Caption: St. Mary’s Healthcare System in Bayside has received a $20 million dollar donation, the
largest gift in the organization’s 150-year history. Photo courtesy of St. Mary’s
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Flushing Barclay Tower
sold for $10 million in
bankruptcy auction
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
The U.S. Bankruptcy
Court has approved the sale
of Barclay Tower, a recently
constructed 23-unit residential
building in Flushing, according
to A&G Real Estate
Partners.
Sunlight Barclay Tower
LLC, a newly formed entity,
was the winning bidder in
A&G’s bankruptcy auction,
acquiring the seven-story
structure for $10.15 million.
The seven-story unoccupied
building, which was designed
and built to be marked
as a condominium, is located
at 144-69 Barclay Ave., between
Parsons Boulevard and
147th Street.
“With the building originally
completed in 2017, the
new owners plan to make a
significant investment into
the property to bring it up to
2022 standards and launch a
marketing campaign to sell
the individual units,” said
Jamie Cote, senior managing
director of Real Estate Sales at
the Melville, New York-based
A&G.
Following the successful
completion of the auction,
A&G is looking forward
to seeing Sunlight Barclay
Tower LLC execute its plan to
get the well-appointed apartments
in this attractive, strategically
located building into
the hands of motivated buyers,
said Jeff Hubbard, senior
managing director of Real Estate
Sales at A&G.
“This is a highly desirable
area with limited availability
of comparable condo apartments,”
Hubbard said.
Barclay Tower offers
a mix of five one-bedroom
units, 17 two-bedroom units
and one three-bedroom unit,
ranging from 670 square feet
to 1,370 square feet. All twobedroom
units include two
bathrooms, and all but two of
the units have balconies. All
of the units are completed.
The elevated building features
a virtual doorman as
well as a large rooftop outdoor
space providing sweeping
views of the surrounding
area. The site also includes 17
parking spaces.
Barclay Tower is located
steps from downtown Flushing
and two blocks from the
Long Island Railroad’s Murray
Hill station, providing
an approximately 20-minute
commute into Manhattan.
The site is also within
close proximity to such attractions
as the Queens Botanical
Garden, Queens Zoo and Citi
Field, and offers easy access to
several major highways.
A&G sold the property under
the direction of the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court, Eastern
District of New York.
BY BILL PARRY
A children’s hospital in
Bayside, which has served the
northeast Queens community
for more than 150 years, has
received the largest gift in the
organization’s history.
St. Mary’s Healthcare System
for Children announced
Monday a $20 million donation
from Cindy S. Johnson that
will help ensure the financial
stability for St. Mary’s and accelerate
the launch of innovative
programs, including remote
services delivery.
St. Mary’s provides a continuum
of care to children with
medically complex conditions
through its in-patient hospital
facility in Bayside, as well as
home care services and community
programs. It is the only
provider of rehabilitative and
long-term care for children in
New York City.
“The families of St. Mary’s
will never forget this incredibly
generous gift from Cindy
Johnson. Her support through
the years has been transformative
for these children as they
face and overcome tremendous
obstacles,” said Dr. Edwin
Simpser, president and CEO of
St. Mary’s Healthcare System
for Children. “This donation
will allow us to expand our innovative
programs and continue
to fund remote service delivery,
which has truly saved lives
during the pandemic.”
Johnson is the co-chair of
the Board of Directors at St.
Mary’s and has served as a
dedicated member of the Board
for more than 20 years. She and
her husband, Tod, established
The Cindy and Tod Johnson
Center for Pediatric Feeding
Disorders and have supported
the launch of a range of critical
initiatives. Her leadership at
St. Mary’s has included spearheading
efforts to bring a stateof
the-art new building to the
hospital’s Bayside campus and
guiding St. Mary’s through key
restructuring activities and a
rapidly changing healthcare
landscape.
“There is simply no place
like St. Mary’s. For families
with medically complex children,
it is a safe haven and
beacon of hope,” Johnson said.
“I’m proud to be able to provide
this support so the organization
can help even more of New
York’s children. This gift will
give the talented professionals
at St. Mary’s the freedom to design
a better model of care for
reaching those who need help
the most.”
Remote services delivery
during the peak of the pandemic
Photo courtesy of St. Mary’s
allowed children to receive
therapy from their homes but
St. Mary’s needs resources in
order to continue offering those
services beyond the pandemic.
Offering remote options is also
key for healthcare equity because
it opens doors to families
who would otherwise face socioeconomic
barriers to getting
their children the treatment
they need.
More than 90 percent of the
patients at St. Mary’s need a
level of care that exceeds while
their families can afford and
what Medicaid is able to cover.
Philanthropic support is vital
for helping St. Mary’s change
the lives of children and their
families.
St. Mary’s Healthcare System
for Children has been the
primary provider of long-term
and rehabilitative care for New
York’s most critically ill and injured
children since the 1870s.
It is one of a handful of organizations
around the country
that is dedicated to providing
intensive rehabilitation, specialized
care, and education
to children with special needs
and life-limiting conditions.
Reach reporter Bill Parry
by e-mail at bparry@
schnepsmedia.com or by phone
at (718) 260–4538.
Barclay Tower, which was designed and built to be marked as
a condominium, is located at 144-69 Barclay Ave., between
Parsons Boulevard and 147th Street. Courtesy of A&G Real Estate
St. Mary’s in Bayside receives
largest donation in its history
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