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QUEENS WEEKLY, JULY 21, 2019
Report reveals Queens’
priciest neighborhoods
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BY MAX PARROTT
After New York
Communities for Change
published a report last
week revealing that Citi
Bike serves the city’s
wealthiest and whitest
residents who already have
more transit options, two
things happened.
On July 15, four Council
members, including
Adrienne Adams of
Jamaica, penned a
letter to Department
of Transportation
Commissioner Polly
Trottenberg accusing Citi
Bike of monopolization
and demanding that the
DOT release details of
the contract the agency
announced with Citi Bike
in November.
A day later, the de Blasio
administration announced
the boundaries of its Citi
Bike expansion over the
next five years, which
is aimed at bike share
system to a larger and
more economically diverse
range of communities.
The New York
Communities for Change
report identified Rockaway
and Jamaica as two of
the most economically
vulnerable neighborhoods
that could benefit from Citi
Bike, as it would connect a
massive population to the
subway. However, Citi Bike
snubbed these southeast
Queens neighborhoods in
its plans.
Ridgewood is the only
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Queens neighborhood that
will receive any bike lanes
over the next year as part
of an existing expansion
of Citi Bike in the L-train
corridor. Sunnyside,
Maspeth, Elmhurst,
Jackson Heights and
Corona will receive the
expansion somewhere in
between 2020 and 2023.
After de Blasio’s
announcement, Adams
shot back with a statement
that slammed the program
for not prioritizing the
equity of its service over
its profit motive.
“The many
transportation deserts and
communities of color in
Queens have already waited
far too long for Citi Bike
and many neighborhoods
are still being denied,” said
Councilwoman Adams in
a statement. “There are
so many New Yorkers that
could benefit from access
to this program designed
to expand transportation
options. We need a plan
that will serve the interests
of all New Yorkers or a
company that will make
equity a priority.”
Without any public
subsidy, Citi Bike maintains
it designs its stations in a
manner that will supply
just enough subscription
income for the system to
function. In the letter to
Trottenberg, the Council
members pointed out that
while Citi Bike is a private
entity, it is fulfills the role
of a public service, and
therefore it should have
the same obligations to be
accountable to the public
as any other public transit
service program.
The program, owned
by Lyft, will invest $100
million for the expansion.
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.
D itma r s - St ei nway
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
year-over-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 at number six with a
median home sale price
of $851,500, showing a 3
percent increase yearover
year. Rockwood Park
came in at number seven,
raising 23 percent yearover
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.
c om / R e a l - E s t a t e -
Reports/priciest-NYCneighborhoods.
Reach reporter Emily
Davenport by e-mail at
edavenport@qns.com or
by phone at (718) 260-2576.
Left: a map of the Citi Bike expansion. Right: Councilwoman
Adrienne Adams.
Image courtesy of the Mayor’s Office
and the City Council/John McCarten
Photo via Getty Images
Jamaica councilwoman
slams Citi Bike expansion
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