Sunnyside

Four-Story Self-Storage Facility Coming To 45-26 51st Street, Sunnyside

4:00 pm on October 26, 2015 By Reid Wilson

James Coakley, doing business as an anonymous LLC, has filed applications for a four-story, 65,900 square-foot self storage facility at 45-26 51st Street, in Sunnyside, two blocks south of the 7 train’s stop at 52nd Street. The building will have 34,141 square feet of commercial space for rentable storage use. Virginia-based Butz Wilbern, LTD, is the applicant of record, and an existing single-story warehouse building must first be demolished.

The New Kosciuszko Bridge Appears on the Skyline

4:30 pm on October 16, 2015 By Vitali Ogorodnikov

Within the past few months, motorists on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and nearby residents witnessed the rise of a tower crane to the east of the Kosciuszko Bridge, followed by two concrete pillars. They are seeing the progress on the east span of the Kosciuszko Bridge Replacement, the city’s first major new bridge since the Verrazano-Narrows opened over half a century ago in 1964.

Locals Rally For Middle School To Be Built At 47-99 37th Avenue, Vacant Sunnyside Lot

6:00 am on October 14, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Locals are rallying for the Department of Education to consider building a new middle school at the vacant city lot at 47-99 37th Avenue, in Sunnyside, adjacent to the LIRR tracks. The lot measures 125,000 square feet and is currently being used to store equipment and street parts, per the Sunnyside Post. The area has one middle school, which is currently being expanded by 600 seats, although future accommodation of students will be needed if Long Island City’s rapid development spreads any further east.

10-Story, 220-Unit Affordable Residential Building Proposed At 50-25 Barnett Avenue, Sunnyside

10:00 am on August 28, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Non-profit affordable housing developer Phipps Houses is now proposing a 10-story, 220-unit all-affordable residential building at 50-25 Barnett Avenue, in northern Sunnyside, five blocks south of the Northern Boulevard stop on the M and R subways. According to DNAinfo, a pre-k center is also planned, and units would cater to low, middle and moderate income families. An environmental review is currently underway on the project, which would be built on a vacant plot, and city approval is required, as the land would be rezoned. ULURP is expected to begin later this year.

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