George Eng of Benjamin Realty for Queens Real Estate

05/15/2026

📍 Reduced Price 📍 This recently reduced home at 102-40 67th Drive 1c in Forest Hills won't last long, so, don't wait to set up a showing! Reach out here or at (718) 683-0228 for more information!

Nice one-bedroom CoOp Apt., located on a quiet block. Minutes to RR subway. Laundry room, Elevator Building, Live-in-super. Partly furnished....

04/03/2026

📍 New Listing 📍 Take a look at this fantastic new property that just hit the market located at 102-40 67th Drive in Forest Hills. Reach out here or at (718) 683-0228 for more information

Nice one-bedroom CoOp Apt., located on a quiet block. Minutes to RR subway. Laundry room, Elevator Building, Live-in-super. Partly furnished....

10/29/2025

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Mortgage rates are hovering near their lowest averages in about a year — and homeowners are taking advantage.Applications for refinances increased

09/23/2025

Real Estate
Rents Start at $465 In These 6 Affordable NYC Housing Lotteries — How To Apply
Six affordable housing lotteries are expiring in the next week.
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Posted Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 7:15 pm ET
Six affordable housing lotteries on New York City Housing Connect expire in the next week, including three in Brooklyn, one in the Bronx, one in Queens, and one in Manhattan.
Six affordable housing lotteries on New York City Housing Connect expire in the next week, including three in Brooklyn, one in the Bronx, one in Queens, and one in Manhattan. (Lauren Ramsby/Patch)
NEW YORK CITY — Six affordable housing lotteries on New York City Housing Connect expire in the next week, including three in Brooklyn, one in the Bronx, one in Queens, and one in Manhattan.

But wait — what is Housing Connect?

For the uninitiated, New York City Housing Connect is an online platform that aims to provide New Yorkers with opportunities for affordable prices on apartments in new developments.

The website, which launched in 2013 after years as a mail-based program, lists residential buildings across the five boroughs currently accepting applications for apartments, with both leasing and purchasing opportunities.

However, there is a catch: Your total income and family size need to fit within a certain range to be eligible to apply to the housing lottery, and each lottery has different income restrictions, based on a measurement called Area Median Income, which you can calculate here.

Oftentimes, real estate developers will set aside a certain number of affordable units in their blueprints to secure support and approval from city officials and community boards.

The NYC Department of Housing and Preservation, which runs NYC Housing Connect, considers affordable housing to be apartments that cost one-third or less of what the people living there make in income.

Also, there's usually a certain number of units in each lottery set aside for people with disabilities, workers employed by the city, or people already based in the community board district where the building is located.

Once users apply for an eligible unit, they are issued a log number, and then the numbers are chosen at random by an automated system, lottery-style.

Here are all the housing lotteries expiring in the next week.

1440 Amsterdam Avenue Apartments

(Housing Connect)
Address: 1440 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY 10027
Rent starts at: $2,950
Eligible incomes range: $104,949 - $227,500
Number of units: 147
Deadline to apply: Sept. 22
Link to apply: Here.

Serén

(Housing Connect)
Address: 16 West St., Brooklyn, NY 11222
Rent starts at: $880
Eligible incomes range: $35,040 - $227,500
Number of units: 35
Deadline to apply: Sept. 22
Link to apply: Here.

22 Frost Street Apartments

(Housing Connect)
Address: 22 Frost St., Brooklyn, NY 11211
Rent starts at: $3,501
Eligible incomes range: $126,858 - $227,500
Number of units: 5
Deadline to apply: Sept. 23
Link to apply: Here.

Wakefield Yards

(Housing Connect)
Address: 4641 Furman Ave., Bronx, NY 10470
Rent starts at: $465
Eligible incomes range: $19,235 - $160,720
Number of units: 212
Deadline to apply: Sept. 23
Link to apply: Here.

2033 East 17th Street Apartments

(Housing Connect)
Address: 2033 East 17 St., Brooklyn, NY 11229
Rent starts at: $3,495
Eligible incomes range: $119,829 - $227,500
Number of units: 2
Deadline to apply: Sept. 24
Link to apply: Here.

229 Beach 14th Street Apartments

(Housing Connect)
Address: 229 Beach 14th St, Queens, NY 11691
Rent starts at: $2,800
Eligible incomes range: $96,000 - $227,500
Number of units: 5
Deadline to apply: Sept. 25
Link to apply: Here.

09/07/2025

Demolition of the long-vacant Century 21 site on 86th Street is set to begin in November, clearing the way for a $47.5 million redevelopment into a two-story retail complex called Century Marketplace, the property’s new owners confirmed to Brooklyn Paper.

