10 most expensive Queens neighborhoods
Report looks at which areas had the most priciest home sales in the second quarter
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
A recent report takes a look
at which neighborhoods in
Queens are the most expensive
based off of median sale prices
in the second quarter.
PropertyShark recently
released a report ranking
the priciest neighborhoods
in New York City during
Q2. According to their
findings, the Malba section of
Whitestone was the priciest
neighborhood in Queens with
a median home sale price
of $1,125,000.
Ditmars-Steinway came in
as the borough’s second most
expensive neighborhood. With
a median home sale price of
$964,500, the neighborhood
saw a 79 percent increase yearover
year.
The third most expensive
neighborhood in the second
quarter for Queens is Hunters
Point with a median home
sale price of $890,000, showing
a 11 percent decrease yearover
year. Following close
behind with a median home
sale price of $880,000 is
Queensboro Hills.
Fresh Meadows came in
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at number six with a median
home sale price of $851,500,
showing a 3 percent increase
year-over-year. Rockwood
Park came in at number
seven, raising 23 percent
year-over-year, with a median
home sale price of $845,000.
East Flushing is next in line
with a median home sale
price of $832,000.
Rounding out the
bottom of the top 10 Queens
neighborhoods was Jamaica
Estates, Auburndale and
Middle Village, who saw
median home sale prices
of $750,000, $739,000 and
$725,000, respectively.
Read the full report at
www.propertyshark.com/
Real-Estate-Reports/priciest-
NYC-neighborhoods.
Reach reporter Emily
Davenport by e-mail at
edavenport@qns.com or
by phone at (718) 260-2576.
New tilt garbage trucks deployed to Astoria Houses
BY BILL PARRY
The Astoria Houses has
been chosen by NYCHA to take
part in a pilot program to use
100 percent electric-powered
vehicles with garbage removal
in developments within the
city’s rat mitigation zone.
Staff has been trained to
operate six electric tilt trucks
to supplement regular trash
and recyclables pickup at
high-need NYCHA complexes
with the new vehicles that
can carry up to 1,000 pounds
of trash each trip and will
enable property management
staff to dedicate more time
maintenance and janitorial
work involving NYCHA
grounds and buildings.
“NYCHA is excited to roll
out its ew electric-powered
tilt truck pilot, which will
allow our hardworking staff
to remove garbage faster and
better maintain development
grounds for residents,”
NYCHA General Manager
Vito Mustaciuolo said.
“Thanks to the support from
Mayor de Blasio and HUD, this
new initiative will improve
the quality of life for NYCHA
communities, ensuring
cleaner developments while
reducing rat populations
and limiting our fleet’s
carbon emissions.”
The Astoria Houses is the
only NYCHA development
in Queens chosen for the
tilt truck pilot program in
which the agency will test the
truck’s durability, the ease
of maintenance while also
implementing new garbage
removal protocols to assist
with rat infestations. NYCHA
is applying dry ice abatement
treatments, assigning fulltime
exterminators, and
installing trash bins and new
concrete floors as part of the
city’s $32 million effort.
Since launching its
Neighborhood Rat Reduction
Plan, it has seen a 61 percent
decrease in rat burrow
sightings at the 57 participating
NYCHA developments across
New tilt trucks will be used at the Astoria Houses to improve trash removal and rat mitigation as part
of a NYCHA pilot program. Courtesy of NYCHA
the city.
“It is encouraging that
NYCHA will purchase
six electric-powered tilt
trucks,” City Councilman
Costa Constantinides, the
Chairman of the Committee
on Environmental Protection,
said. “Along with expediting
garbage pickup, improving
cleanliness and reducing
rat populations, it will
also advance our efforts to
electrify the city’s vehicle fleet
for Astoria Houses residents,
who for too long have
shouldered far too many
environmental burdens.”
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