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Congratulations! I was on the 2014 list and moved in two weeks ago after five years. I was 29X out of 300 for the 2014 lottery. That means that the 2014 studio list is exhausted, so anyone on the 2019 list with a number below 100 should start getting ready for a letter. I have no "inside" information other than my own experience.
And this applies to anyone who has received letters to view apartments: Even if you have a high number on the apartment list, don't assume that you won't get an apartment. I was in the teens for 4 apartments that I saw in July, and I got a phone call 3 months later! Remember, there are several requirements that must be met before you can buy the apartment, and as has been noted several times on this forum, people either move, are no longer interested, cannot meet the credit score requirement, do not have the down payment, do not "pass" the home visit, or do not pass the criminal background check.
Good luck to all!
Wow! Congratulations!!!! How long might it be for someone around 18x?
I was thinking the same thing. That developer better have a lot of other lucrative projects going on because this is going to be a major financial disaster haha.
The developer got part of the financing from the city to build this. No private lending money was willing to finance this 100%. Luckily, a contribution to Chirlane's charity and DeBlasio presidential campaign means city funds can be used to push something like this through.
so did i, i spoke to the office they said it can take up to 6 weeks to hear back from the appeal i sent it via fax and email
Smh just a waiting game now I guess. But hard to see any positive from this with so little units available. What is your log number btw ? Do you have any preferences?
Honestly anything above the 60% AMI is ridiculous to be living in Jamaica.
I was raised in Queens, a bit further from Jamaica but I know the area very well from going to school around there and and it being the hangout spot for me as a kid, I wouldn't live over there even if the apartment was free lol.
I haven't been to Jamaica in over 10 years, so I'm not sure if much has changed but I HIGHLY doubt if any change has occurred that it's enough to warrant a building to be leasing apartments for over 3K.
If someone is going to pay that much in rent they might as well go to Williamsburg or LIC or even the city because I have no idea what benefits that specific part of Queens has to offer.
the way I see it is they're selling you close proximity to LIRR trains (can be one-two stops to Manhattan), being very near JFK (Airtrain ride). But it's still ridiculously high. Maybe if you work as a judge or attorney in one of nearby Courthouses, or a professor at York College, you can walk to work lol.
the way I see it is they're selling you close proximity to LIRR trains (can be one-two stops to Manhattan), being very near JFK (Airtrain ride). But it's still ridiculously high. Maybe if you work as a judge or attorney in one of nearby Courthouses, or a professor at York College, you can walk to work lol.
Trust me I totally understand the convenience of having accessible public transportation, it was *one* of the main things I looked for when I moved. HOWEVER the problem with this part of Queens is that convenient public transportation is ALL it has to offer. There are absolutely no other benefits in that area. It’s ghetto, ratchet, I’m sure there’s still a lot of criminal activity. Think about it why would anyone pay over 3K to live there when they could go to LIC and pay 3K for an apartment with a waterfront and NYC skyline view. Where there are decent restaurants, supermarkets, bars and other activities in the area. Jamaica Queens really doesn’t have much to offer. Now if this building was available in forest hills by the 71av subway station then yeah I would tell you it has an actual chance of surviving.
Going back to my main point there is not enough gentrification going on in Jamaica Queens for this building to survive those extremely high cost of rents and gentrification is not going to happen unless the area develops good businesses in the area.
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