Court Plaza features 250 luxury-apartments. It is the tallest property in the neighborhood at 32 stories. It features at 24 Hour Doorman, Fitness Center, 24 Hour Laundry, and a Parking Facility. Apartments include Heat, Water, and Cooking Gas. KEW GARDENS
Kew Gardens a triangular-shaped area, which was named for the Royal Botanical Gardens in the London neighborhood of Kew. Its main thoroughfares
are Union Turnpike, Kew Gardens Road, Lefferts Boulevard and Metropolitan Ave. The area is mostly populated with small apartment buildings, usually no more than ten stories high, and most of these are rentals or co-ops. Nonetheless, and because of the close proximity of access to the Long Island Rail Road station and the E and F subway, it remains a cherished location in which to live. It is sought out for its lavish old-growth trees, with access to Forest Park at a number of points in the neighborhood. The area has become a favorite for those currently living in Fort Greene, and Park Slope due to its green surroundings, proximaty to Forest Park. Not to mention pricing tends to be less than half of those areas of Brooklyn. There is the Kew Gardens Cinema multiplex on 81st and Lefferts, and also the Austin, just off the crux of Austin and Lefferts, which for years had been an “adult-movie” location and was then completely refurbished some years ago as a prime location for art films and independent movies. And before or after, it doesn’t hurt to grab a bite at the Austin Ale House right around the corner, one of the finest purveyors of steak and beer in the city. Kew Gardens, die-hard shoppers will always find something fun on Lefferts Boulevard just south of Austin Street. The area is a mix of single family homes, low-mid-rise apartment houses and some doorman high-rises, and there is a section of Kew Gardens (mostly surrounding Forest Park), where you might think you were still in the private enclave of Forest Hills Gardens, although you will find more diversity in the style of the housing stock here where the Gardens is largely Tudor-style homes. High-rise buildings include the Silver Towers, Court Plaza, and Park Lane South. There is also some construction in the area on a smaller scale; Park Lane Tower is the tallest of the new construction at seventeen stories. On the smaller side, there’s the Classic. Nearby lies the enclave of Kew Gardens Hills, which doesn’t consider itself a part of Kew Gardens but a suburb of nearby Flushing/Forest Hills. Known for an observant Judaic community, there are many Kosher businesses in that area.
