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

72nd Road Construction Site

It was interesting to see the gaping hole where those old row houses used to be on 72nd Road, next to La Boulangerie, as they move ahead with construction of the new apartment building....

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!

NYSERDA's Power Breakfast Series for Multifamily Buildings

Event on June 21 in Forest Hills

NYSERDA's Power Breakfast series for multifamily building owners, developers, property managers, condo and co-op board members is a great way to learn how to make your building a lean, mean, energy-optimizing machine.

At this session learn how to:

    * Upgrade your energy performance with NYSERDA incentives toward a whole-building assessment and energy upgrades ($600 per unit or $1.50/sq. ft. on new construction) and low-interest loans on remaining energy upgrades.
    * Submeter electricity in all of your units, with incentives of up to 50% on the submeters, plus incentives on energy-efficient appliances and lighting
    * Switch from #6 heating oil to cleaner alternatives with NYSERDA incentives of $30 per ton of reduced carbon emissions, up to $175,000!
    * Meet the requirements of new NYC benchmarking laws with energy tune-ups and incentives; NYSERDA will pay up to $3,000 for an operational review

The first half-hour is a light breakfast and a chance to network, followed by presentations, Q&A, a case study panel, and another half hour for networking with energy partners who can get you started.

Dates and Locations:

    * Queens: Tuesday, June 21st, 8:00am - 11:30am,
      Central Queens Y, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills, NY

Power Breakfast 2011 is FREE! But space is limited.

Register today: nyserdaPowerBreakfast.org /2011

Good Reading for a Rainy Sunday Morning

In case you missed it, today's Times real estate section's cover story focuses on 'It’ Buildings of the Other Boroughs and singles out just two buildings in Queens, both of which are right here in Forest Hills: the Kennedy House and Twenty Continental Avenue aka The Inn Apartments.

REAL ESTATE
‘It’ Buildings of the Other Boroughs
By C. J. HUGHES
Published: March 4, 2011
Boldface apartment buildings aren’t for Manhattan only. Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens also have addresses with bragging rights.