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71-66 Parsons Boulevard, image via Google Maps

Permits Filed: 71-66 Parsons Boulevard, Pomonok

As New York City’s development boom pushes further into the outer boroughs, builders are looking for more affordable properties in neighborhoods where few developers have been willing to tread since the city’s real estate market bottomed out in 2009.
But now the area east of Queens College—known as Pomonok or Kew Gardens Hills—is finally seeing some new construction. Bi Yuan Chen, of Flushing-based Parsons Tower LLC, is planning a seven-story apartment building with a daycare at 71-66 Parsons Boulevard, according to applications filed with the Department of Buildings on Friday.

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34-22 35th Street

Reveal For Seven-Story, 65-Unit Residential Project At 34-22 35th Street, Astoria

Back in February, YIMBY reported on applications for a seven-story, 65-unit residential building at 34-22 35th Street, in southern Astoria, equidistant to subway stops on the N/Q and M/R trains. Now, Real Estate Weekly has the project’s reveal. According to the latest permits, the building will feature 1,352 square feet of ground-floor retail space, and rental units will average 665 square feet apiece. Fairfield County-based Valyrian Capital is developing, while Kutnicki Bernstein Architects is designing. The vacant property was acquired for $16 million in an off-market deal.

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104-84 165th Street

Six-Unit Residential Development Planned At 104-84 165th Street, Jamaica

Floral Park-based O&B Properties has filed applications to building a six-unit residential development spanning 104-84 – 104-88 165th Street, in Jamaica, located a number of blocks south of Jamaica Avenue. The developer will expand an existing two-story, single-family home to accommodate two units, and build two additional two-story, two-unit attached residential buildings. The expanded structure will have units averaging 824 square feet, while the new buildings will have family-sized units averaging 1,516 square feet. Queens-based Gerald Caliendo is the architect of record.


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