Meet New BLVD

 The new luxury building that went up across from the Post Office and MacDonald Park now has a name and is looking pretty fancy....

Forest Hills Condo Conversion at 72nd Road and Queens Blvd.

Edry Team at Keller Williams NYC Kicks Off Sales

At Historic Forest Hills Condo Conversion

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 The Georgian Condominiums Opened in 1930

As Forest Hills’ First Apartment Residence on Queens Boulevard

Photo credit: Bernadett Pava

The Edry Team at Keller Williams NYC will serve as exclusive sales agent for the conversion of a distinguished pre-war multi-family residence in the heart of Forest Hills, Queens, to condominium status, announces Sandy Edry, who heads the team.

The building, known throughout its 86-year existence as Georgian Court, will become The Georgian Condominiums when the conversion is effective. The residence is at 109-20 Queens Boulevard, a short block from the bustling shops of Austin Street, and a couple of blocks from four subway lines to Manhattan.

Georgian Court was the first apartment house to be built on Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills. Among its neighbors is the beautiful Gothic-style church and rectory of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs. Across the boulevard is the community’s best known cooperative residence, Kennedy House.

“The location is superb, and the pre-war quality and aesthetic details of this building are hard to surpass,” says Mr. Edry. Many of the spacious apartments have been gut-renovated, with amenities that include genuine oak floors, quartz countertops, recessed lighting, stainless steel appliances, and upgraded electrical wiring.

The building features a courtyard garden, an onsite laundry facility and a live-in superintendent. New elevators will be installed.

Elaborating on the location, Mr. Edry noted:

“In many respects, the convenience of residing at The Georgian Condominiums evokes living on Manhattan’s East or West Side. The neighborhood is densely packed with diverse restaurants and all kinds of shops and services, ranging from mom-and-pops to international chains. Yet the unusual width of Queens Boulevard imparts a sunny, open feeling.”

Transportation is abundant with the E and F express trains and M and R locals accessible two blocks west at Continental Avenue. Add just one extra block and the Long Island Rail Road is at your service, on the edge of Forest Hills Gardens.

“The Georgian Condominiums is Manhattan-style living, but more affordable and with more open air!” Mr. Edry adds.

Photo credit: Bernadett Pava

Prices start in the low-$400,000s for one-bedroom residences, and the mid-$500,000s for two bedrooms. Contact the Edry Team at 646-770-3379 or TheEdryTeam@kwnyc.com or visit wwwEdryrealestate.com.

About the Edry Team

With more successful condominium conversions than any other team in Manhattan, as well as numerous resale and rental transactions throughout the city, the Edry Team at Keller Williams has become one of the most respected real estate brands in New York City. 

The team’s portfolio includes the exclusive sales and marketing of 17 pre-war conversion buildings in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. Additionally, the team has represented hundreds of buyers, sellers and renters in transactions in every residential property type.

The Edry Team was named in 2015 as the #1 Listing Team at Keller Williams NYC.  Sandy Edry is a member of the highly selective Keller Williams Luxury Homes division and is a designated Global Property Specialist. Additionally, according to the 2015 RealTrends list of America’s Best Real Estate Agents, The Edry Team at Keller Williams NYC Real Estate ranked #3 in all of Manhattan (#5 in NY State) based on total number of transaction sides.

About Keller Williams

Keller Williams NYC has grown to more than 600 agents in just a few years in Manhattan. Keller Williams Realty International is the largest brokerage by agent count, with more than 140,000 associates in 600+ offices across North America as well as 31 additional countries.

The New York Times: Forest Hills One of City's Hottest Neighborhoods

According to The New York Times, Forest Hills is now New York City's fourth hottest neighborhood! 

New York Neighborhoods, Hot and Cold

Where are home prices rising or falling the most in New York City? To find out, we looked at median sales prices in each of the city’s neighborhoods during the month of August and compared them to those six months prior. (Areas with fewer than 50 sales were not considered, and each neighborhood’s sales were aggregated over three months to smooth deceptive spikes.)

