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Permits Filed for 148-18 Hillside Avenue, Jamaica, Queens

6:30 am on October 12, 2017 By Andrew Nelson

Neighboring the historic Georgian-style King Manor Museum, and the intimidating Supreme Court of Queens County, a new 9-story mixed-use building might just bring more of the 21^st Century to Downtown Jamaica, Queens. An anonymous LLC has filed permits for 148-18 Hillside Avenue, located on a busy thoroughfare with dozens of restaurants and shops. Despite being quite distant from Manhattan, the two locations are well connected. It is just three blocks away from the Parsons Boulevard subway station, serviced by the E and F trains.

Permits Filed for 104-14 Liverpool Street, Jamaica, Queens

6:30 am on October 11, 2017 By Andrew Nelson

Permits have been filed for a new four-story building at 104-14 Liverpool Street, in Jamaica, Queens. The building is being developed by the American Bengali Hindu Foundation, and will be their new house of worship. The project will be a big improvement from their current situation, which is located within an open-air tent.

Renderings Revealed for Three-Building Project at 90-02 168th Street, Jamaica, Queens

7:30 am on September 27, 2017 By Andrew Nelson

The Greater Jamaica Development Corporation (GJDC) has revealed a major joint venture between BRP Companies and Wharton Properties to purchase and develop a site located at 90-02 168th Street, in Jamaica, Queens. An open-air parking lot will be replaced with a new building totaling over 500,000 square feet, which will also include over 300 residential units, as well as 70,000 square feet of retail space. Perkins Eastman is behind the design.

Permits Filed for 148-29 90th Avenue, Jamaica, Queens

6:00 am on September 26, 2017 By Nikolai Fedak

Initial building applications were filed back in the spring for 148-31 90th Avenue, in Jamaica, Queens, and now, slightly revised permits have been pulled with the DOB, this time using the address 148-29 90th Avenue. The total construction area will measure just over 100,000 square feet, and within that, there will be 69,789 square feet of residential space, divided amongst 90 units. There will also be a 45-car parking garage in the cellar, which will also include room for 45 bicycles. Raymond Chan Architects is the architect of record, while George Xu’s 90 Ave Realty LLC is listed as the developer. Demolition permits for the existing structure have already been filed, and construction should soon begin.

Reveal for 148-36 89th Avenue, Jamaica, Queens

7:30 am on September 19, 2017 By Nikolai Fedak

Back in September of 2016, YIMBY reported on new building applications for 148-36 89th Avenue, between 148th Street and 150th Street, in Jamaica, Queens. Today, we have the reveal for the project, which is being designed by Melamed Architect.

Permits Filed for Hotel at 97-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, Queens

6:00 am on September 15, 2017 By Nikolai Fedak

Chelsea isn’t the only neighborhood seeing fresh permits for hotels this morning, and new building applications have also been filed for a 114-room project at 97-11 Sutphin Boulevard, in Jamaica, Queens. Cheng Yang-Lee of Atelier CS is the architect of record, and the nine-story structure will have 36,375 square feet of commercial space, for rooms averaging almost 320 square feet apiece. Charanjit Singh of AIH Group, LLC is listed as the developer, and demolition permits for an existing one-story structure were filed back in March.

Permits Filed for 153-10 89th Avenue, Jamaica, Queens

6:30 am on September 6, 2017 By Nikolai Fedak

An already-dense block in Jamaica, Queens, is about to see a welcome spot of infill on a vacant lot at 153-10 89th Avenue. Building applications call for a seven-story structure that will have 17,113 square feet of total space, including 11,815 square feet of residential space, to be divided amongst 17 apartments. There will also be a nine-car parking garage on the first floor. Angelo S. Ng of Angelo + Anthony Ng Architects Studio P.C. is the architect of record, and Jay Sobhraj of Zara Realty Holding Corp is listed as the site’s developer.

Permits Filed for 23-Story Tower at 92-23 168th Street, Jamaica, Queens

7:00 am on August 9, 2017 By Nikolai Fedak

New York’s accessory skylines outside of Midtown and Downtown have been booming with new development in recent years, with Jersey City, Downtown Brooklyn, and Long Island City taking the respective crowns for their respective counties. But beyond those nodes, high-rises have also begun to multiply beyond the proximate periphery. Jamaica, in Queens, has seen a sprinkling of 20 to 30 story buildings enter the pipeline in the past few years, and now another major project is set to rise in the burgeoning neighborhood, at 92-23 168th Street.

Permits Filed for 110-12 through 110-18 Liberty Avenue, Jamaica, Queens

6:30 am on August 7, 2017 By Nikolai Fedak

The A-train’s trek through Queens takes it along Liberty Avenue, right through Jamaica. Right down the block from the 111 St-Greenwood Avenue Station, new building applications have been filed for four separate mixed-use structures, which will rise in place of four existing two-story buildings.

Rufus King House. Credit: King Manor Museum.

Landmarked Rufus King Park in Queens to Get New Entrances and Other Upgrades

7:30 am on February 21, 2017 By Evan Bindelglass

Most of the big news about landmarked sites comes from Brooklyn and Manhattan. There isn’t much in Queens that makes headlines; for example, only two of the 26 sites designated from the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s 95-item backlog were in Queens County. Today, however, we have news about a landmarked park in Jamaica.

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