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Budget Cuts Might Doom de Blasio’s Affordable Housing Legacy
Neighborhoods like Edgemere, Queens, now have to wait even longer for major housing projects to rise.
Former Queens hospital gets green light for major mixed-use redevelopment
The massive Far Rockaway project will take 15 years to build.
Here's how NYC is preparing for the next Hurricane Sandy
See some of the infrastructure improvements and resiliency efforts put in place to protect NYC against future storms.
New York’s 10 most affordable neighborhoods of 2019
The neighborhoods and streets with the lowest median sales price this year.
MTA says billions needed to revive old Rockaway LIRR track
A preliminary study outlines the barriers and costs associated with reactivating a stretch of Long Island Rail Road track in eastern Queens
Far Rockaway will see $139M in infrastructure and street upgrades
The three year project will dramatically reimagine 25 Queens streets.
Video: Dockless Lime bike catches fire, injuring cyclist
Lime says the blaze is an "isolated incident" and stressed the safety of its bikes
Dockless bike share pilot will continue in the Rockaways this summer
Lime will be adding 200 bikes to its fleet in Queens
What $2,100 rents in NYC right now
See what you can get in NYC neighborhoods like the Upper East Side, Crown Heights, and more.
Rockaway Beach will fully re-open this summer
A prime stretch of the Queens beach will re-open this summer after a $10.7M effort to replenish its shore
Shuttered strip of Rockaway Beach poised to reopen this summer
Coastal erosion kept most of the stretch between Beach 91st and Beach 102nd streets closed last summer, but under a new agreement, those portions will reopen for this year’s warm weather.
Snøhetta-designed Far Rockaway library breaks ground
The new library will be twice the size of the existing library building
NYC’s dockless bike share pilot will lose one of its key players in the Rockaways
Pace bikes has decided to exit the pilot program early.
NYC’s dockless bike share pilot rolls out in the Rockaways
Dockless bikes from Lime and Pace will be available on the Rockaway peninsula
Far Rockaway will get 670 affordable apartments following rezoning
The apartments will be spread out between two different locations in downtown Far Rockaway
Section of Rockaway Beach that was closed due to erosion will reopen
The portion between Beach 96th and Beach 98th Streets will welcome visitors again
Yayoi Kusama installation with reflective spheres will emerge in the Rockaways
The installation is comprised of 1,500 mirrored, stainless steel spheres.
Far Rockaway firehouse, police station are city’s newest landmarks
Both buildings date back to the early 20th century.
Section of Rockaway Beach will shutter this summer to beachgoers
A half-mile stretch will remain closed because of the lack of sand in this area.
Vacant Rockaway hospital will give way to 2,200 apartments
The apartments, along with retail and a medical facility, will be spread out over 17 buildings.
In Far Rockaway, new beachfront rentals offer resilient architecture, luxe design
The 60 waterfront homes at Saltmeadow, a new luxury rental in Far Rockaway, are built to withstand flooding.
Second Avenue Subway extension to the Rockaways proposed by city council member
Queens City Council member Eric Ulrich has put forth the idea, but don’t expect it to happen anytime soon.
The Rockaways get $145M investment to help protect it from future storms
These investments include the creation of new parks and raising the shoreline.
Far Rockaway rezoning is a go with City Council approval
The rezoning will bring $288 million worth of investment into the neighborhood.
Far Rockaway's $126M revitalization is close to being approved
As plans stand right now, the revitalization of the neighborhood will lead to the creation of 3,000 new apartments, of which 1,700 will be affordable units, and be built within a new urban renewal area.
For $599K, a sunny Rockaway condo that’s steps from the beach
If you’re willing to venture out, this expansive three-bedroom condo near the beach could be worth your while.
Far Rockaway rezoning inches forward with City Planning approval
The proposal needs to be approved by the City Council before it can be put to action.
Fully rebuilt Rockaway Boardwalk will debut on Memorial Day weekend
Mayor de Blasio toured the last stretch of the new boardwalk ahead of its upcoming public debut.
Rockaway will get its first big apartment building since Hurricane Sandy
The building on Beach 116th Street will bring 90 apartments to the area.
NYC's first new citywide ferry boat arrives, takes its maiden voyage
NYC ferry Lunchbox was the first to take its maiden voyage around the city.
New York City second-graders give citywide ferries the best names ever
All aboard the Friendship Express!
How climate change will reshape the community of Edgemere, Queens
In this quiet Queens enclave, the city is developing its battle plans against sea-level rise—but how will residents fit in?
5 move-in ready Queens two-bedrooms asking $600,000 or less
From Astoria to Rockaway, here’s what $600,000 buys across the borough
Rockaway ferry service will roll out ahead of schedule
The first leg of New York’s new citywide ferry service, dubbed NYC Ferry, will officially launch on May 1 with service to and from the Rockaways.
Live on an adorable houseboat docked in Queens for just $59,000
If you’ve ever dreamed of leaving the land-locked world behind and making a go of it on a houseboat, today could be your lucky day.
First passive building in the Rockaways unveils its affordable apartments
Beach Green Dunes is part of a plan to revive the long-neglected Queens neighborhood, and all of its apartments will be affordable.
Getting to the Rockaways will soon be a lot easier
There will be two separate shuttle routes that will run to and from the ferry terminal at Beach 108th Street. One will run east to Beach 35th Street and one will run west to Beach 169th Street, and in total the routes will span four miles.
Far Rockaway's $91M revamp may come with permanent affordable housing
The project will particularly focus on improving the downtown Far Rockaway area which includes retail corridors along Central Avenue, Mott Avenue, and Beach 20th Street. The revitalization in large part is a response to the vacant retail spaces.
Massive residential development planned for Rockaway Park
The site encompasses vacant lots and some abandoned buildings including a restaurant and a catering hall, which had sat vacant for five years before the Marcal Group scooped it up for $5 million in December last year.