Far Rockaway

New Two-Story, 31,800-Square-Foot Queens Library Branch Planned At 16-37 Central Avenue, Far Rockaway

1:00 pm on September 29, 2016 By Reid Wilson

The New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC) has filed applications for a new two-story, 31,779-square-foot Queens Library at Far Rockaway. The new building will be built on the site of the existing, single-story library branch, at 16-37 Central Avenue. The facility will feature a circulation and information center, meeting rooms, a business center, and individual children, teen, and adult sections. Snøhetta will be designing the project. The 25,877-square-foot site is located at the corner of Mott Avenue, three blocks from the Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue stop on the A train. Demolition permits have not been filed for the existing library.

10-74 Beach 22nd Street, image via Google Maps

Permits Filed: 10-74 Beach 22nd Street, Far Rockaway Hotel

4:00 pm on August 29, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

As the city gears up to rezone downtown Far Rockaway, one developer is trying to work with the zoning that already exists. Builder Surjeet Kaur filed plans to put up a two-story hotel at 10-74 Beach 22nd Street, right next to the Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue stop on the A, where the elevated subway line ends in Queens.

Six Two-Story, Two-Family Houses Planned At 434 Beach 29th Street, Far Rockaway

3:00 pm on March 29, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Long Island-based Collier Realty has filed applications for six two-story, two-family houses, two between 434-436 Beach 29th Street and four between 429-437 Beach 28th Street, in the Wave Crest section of Far Rockaway, Queens. The Beach 29th Street buildings will measure 3,520 square feet each, and their full-floor units should average 1,173 square feet apiece. The Beach 28th Street buildings will measure 3,300 square feet each, and their full-floor units should average 1,100 square feet apiece. Long Island-based Shahriar Afshari is the applicant of record. The block-thru development plot, located two blocks south of the Beach 25th Street stop on the A train, is currently vacant.

New Community Center & Electrical Buildings Filed For 604-Unit Redfern Housing Complex, Far Rockaway

10:30 am on January 29, 2016 By Reid Wilson

During Hurricane Sandy, apartments at Redfern Houses – a nine-building, 604-unit housing development at 1456 Beach Channel Drive in Far Rockaway – were flooded and then left without power for weeks. The complex’s daycare was also destroyed, but the city’s Housing Authority looks to be making upgrades to its infrastructure in addition to building a new daycare center. The city filed permits to construct four single-story electrical power service buildings on the property, each of which would measure between 800 and 1,216 square feet in size. At 1490 Beach Channel Drive, a two-story, 14,295 square-foot community center was filed. That building would include a daycare center, offices, and storage on the ground floor and community space on the second floor. Michael Szerbaty’s MD Szerbaty Associates is the applicant of record.

1021 Beach Street, image via Google Maps

New Hotels Planned at 1021 & 1025 Beach 21st Street in Far Rockaway

7:00 am on December 10, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Hotel developers are suddenly facing new hurdles to building in protected industrial zones, and they’re looking further afield for cheap sites – right next to the border with Long Island, in fact. YIMBY spotted building applications for two hotels at 1021 and 1025 Beach Street in Far Rockaway, Queens, near where the elevated A train tracks end.

Three-Story, 15-Unit Residential Building Filed At 205 Beach 29th Street, Far Rockaway

10:30 am on October 12, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Kai Management, doing business as a Brooklyn-based LLC, has filed applications for a three-story, 15-unit residential building at 205 Beach 29th Street, in Far Rockaway, five blocks south of the Beach 25th Street stop on the A train. The building will measure 11,833 square feet in total, which translates into an average unit size of 789 square feet. The parcel of land is vacant, and Genaro Urueta’s Maspeth-based GRU Corporation is the applicant of record.

34-11 Beach Channel Drive, image from Bing Maps

Seven-Story, 154-Unit Senior Housing Facility Breaks Ground At 34-11 Beach Channel Drive, Far Rockaway

12:30 pm on August 25, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Earlier this year, YIMBY brought you news of a seven-story, 154-unit senior housing facility planned at 34-11 Beach Channel Drive, in Far Rockaway, and now DNAinfo reports city officials have broken ground on the project, located a block from the A train’s Beach 36th Street stop. Arker Companies is constructing the building, and 46 units will be rented to the formerly homeless. The ground floor will include 4,500 square feet each of retail and community facility space, and Aufgang Architects is designing.

114-06 Rockaway Boulevard in January 2013, image via Google Maps

Permits Filed: 114-06 & 114-30 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Rockaway Park

5:00 pm on August 3, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

On Rockaway Beach Boulevard near the Rockaway Park A train stop, a block and a half of storefronts burned down and were battered by storm surges during Hurricane Sandy three years ago. But now the strip between Beach 115th and 113th Streets is about to see some new life. Applications were filed today for two three-story, mixed-use buildings at 114-06 and 114-30 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, about a mile and a half west of the Cross Bay Bridge that links the peninsula with Howard Beach in Queens.

Permits Filed: Four-Story Building at 11-30 McBride Street, Far Rockaway

5:00 pm on May 13, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

As federal recovery money has slowly flowed into the Rockaways, YIMBY has noticed plenty of new building permits for one- and two-family homes, but very few for multi-family developments. However, it seems like the tide may be starting to turn for the flood-damaged peninsula in eastern Queens: plans have just been filed for a four-story apartment building at 11-30 McBride Street in Far Rockaway.

Single-Story Restaurant Project to Infuse Life into Dismal Seaside Block

1:00 pm on April 22, 2015 By Reid Wilson

RockAllTheWay LLC has filed applications for a single-story, 7,835 square-foot commercial building at the largely vacant lot 2-08 Beach 98th Street, in Seaside. The building will house a restaurant, and Hustvedt Cutler Architects is designing.

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