200 New Units to be Built in New Mixed-Use Apartment Building on 30th Street. 200 New Units to be Built in New Mixed-Use Apartment Building on 30th Street. March 15, 2018 By Tara Law. An application has been filed for a 7-story mixed-use building on the corner of 30th Street and 37th Avenue in Astoria. The building would contain 133,452 square feet of residential space, 10,976 square feet of manufacturing space and 10,950 square feet of commercial space.

De Blasio Takes Questions on Gentrification and Schools at Jackson Heights Town Hall. De Blasio Takes Questions on Gentrification and Schools at Jackson Heights Town Hall. March 29, 2017 By Tara Law. Community members asked Mayor Bill de Blasio questions about real estate development and school safety at a town hall in Jackson Heights Wednesday night. About 600 residents packed into the gymnasium of Joseph Pulitzer Middle School for a chance to speak directly to the mayor.

Plans Filed for 116-Room Hotel Blocks From Queensboro Bridge. Plans Filed for 116-Room Hotel Blocks From Queensboro Bridge. April 2, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez. Permits have been filed for a 116-room hotel in Long Island City. The new hotel would rise to 16 stories, or 179 feet, at 38-59 11th St. The site, currently vacant land, is two blocks from the Queensboro Bridge. April 2, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez.

April 4, By Hannah Wulkan. Several Sunnyside business owners are claiming that they have been targeted by the Department of Sanitation and have received unfair citations for trash on the sidewalk outside of their stores. He said that he saw the inspector down the street and ran after him to ask him about the ticket, and was told that Mayor Bill de Blasio had requested extra scrutiny of the blocks on 47th.