South Jamaica

Rendering of indoor garden at Baisley Park, courtesy of Slate Property Group

JFK Airport Hotel To Be Converted Into Affordable Housing at 144-02 135th Avenue in South Jamaica, Queens

Slate Property Group and RiseBoro Community Partnership have completed the acquisition of the former JFK Hilton Hotel at 144-02 135th Avenue in South Jamaica, Queens, paving the way for a landmark affordable housing project. This initiative marks the first-ever conversion of a former hotel into permanently affordable housing under New York’s Housing Our Neighbors with Dignity Act (HONDA).

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142-07 115th Avenue

Twin Two-Story, Two-Family Houses Coming to 142-07 115th Avenue, South Jamaica

A South Richmond Hills-based corporation has filed applications for twin two-story, two-family houses at 142-07 and 142-09 115th Avenue, in South Jamaica. The buildings will each measure 3,082 square feet. Across both, the apartments should average 1,028 square feet apiece, indicative of units with family-sized configurations. Each house will come with one off-street parking space. Kew Gardens-based Tabriz Group Design is the architect of record. The 6,000-square-foot lot is occupied by a single-story house. Demolition permits were filed October.


126-30 Locus Manor Lane, image via Bing Maps

Another 14-Story, 82-Unit Affordable Residential Building Filed at 127-10 Locust Manor Lane, South Jamaica

D&F Development Group has recently filed applications for another 82-unit residential building, at 127-10 Locust Manor Lane, within their multi-building Locust Manor Estates development in South Jamaica. The project will rise 14 stories and measure 89,382 square feet. Its residential units should average 1,029 square feet apiece, indicative of family-sized configurations. All of the apartments will be subsidized rentals. Amenities include a community room, a 29-car parking garage, storage for 41 bikes, tenant storage, and laundry facilities. Gerald J. Caliendo’s Briarwood-based architecture firm is the architect of record.

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