MCB Real Estate and Osiris Ventures, which purchased the property in July, expect construction to start in the first half of 2026, said Amy Bonitz, managing director of community development at MCB. The first stores are projected to open in 2027.

“Acquiring the property this July was a major milestone,” Bonitz said in a statement to Brooklyn Paper. “We wouldn’t have moved forward with the acquisition unless we were fully confident in our ability to execute our business plan for this important site.”

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07/23/2025

Real Estate
Here Are The Most Expensive NYC Neighborhoods: See List
The rankings were compiled by comparing sales records between April 1 and June 30 of 2024 to the same period this year. ​

David Luces, Patch Staff
Posted Wed, Jul 23, 2025 at 12:26 pm ET

NEW YORK CITY — For the sixth year in a row, Hudson Yards has been ranked as the most expensive neighborhood in New York City.

In the second quarter of 2025 the median sale price for Hudson Yards is $5.9 million, according to Property Shark, who recently released a list of the top 50 expensive neighborhoods in the city.

Manhattan had seven neighborhoods in the top 10. Tribeca was ranked second with $4.1 million, followed by SoHo with $3.6 million.

In Brooklyn, Manhattan Beach saw the sharpest rise in median sale price at 197 percent, according to the analysis. Homecrest followed with the second-highest jump in median sale price at 57 percent to reach $985,000.

The Columbia Street Waterfront District was the most expensive neighborhood in Brooklyn, with a median sale price of $1,924,000.

In addition, Queens' most expensive neighborhood was Fresh Meadows with a median sale price of $1,153,000.

Thirty-nine neighborhoods had median sales over $1 million, and five neighborhoods went over the $2 million, according to ProprtyShark.

The ranking excludes Staten Island and the Bronx and compared sales records between April 1 and June 30 of 2024 to the same period this year.

Here Are The Top 20 Most Expensive Neighborhoods In The City
1. Hudson Yards, Manhattan

2. TriBeCa, Manhattan

3. SoHo, Manhattan

4. Little Italy, Manhattan

5. Hudson Square, Manhattan

6. Columbia Street Waterfront District, Brooklyn

7. Boerum Hill, Brooklyn

8. Flatiron District, Manhattan

9. DUMBO, Brooklyn

10. Theatre District - Times Square, Manhattan

11. Williamsburg, Brooklyn

12. Gowanus, Brooklyn

13. Greenwich Village, Manhattan

13. Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn

13. West Village, Manhattan

14. Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn

15. Central Midtown, Manhattan

16. Park Slope, Brooklyn

17. Garment District, Manhattan

18. Cobble Hill, Brooklyn

19. Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn

20. Chelsea, Manhattan

To read the full rankings and median sale prices for each neighborhood, click here.

07/20/2025

Average price of Queens houses surpasses $1M in Q2 2025:
Report By Ethan Marshall

Posted on July 11, 2025
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Queens real estate hits new highs with $1M average for single-family homes.
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The second quarter of 2025 marked the first time that the average price for one-to-three-family homes in Queens eclipsed $1 million, according to a report by the real estate agency Brown Harris Stevens.

The average price of these homes rose 9.1% year over year, from $928,953 in the second quarter of 2024 to $1,013,558 in the second quarter of 2025. However, the total number of closings for these homes went down slightly, from 1,331 in 2024 to 1,301 in 2025.

The average price of Queens apartments and the number of closings for them both rose 4% over this same period of time. Apartments rose in price from $487,641 in 2024 to $550,417 in 2025. Closings increased from 1,141 last year to 1,183 this year.

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The record prices for one-to-three-family units in the borough are reflected by the upward trends experienced across each section of Queens. Northwest Queens, northeast Queens, central Queens, southwest Queens, and southeast Queens all saw growth in this category year over year.

Northwest Queens, which includes Astoria, Ditmars–Steinway, East Elmhurst, Elmhurst, Hunters Point, Jackson Heights, Long Island City, Sunnyside, and Woodside, experienced the most significant percentage growth in the average price of one-to-three-family homes, at 13%, from $1,151,347 in the second quarter of 2024 to $1,302,141 in the second quarter of 2025. Closings for these homes rose from 143 to 150 over this period of time.

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Northwest Queens leads the borough as home prices hit record highs.
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Apartments in northwest Queens followed similar trends to the one-to-three-family homes, having increased in average sales cost from $620,692 in 2024 to $635,661 in 2025. Closings for apartments jumped up from 325 last year to 368 this year.

In northeast Queens, which includes the neighborhoods of Bay Terrace, Bayside, Bellerose, College Point, Douglaston, Floral Park, Flushing, Little Neck and Whitestone, there was a 9.3% boost in the average price of one-to-three-family homes, from $1,109,415 in the second quarter of 2024 to $1,212,756 in the second quarter of 2025. However, unlike with northwest Queens, the number of closings went down in northeastern Queens, from 308 last year to 301 this year.

