Is Jamaica, Queens NYC’s Hot New Tourist Spot?
one moment please...Jamaica, Queens, NY, United States+ Expand- collapseSutphin Avenue in Jamaica via Panoramio Not yet, but that’s just what the new head of the neighborhood’s Business Improvement...
View ArticleFairytale-Like Tudor in Bellerose Manor Offers Suburbia in the City for $639K
one moment please...236-07 Seward Avenue, Jamaica, NY, United States+ Expand- collapseWe so often write about homes in Brooklyn and Manhattan that we sometimes neglect the gorgeous real estate that can...
View ArticleA Price Cut for a Gated Mansion in Jamaica Estates, Queens
one moment please...184-15 Hovendon Rd, Jamaica, NY 11432, United States+ Expand- collapseYes, you can live in a 6,500-square-foot, five bedroom mansion right in New York City. It’s here, at 184-15...
View ArticleFirst Look at MY Architect’s 19-Story Hotel Set for Jamaica’s Transit Hub
one moment please...90-75 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY, United States+ Expand- collapseWith all corners of the city bursting at their seams, once overlooked business nodes are experiencing a...
View ArticleThe History of Bowery Bay Beach, the ‘Coney Island of Queens’
An 1892 view of Bowery Bay Beach, via Barbara Williams collection for Carousel Corner This past holiday weekend, New Yorkers flocked to Coney Island for the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, the...
View ArticleJamaica Estates Home Where Donald Trump Grew Up Asks $1.65M
one moment please...85-15 Wareham Place, Jamaica, NY, United States+ Expand- collapseA common question about Donald Trump is “Where did he come from?” and this new listing for his childhood home in...
View Article50K oysters in Jamaica Bay tasked to filter pollutants and protect NYC wetlands
Photo: Flickr/nycwater The world might be your oyster, but Jamaica Bay is full of the bivalve molluscs. Starting with 36 thousand oysters last week and 12 thousand more this week, the largest single...
View ArticleHeaded for auction, Trump’s childhood home could fetch Queens couple $10M
A divorcing couple in Jamaica Estates, Queens just got something new to fight over: proceeds from the sale of their relatively modest six-bedroom Tudor home at 85-15 Wareham Place, which will head for...
View ArticleMystery investor buys Donald Trump’s childhood home in hopes of flipping it
Hoping to cash in on Trump-mania, an anonymous New York investor scooped up the President Elect’s childhood home in Jamaica Estates, Queens in the hopes of bringing it to auction next month and turning...
View ArticleManhattan real estate investor bought Donald Trump’s childhood home sight...
At the end of last month, 6sqft revealed that an anonymous New York investor had bought Donald Trump‘s childhood home in Jamaica Estates, Queens with plans to flip it at auction this month and turn a...
View ArticleInvestor flips Trump’s childhood home for double what he paid, likely selling...
When Manhattan real estate mogul Michael Davis bought Donald Trump’s childhood home sight-unseen for just under $1.4 million in December, he had high hopes of flipping the Tudor-style residence in...
View Article84 affordable units up for grabs in Jamaica, Queens, from $368/month
With several large-scale development projects in the works, like a new luxury complex with 100,00 square feet of retail and a 24-story Hilton Garden Inn, the neighborhood of Jamaica is undergoing some...
View ArticleAfter less than a day on the market, Donald Trump’s childhood home finds a...
Since initially hitting the market last summer, Donald Trump‘s childhood home in Jamaica Estates, Queens has seen quite the runaround. After a price chop from $1.65 to $1.2 million, the listing was...
View ArticleGovernor Cuomo will invest $5.6B to transform the LIRR
With the renovations at Penn Station just getting underway, the state released a plan on Wednesday to invest $5.6 billion in renovating 39 Long Island Rail Road stations. This includes the...
View ArticleDonald Trump’s childhood home in Queens is renting for $725/night on Airbnb
Photo courtesy of Laffey Fine Homes from a previous listing President Trump, who is currently in New Jersey on a 17-day vacation, announced that he will travel to Trump Tower this Sunday. While his...
View ArticleApply for 88 affordable apartments in Downtown Jamaica, from $494/ month
92-61 165th Street, Rendering via NHS Development Corporation With new residential and commercial developments and transit options, Jamaica, Queens is on the brink of renewal, after many years of...
View ArticleRefugees are renting out Trump’s childhood home during this week’s UN General...
Photo courtesy of Laffey Fine Homes from a previous listing With President Donald Trump back in New York City for the United Nations General Assembly this week, a group of refugees is staying at the...
View ArticleLive in the heart of Downtown Jamaica from $707/month
Rendering of 147-36 94th Avenue courtesy of GF55 Partners Applications are currently being accepted for 379 recently constructed, affordable units in a 26-story rental tower, called Alvista Towers, in...
View ArticleLottery launches for 21 middle-income units at a new luxury rental in Jamaica...
Photo via A&R Properties Group and TCX Development A newly constructed building in the upper-middle-class enclave of Jamaica Estates in Queens (aka President Donald Trump’s hometown) is accepting...
View ArticleTwo chances to live near the JFK AirTrain, from $1,418/month
Photo via Wiki Commons If you travel often for work, this affordable housing opportunity could make your life a lot easier, provided you earn between $48,618 and $83,440 annually. The city opened the...
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