Permits have been filed for a 13-story residential building at 95-28 147th Place in Jamaica, Queens. Located between 95th Avenue and 97th Avenue, the lot is near the Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport subway station, served by the E, J, and Z trains. Herman Jacob under East 181st Gardens LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
The proposed 124-foot-tall development will yield 39,368 square feet designated for residential space. The building will have 79 residences, most likely rentals based on the average unit scope of 498 square feet. The concrete-based structure will also have a 20-foot-long rear yard.
Leandro Nils Dickson Architect is listed as the architect of record.
Demolition permits have not been filed yet. An estimated completion date has not been announced.
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79 families will live where formerly only one family could. That’s how it’s done.
79 rental units at market rate for the rich does nothing to solve the housing crisis for low and middle income people, and i feel for the people who will be living right on top of a blank wall
I don’t think “rich” people are going to be living in this part of Jamaica. Also, the design of the new building will not force anyone to look at that blank wall, wich is simply a lot-line facade of a 10 story building next door. If subsidizies are needed for middle and lower-class housing, then so be it….but it doesn’t change the fact that new housing (especially in a transit-rich neighborhood) is absolutely needed!
LOL at “rich” people living in a very working class part of Queens. Every single market rate housing unit, whether priced at $1 or $100 million, increases overall affordability.
Not rich, but upper middle class certainly would.
That’s okay of course,and we need more supply.
“For the rich”
Arnelo, give me a fucking break! There won’t be any multi-millionaires moving and renting in this part of the city. There are better places those kinds of people can spend their money on than a rental in Jamaica. Cut the fucking BS narrative of bracketing people who make 100k into the 1% of rich elite Americans. Always taking things out of proportion and lying.
Arnelo, please do us all a favor and take your nonsensical comments elsewhere.
Arnelo you sound deranged and have no idea about what a working class neighborhood looks like and the kind of people live in one. Dont speak about things you clearly don’t understand
Stupid comment Arnelo. I wish earning 100k a year was enough for me to retire and label myself as “rich” and financially comfortable. Take your meds and shut up.
500 square foot apartments in Jamaica are likely neither for families or the rich-
Hopefully there’s security in the building cause there’s a halfway house right down the block! Lol
The American Dream of Owning your
Own Single Family Home with a
Driveway and Garage is
Officially Over.