The average price for apartments in this part of the borough climbed from $484,204 in 2024 to $505,657. There were also more deals closed for apartments in the area over this span, from 370 last year to 399 this year.

There was an 8% increase in the average price of one-to-three-family homes in Central Queens, comprised of the Briarwood, Corona, Forest Hills, Fresh Meadows, Glen Oaks, Jamaica, Jamaica Estates, Jamaica Hills, Kew Gardens, Kew Gardens Hills, Rego Park, Richmond Hill and Woodhaven neighborhoods. The price went up from $885,986 in the second quarter of 2024 to $954,621 in the second quarter of 2025. Closings elevated from 308 in 2024 to 328 in 2025.

The average price of apartments in this section increased slightly, from $385,891 in 2024 to $386,498 in 2025. There was also little change in the number of closings, which sank from 343 last year to 341 this year.

Southwest Queens, which is made up of Forest Park, Glendale, Maspeth, Middle Village and Ridgewood, saw the average price of one-to-three-family homes rise 10.9%, from $945,135 in the second quarter of 2024 to $1,048,552 in the second quarter of 2025. However, closed sales dropped significantly here, from 146 in 2024 to 104 in 2025.

The average sales price for apartments rose in southwest Queens from $533,119 in 2024 to $546,538 in 2025. Over the same period, closings nearly halved, plummeting from 19 last year to 10 this year.

Lastly, in southeast Queens, consisting of Arverne, Bayswater, Belle Harbor, Breezy Point, Broad Channel, Cambria Heights, Edgemere, Far Rockaway, Hollis, Hollis Hills, Holliswood, Howard Beach, Laurelton, Neponsit, Ozone Park, Queens Village, Rockaway, Rockaway Beach, Rockaway Park, Rosedale, South Ozone Park, Springfield Gardens and St. Albans, there was a 7% increase in the price of one-to-three-family homes, from $748,827 in the second quarter of 2024 to $802,179 in the second quarter of 2025. Closings, meanwhile, decreased from 426 in 2024 to 419 in 2025.

While the average sales price for apartments went up immensely in southeast Queens, from $386,654 in 2024 to $420,502 in 2025, the number of closings slid from 84 last year to 65 this year.

06/24/2025

03/27/2025

New York City has launched a housing lottery for 24 units at 63-68 Austin St. in Rego Park.

By Ethan Marshall

The building has 78 total units, with 54 being at market rate. Of the 24 units set aside, 19 are at 80% of the area median income with an asset limit of $124,240 and five are at 130% of the area median income and has an asset limit of $201,890.
Nine of the units at 80% of the area median income are one-bedroom, with a monthly rent of $1,843. Up to three people can live in each unit as long as the residents combine for an annual income ranging from $69,086-$111,840.
The other ten units, at 80% of the area’s median income, are two-bedrooms, costing $2,188 a month in rent. Each unit can accommodate a household of up to five people. The required combined annual income for these units is $82,835-$134,160.
All five units set aside at 130% of the area median income are one-bedroom. The monthly rent for these units is $2,400. No more than three people can live in these units. Each household must be making $82,286-$181,740 in annual income.
Amenities available within each unit include air-conditioning, cable or satellite TV, patios or balconies, washers, dryers and high-end kitchen appliances. Tenants will be responsible for electricity and electric heat. However, stove cooking and hot water are included in the rent.
Other features available to residents of 63-68 Austin St. include garages, bike storage lockers, common area WiFi, a recreation room, an outdoor rooftop terrace, security cameras, a recycling center and an elevator. The building is smoke-free and allows service animals. It is also located close to P.S. 139Q: The Rego Park School. There is convenient access to public transportation through the nearby 63rd Drive-Rego Park subway station, which services the E, F, M and R trains. The Q60 bus also has a stop in the area, at the corner of Queens Boulevard and 63rd Avenue.
The property was previously occupied by the Shalimar Diner. In November 2018, 63-38 Austin LLC and RW Austin LLC purchased the property for $6.5 million from Alderton Associates LLC.

Those who intend to apply for housing at 63-68 Austin St. are required to meet the housing and income size requirements. Applications must be postmarked or submitted online by May 27. Qualified applicants must meet additional selection criteria.

Those interested in applying for this housing lottery can do so online by clicking here. Applications can also be requested via mail by sending a self-addressed envelope to 63-68 Austin Street Apartments, c/o Reside New York, 349 Keap St., Brooklyn, NY 11211

By Ethan Marshall

03/25/2025

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