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Manhattan: Upper Eastside

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This is 1 of 3 photos I'd taken in August 2022 of this large empty lot in Long Island City, Queens, NYC. I saved these photos for when something would eventually happen reference a major real estate deal. Welp, something considerable has indeed happened (see below)

Crain's New York Business, March 7, 2024

Midtown-based Fisher Bros. has parted ways with a Long Island City site where it once hoped to build a 240-unit project.

The real estate firm has sold 42-50 24th St. to developer Chris Xu's United Construction & Development for $57.5 million, property records show. The deal will add to Xu's already substantial portfolio of Queens projects.

The Hakim Organization and Property Markets Group bought the site in 2015 for $69 million, and the real estate website New York YIMBY published renderings of a 74-story tower planned for the address in 2018. However, in 2019 Fisher Bros. prefiled plans for a 35-story project at the site that would span about 255,000 square feet with 240 residential units, 40,000 square feet of commercial space and a hotel.

New York Yimby, March 13, 2026

Construction is about to go vertical at 24-19 Jackson Avenue, a 55-story residential skyscraper in the Court Square section of Long Island City, Queens. Designed by FXCollaborative and developed by Charney Companies and Tavros Capital in partnership with Incoco Capital, the 676-foot-tall structure will yield 600 apartments and 10,000 square feet of retail space. The 18,000-square-foot property is bounded by 45th Avenue to the north, Jackson Avenue to the southeast, and 23rd Street to the west.

Full article: 55-Story Skyscraper Readies for Vertical Construction at 24-19 Jackson Avenue in Long Island City, Queens

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45-11 23rd Street / Before & After Construction

Part of the album: Walk/Commute to/fro Work

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Part of the album titled Queens: Astoria

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580 Park Avenue is a 14-story, 100-year-old cooperative building in Lenox Hill, New York.

The building was built in 1923 by renowned architect James E. R. Carpenter.

It has 60 apartments and a four-story limestone base.

The building's lot is 200 feet wide and 75 feet long.

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Manhattan: Upper Eastside

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Queens: Sunnyside Gardens

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This video is included in the album titled Cinemagraphs & Videos (click to view that entire album)

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Discarded Street Items/Trash/Litter

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Walk/Commute to/fro Work

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32nd Street railway arch, Astoria

Part of the album titled

Manhattan: Upper Eastside

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This establishment is permanently closed. There you go!

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Queens: Long Island City, Queens Blvd

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29-15 40th Road, LIC / Before & After Construction

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New Rendering Revealed For 29-15 40th Road in Long Island City, Queens

newyorkyimby.com/2024/04/new-rendering-revealed-for-29-15...

A new rendering has been revealed for 29-15 40th Road, an upcoming 12-story residential building in Long Island City, Queens. Few details have been made public about the project, which is being designed by Fogarty Finger Architects and developed by SB Development, which also acquired the adjacent lot at 29-13 40th Road for $8.7 million last fall.

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Walk/Commute to/fro Work

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Part of the album: Walk/Commute to/fro Work

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This photo is part of the album titled: FLORA

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Discarded Street Items/Trash/Litter

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Walk/Commute to/fro Work

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This morning the cloud cover over downtown Long Island City looked to resemble what appeared like a gigantic Baby Yoda up in the sky. Really crazy

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Walk/Commute to/fro Work

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There's NO Parking on Sidewalks

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It's so out of control. And some are placing their neon construction vests on the dashboard as proof they can just randomly do as they please, and are seemingly getting away with it. These vehicles are never towed.

What if a disabled person needed to get past?

Or a citizen in a wheelchair for that matter?

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25-01 Queens Plaza North / Before-After Construction

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Queens: Long Island City

A New City Rises

Mechanical Giraffes

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After almost an entire year, this project is starting up again thanks to new funding

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8:00 am on June 30, 2025

Updated Design Revealed for 561-Unit Skyscraper at 30-25 Queens Boulevard in Long Island City, Queens

newyorkyimby.com/2025/06/updated-design-revealed-for-561-...

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30-25 Queens Blvd / 29-10 Northern Boulevard

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Discarded Street Items/Trash/Litter

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Duet

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This townhouse had been built in 1848 and at one time had been a foundry, which is a factory that produces metal castings to create ornamental and functional objects, such as door and cabinet hardware, skillets and waffle irons, and machine parts. They are especially useful for larger cast metal objects such as bronze sculptures and bells.

I just love photographing older buildings and later researching them and learning all types of unusual things

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Manhattan: Kips Bay

Part of the album titled: Oh My Lord & Taylor

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Citi Field 11368

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Discarded Street Items/Trash/Litter

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Walking home from work on a Friday afternoon

Happy Memorial Day weekend

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25-01 Queens Plaza North / Before-After Construction

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Part of the album Queens: Skillman Ave Greenstreets

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The Greenstreets program converts paved, vacant traffic islands, and medians into green spaces filled with trees, shrubs, and groundcover in an effort to capture stormwater.

The program is a part of the NYC Green Infrastructure Plan. All funding for Greenstreet construction under this plan is administered by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

Green Infrastructure

www.nycgovparks.org/greening/green-infrastructure

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38th St AND 39th St @ Queens Blvd / B4-After Construction

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Part of the album: Walk/Commute to/fro Work

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Queens: Skillman Avenue, Long Island City ~ click to view

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Manhattan: Gramercy

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Manhattan: Upper Eastside

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Part of the album titled: Self-Portraiture

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30-25 Queens Blvd / 29-10 Northern Boulevard

Before & After Construction

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I Want to Paint it, BLACK

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Roosevelt Island lighthouse

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Part of the album titled Queens: Astoria

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Thomson Avenue, Long Island City

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Queens: Sunnyside Gardens

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The Knickerbocker Hotel (Great read via the hotel's Wikipedia page)

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New York Yimby, March 13, 2026

Construction is about to go vertical at 24-19 Jackson Avenue, a 55-story residential skyscraper in the Court Square section of Long Island City, Queens. Designed by FXCollaborative and developed by Charney Companies and Tavros Capital in partnership with Incoco Capital, the 676-foot-tall structure will yield 600 apartments and 10,000 square feet of retail space. The 18,000-square-foot property is bounded by 45th Avenue to the north, Jackson Avenue to the southeast, and 23rd Street to the west.

Full article: 55-Story Skyscraper Readies for Vertical Construction at 24-19 Jackson Avenue in Long Island City, Queens

Part of the album titled

45-11 23rd Street / Before & After Construction

Part of the album Queens: Skillman Ave Greenstreets

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The Greenstreets program converts paved, vacant traffic islands, and medians into green spaces filled with trees, shrubs, and groundcover in an effort to capture stormwater.

The program is a part of the NYC Green Infrastructure Plan. All funding for Greenstreet construction under this plan is administered by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

Green Infrastructure

www.nycgovparks.org/greening/green-infrastructure

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26-04 Jackson Avenue, Before-After Construction

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Renderings Reveal 13-Story Building At 26-04 Jackson Avenue In Long Island City, Queens