North Corona

In addition to seven new building applications filed on Monday for two-family residential projects in eastern Queens, stretching from Flushing to JFK, one developer is planning a denser development at 35-39 101st Street, in North Corona, a few blocks north of the 103rd St – Corona Plaza stop on the 7 train. Patricio Lopez is planning six residential units across two three-story buildings. The residential units, averaging 1,027 square feet, will be split evenly between the two buildings. Suresh Manchanda’s L&C Associates is the applicant of record. Demolition permits were filed in June to remove the existing two-story, single-family home.

In 2003, North Corona was the site of one of the Bloomberg administration’s most relentless downzonings. The neighborhood’s incremental post-war densification was halted, with R5 and R6 zones downgraded to R4 and R5 zones. Growth was choked…