The commercially zoned no man’s land around Flushing Meadows Park and Willets Point has seen a big uptick in development, as longtime property owners prepare for the planned $3 billion redevelopment of the auto body shops next to Citi Field. New building applications were filed today for two properties nearby at 131-10 and 132-32 Avery Avenue, just east of Flushing Meadows Park between 131st Street and College Point Boulevard.
An LLC has filed applications for a four-story, seven-unit residential building measuring 4,736 square feet at 25-63 38th Street, in northern Astoria. Frank Petruso is designing, and an existing two-story building must first be removed.
An LLC has filed applications for a five-story, eight-unit mixed-use residential and community-facility building at 132-22 Maple Avenue, in southern Flushing proper. The community space will measure nearly 1,250 square feet, and An Shen Ma is designing. An existing two-story structure must first be removed.
As the city rolls out its latest plan to revitalize Jamaica, Queens, new building applications have been filed for a four-story commercial and community facility building at 167-14 Hillside Avenue, in the heart of downtown Jamaica.
The Wall Street Journal reports JetBlue Airways Corp. and MCR Development LLC are in advanced talks with the Port Authority to redevelop the vacant TWA Terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport, in Queens. If a deal is agreed upon, a possibly $400 million project would include the construction of 500 hotel rooms split on either side of the terminal, and the likely conversion of the landmarked terminal structure into a restaurant.
