KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THESE REAL ESTATE
PROJECTS IN WESTERN QUEENS IN 2022
BY BILL PARRY
For more than a decade, the skyline
of western Queens has been transformed
with real estate development, and this
will continue to trend in 2022.
High-rise towers in Hunters Point South
change the waterfront skyline of Long
Island City
The affordable housing lottery application
opened in the fall of 2021 for Gotham
Point, two residential towers at the
mouth of Newtown Creek and the East
River waterfront. The development consists
of two towers that will include 1,132
total residences with 75% of units priced
at affordable rates. There will be senior
housing, shared amenities, community
facility and retail space.
Gotham Point’s South Tower, or
Parcel G, will be 33 stories tall and is
estimated to be completed in early 2022
between Second Street and Newtown
Creek. The North Tower, or Parcel F, will
stand at 57 stories and is expected to be
completed in 2022.
A total of 98 homes will be set aside
for low-income seniors in an 11-story dedicated
wing, equipped with its own personal
lobby space, a lounge and laundry
room on each floor, as well as a library
and a community room with a shared
pantry. RiseBoro will also be leading
special programming for the senior
community.
Along with rooftop terraces with
sweeping views of the Manhattan skyline,
available amenity spaces will
include multiple resident lounges, an
indoor-outdoor fitness club, a children’s
playroom, a publicly accessible urban
rooftop farm and a community boathouse.
Residents will also have access to
co-working lounges with breakout meeting
rooms, private phone rooms and
multi-person desks to facilitate collaboration
and a sense of community within
the building.
Additional components include a
publicly accessible underground parking
garage, ground-floor retail in the
North Tower and a 3,000-square-foot
community facility in the South Tower.
TF Cornerstone to open two towers at
Hunters Point South Park
In early December, TF Cornerstone
cut the ribbon on their new towers across
Center Boulevard from Hunters Point
South Park. A housing lottery opened
for the nearly 1,200 apartments – 60% of
which have been designated as affordable.
The 55-story north tower is located
at 52-03 Center Blvd., while the south
tower is located next door at 52-41 Center
Blvd. and is 44 stories high.
“TF Cornerstone’s Hunter’s Point
A rendering of Gotham Point, two residential towers at the mouth of Newtown Creek and the East River waterfront.
South project is a win for Long Island
City, creating more than 700 units of
affordable housing and bringing the
neighborhood many amenities that
will benefit both existing and future
residents,” Queens Borough President
Donovan Richards said. “I commend
all those who are helping Hunter’s
Point South reach its full potential as
a vibrant and sustainable mixed-use
community.”
Innovation QNS will transform an entire
Astoria neighborhood
The developers behind the $2 billion
Innovation QNS proposal for transforming
five blocks of “vacant or underutilized”
property near Kaufman Astoria
Studios into a “vibrant hub of activity
and a new anchor of opportunity” in the
neighborhood are gearing up for its first
public hearing in the city’s public review
process.
The project would bring more than
2,800 units of mixed-income housing and
offices for startups and other businesses
in the creative and tech sectors, supported
by more than 5,400 on-site jobs,
including 1,700 permanent jobs and more
than 3,700 during construction. The development
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is a collaboration between
Kaufman Astoria Studios, Silverstein
Properties and BedRock Real Estate
Partners.
The project team devised Innovation
QNS following three years of dialogue
with local stakeholders, and the plan
includes 700 permanently affordable
apartments for individuals earning an
average of $50,000 including dedicated
affordable housing for seniors.
The project also has more than two
acres of public open space that will be
programmed with input from the community.
There are also plans for a new
state-of-the-art cinema and community
arts and culture hub as well as a fullservice
grocery store at the site, which
spans five blocks and is centered at the
intersection of Steinway Street and 35th
Avenue.
The developers expect to get final approval
by fall.
City to build massive Northern Boulevard
High School
As real estate development exploded
across western Queens for more than
a decade, essential infrastructure improvements
have lagged far behind the
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needs of its growing population.
In early December, the School Construction
Authority broke ground on
the massive, state-of-the-art, 3,066-seat
Northern Boulevard High School in
Woodside, which will be the largest facility
ever constructed by the SCA.
Construction is already underway at
the huge lot at Northern Boulevard and
54th Street, which was the location of an
old Sports Authority store and most recently
hosted one of the city’s COVID-19
testing hubs.
The new, six-story school building
will be a fully air-conditioned, accessible
facility and will contain 94 regular
classrooms, six resource rooms, a 55-seat
auditorium, a library, a full kitchen complex
with two student dining areas, as
well as a competition-sized gymnasium
with bleachers and locker rooms.
The new building will house three
high schools, including a District 75
program providing instructional support
for students with special needs. The
school is expected to open at the start of
the 2025-2026 school year.
Reach reporter Bill Parry by e-mail at
bparry@schnepsmedia.com or by phone
at (718) 260–4538.
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