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Rents seem standard for 130 AMI, but the location is unfortunate. The photo of Court Sq station is also misleading, since it's on the other side of the bridge offramp (many many lanes of traffic, generally a miserable road to cross on foot or bike).
Looked to me on Google maps that a good chunk of the building looks on to subway tracks, that is just as bad.
I knew this area really well! It's a very busy location but it has a lot of public transportation options, many trains in Queensboro Plaza or Queens Plaza subway stations which both are walking distance, I don't drive so I actually like it. And back in the day I was hoping to grab a unit in one of those upcoming high rise apartment buildings due to an easy access to/from Manhattan.
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Originally Posted by popartist
Looked to me on Google maps that a good chunk of the building looks on to subway tracks, that is just as bad.
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Originally Posted by purpulizard
Rents seem standard for 130 AMI, but the location is unfortunate. The photo of Court Sq station is also misleading, since it's on the other side of the bridge offramp (many many lanes of traffic, generally a miserable road to cross on foot or bike).
Agree with location. I am at Queens Plaza every day to take the E train and this is great for getting into Manhattan. You are nearly on top of Queens Plaza E,M & R and very near Queensboro Plaza N/W and 7. The 7 was the only train running on bad snow days. Anybody seeing a CB preference?
I don't see any preferences listed for Sven. Rise LIC has preferences & it said Queens CB 1.
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Agree with location. I am at Queens Plaza every day to take the E train and this is great for getting into Manhattan. You are nearly on top of Queens Plaza E,M & R and very near Queensboro Plaza N/W and 7. The 7 was the only train running on bad snow days. Anybody seeing a CB preference?
I lived across the street from this building from 2016 - 2019.
The biggest issue I found was frequently having to walk across 8-10 lanes of congested bridge traffic to use the amenities on the other side of Queens Plaza (grocery store, pharmacy, coffee shop, restaurants, etc).
The N train is also extremely loud as it rounds the curve on the elevated track as it travels between Astoria and Queensboro Plaza.
There were a fair amount of people loitering in the general area most days between the nearby shelter residents and kids from the local high school, but it was never a major issue for me. Maybe that has subsided a bit now.
Otherwise, it's a decent and pretty convenient place to live.
This is the first building I'm seeing only 130 AMI but 4 different 1 bedroom rent.. they updated it recently. I believe only 1 studio rent was listed on the first day of the posting on HC2
This is the first building I'm seeing only 130 AMI but 4 different 1 bedroom rent.. they updated it recently. I believe only 1 studio rent was listed on the first day of the posting on HC2
I just checked and you're absolutely right!
All 1 BRs were $2,132, and now that's only for ONE UNIT
1 BRs now go all the way up to $2,772!? How is it possible for them to change this after the lottery goes live??? How is that legal?
You can still find the original rent postings on other websites, otherwise I would've thought I'd gone crazy. This is really upsetting.. there's a BIG difference between $2,132 and 2,772!!!
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