4 MAY 30, 2019 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
Lennie’s listed for ‘development’ potential
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
RPOZARYCKI@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@ROBBPOZ
The latest catch of the day for real
estate developers in Queens
could be the site of London
Lennie’s Restaurant on the Middle
Village/Rego Park border.
An advertisement on the real estate
website Zillow that surfaced on May
23 listed the beloved eatery at 63-88
Woodhaven Blvd. as being “for sale
or lease” with a $6.5 million price
tag. Salvatore Crifasi of Crifasi Real
Estate is handling the transaction.
Even with the site being on the
market, London Lennie’s remains
open for business, serving luxurious
seafood lunches and dinners to
hundreds of guests each week.
The Zillow description notes that
the one-story property is “a rare
development site.” The restaurant
itself occupies 6,000 sq. ft. of the
10,700 sq. ft. lot, but the existing
residential zoning and commercial
overlay could allow a developer
to erect a more than 22,000 sq. ft.
building — nearly four times the size
of the existing eatery.
“This redevelopment opportunity
provides developers the ability to
capitalize on tremendous demand in
an area with a scarcity of developable
The exterior of London Lennie’s restaurant on Woodhaven Boulevard in Rego Park.
sic land,” according to listing, which
indicated that it could be perfect
for a “mixed-use project with the
potential to include … medical, retail,
residential, community facility, hotel
and/or office.”
The restaurant’s owner also owns
the property through a holding
company listed on city records as
RP Seafood LLC. Crifasi told QNS the
owner is keeping his options open
about whether to sell the restaurant
and its property, or lease the
building to a tenant for uses other
than a restaurant.
The Barnes family opened London
Lennie’s in 1959, and over the last 60
years, the eatery has become one of
Queens’ prime seafood spots. On
its website, the restaurant boasts of
“serving only the best hand-selected,
local fish and seafood … artfully
prepared and presented to you with
pride and consistency.”
Photo via PropertyShark/Christopher Bride
The restaurant is one of the more
popular dinner spots in the Rego
Park and Middle Village areas. It’s
not uncommon to see a packed house
walking into London Lennie’s on a
given night or weekend. London
Lennie’s also has a 3 1/2-star rating
on Yelp.
QNS reached out to London Lennie’s
restaurant for further comment and
is awaiting a response.
Stringer meets with
Ridgewood seniors
During his May 22 visit to Ridgewood, City Comptroller Scott Stringer
paid a visit to the Peter Cardella Senior Center and greeted 200 seniors
in attendance. The city’s fi nancial watchdog is pictured along with
Barbara Toscano, the executive director of the Cardella Center, along
with seniors and the center’s board members.
Photo courtesy of Barbara Toscano
Ridgewood
Property Owners
& Civic Association
General Membership Meeting
Thursday June 6th, 2019 at 7:00 pm
Ridgewood Presbyterian Church
59-14 70th Ave Ridgewood, 11385
1/4 block East of Forest Avenue
Entrance from side parking lot – no steps
Senior Citizen Tax Credits
Robert Rolandi of the NYC Department of Finance
will answer the question,
“Are you getting all the tax reductions
that you are entitled to?”
Also on the Agenda
The Fresh Pond Road Express Bus Lane
Speaking for the Queens Borough
Department of Transportation
Deputy Borough Commissioner Jason Banrey
and Borough Planner John O’Neill
Sandwiches and Coffee being provided by
Frank’s Deli in Maspeth
Courtesy of Kerzner Realty, Inc
Property owners in Ridgewood are always welcome to submit
a membership application, subject to RPOCA Board approval.
For Information Call Paul Kerzner, Counsel 718 381 3366
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