Source: The New York Times

Sterling Bank

I think someone had commented on this blog a while ago that Sterling Bank might be the next building up for redevelopment. I noticed these signs in the windows upstairs advertising office space. I can't confirm any plans to close the bank and develop the property, but I thought the fact that they're advertising for a new tenant may say something about any immediate plans or lack thereof. Or maybe it doesn't. Any way, food for thought.

Shiny New Parking Garage

The Aston's new parking garage—open to the public—and I figured I'd also throw in some pics of the building's entranceway while I'm at it. Why not.

New Aston Ad

Noticed that they've now put a poster for the building on the building itself as well...

Now, For the Good News: Awesome NY Times Coverage of Forest Hills

Boy, all those pathetic crashes on Queens Blvd. can get a bit depressing, no? Well, here's some good news to brighten up your Thanksgivings tomorrow. This awesome coverage of Forest Hills and Queens in The Times from several days ago:

Affordable and Reliable, Queens Real Estate Ascends

And here is one of my favorite descriptions of Forest Hills to ever appear in The NY TImes. Or, at least since I've been living here anyway :)

A couple of blocks away on Austin Street, he found a mix of cafes, bars, chain stores and small businesses and began to picture a life there. Twenty minutes and four express stops later, he was back in Manhattan planning their move.

And, while we're on the topic, here's some photos I took recently of The Aston entrance on 71st Ave.:

The Aston's Website

The Aston has gone live with its website, with some neat pictures of the apartments: The Aston Forest Hills By the way, what is that enormous body of water in the website's slide show? Makes it look like Forest Hills is a marina or something. Nice touch. I'd just like to go sailing there one of these days—if I can find it.

Aston Opening Third Week of September

  A reader sent me this:

We are thrilled to announce that The Aston will be opening the third week of September. We appreciate your interest and will be contacting you to set up an appointment to come into the Sales Office once we open. We look forward to meeting you and we will be in touch soon. 

The Aston

108-20 71st Avenue

Forest Hills, NY 11375

718.268.0822

TheAston.com

 

Advertising The Aston

Workers putting up the ad for the new Aston Condo yesterday afternoon. Looks like this baby is almost ready to open...

New Section: Apartment Hunter

Searching for fancy new digs or looking for a renter or buyer? Check out the new Apartment Hunter section of the blog, with local listings in the Forest Hills area. If you want to list something, simply add to the comments section on the page, or email it to edgeofthecity@gmail.com. Happy hunting!

Hospital Conversion and New Clothing Store for Austin

A couple of other local developments readers have contacted me about over the past several days...
The former Parkway Hospital, which has been abandoned for the past six years, is being turned into condos. You can read more about it here: Former Parkway Hospital will be converted to condos
And the children's clothing store on Austin near Benetton that closed a couple of months ago is becoming another clothing store called Steps New York, this time a women's clothing store, a chain that is affiliated with Kara New York and located in malls, one reader tells me.

Latest Look at The Aston

Haven't posted pics of the neighborhood's newest condo in a while, so here you go. They've made a lot of progress since last time and I really like what I'm seeing.

Construction Update: The Aston

Here's how Forest Hills' newest condo is looking this week...

Construction Update: The Aston

The lower floor windows have now made it around to the Queens Blvd. side of Forest Hills' newest condo...

Aston Windows Going Up

I noticed they have begun putting the windows/facade on the new condo on Queens Blvd., giving us a sneak peek of what the building will eventually look like...

Aston Progress

This guy has really started to soar pretty fast...

Latest Views of Aston

Taken over the past several days...

Front (Queens Blvd. Side)

Side (71st Road Side)

Aston Rising

If you didn't have a chance to look to the northern part of Forest Hills this weekend, then you might not have noticed the crane arrived for the neighborhood's latest luxury high rise, The Aston...

More Coverage of The Aston

This time, from the Brownstoner Blog: Art Deco Condo Rising in Forest Hills