Long Island City is in the middle of a boom in the building.
The industrial community saw the greatest increase in the Housing Unit or any neighborhood in New York City in 2024.
And many more units can be on the horizon, Gothamist reported.
The fast trip of Long Island City to Midtown and the views in front of the sea have attracted many new residents in the East River.
The Queens neighborhood obtained third place in the highly anticipated annual list of Streetasy neighborhoods to see.
And if Mayor Eric Adams goes out with his, the neighborhood can grow even more.
Long Island City beat all other New York neighborhoods in new homes last year, adding 1,859 new condominiums and apartments, according to a report from the city planning department cited by Gothamist. Other 4,569 units are in the process to complete.
The impulse of proponated in residential construction is part of a neighborhood zoning review directed by the ADAMS administration that, if the green light is given, would allow more high -level apartments buildings, as well as mixed use developments.
Zoning changes could lead to so many exle 14,000 new houses.
Long Island City is the fifth specific zoning proposal of the neighborhood pressed by ADAMS, preceded by proposals for Midtown South, Jamaica, Atlantic Avenue and two neighborhoods of the East Bronx.
Long Island City’s neighborhood plan would allow densest homes along the coast and construction more inland to the Plaza de la Corte.
The propagar changes include highs east of the houses of Queensbridge de Nycha, Gothamist reported.
The rezonification also includes the stretch of 44º Drive Warehouse-Laaden, which covers the site once destined to be part of the condemned “HQ2” of Amazon.
However, local residents have their complaints about the ongoing boom. Attendees of previous planning meetings have urged officials to expand the capacity of services such as SERWER and schools before further expanding housing, Gothamist reported. There is also a lot of skepticism that affordability can be maintained.
The median rental rental in Long Island City in March was $ 4,350, according to StreeTeason, and the medium sale price reached $ 1.07 million.