t be any chance that water will deep thru at the base of the walls.
The balconies* are a step down…
Looks Radiant when completed ….looks like Gaudi was here..
I don’t get the appeal of this ugly, bugman housing. It’s utterly out of place and jarring. Oh well, to each their own.
Audi. Lives. Gaudi
I look forward to seeing this in its completed form. If the renderings are accurate, it will be a welcome change from the usual bland glass boxes.