A residential structure stands at 112-50 38th Avenue in Corona, where permits have been filed for a four-story residential building on a lot tucked between 112th Street and 114th Street, just blocks from the subway. The project would bring six new residences to a block already surrounded by a wave of similar mid-size development across the neighborhood.
According to New York YIMBY, the lot sits near the 111th Street subway station, served by the 7 train, putting future residents a short walk from one of Queens' busiest transit corridors. Ying Liu is listed as the owner behind the applications, while Xiaohong Zhao of Ameriland Brook LLC is named as the architect of record.
Plans call for a steel-based structure standing 43 feet tall, with 5,458 square feet of residential space spread across the four stories. The design includes a cellar, a penthouse, and a 20-foot-long rear yard, giving the building a layout similar to other recent filings in the area.
Six Homes, Likely Rentals
The building is expected to house six residences. Based on an average unit size of 909 square feet, the outlet reports the homes are most likely rentals rather than condos, though that tenure has not been formally confirmed. Demolition permits have not yet been filed for whatever currently occupies the site, and no estimated completion date has been announced for the project, per the same report.
The filing adds to a steady stream of similar projects stacking up in Corona and neighboring East Elmhurst. A June report from the same outlet detailed four residential projects expected to add 188 units to the two neighborhoods, noting that all four sites sit within proximity of the 7 train, mirroring the transit access cited for the 38th Avenue site.
Other Projects Reshaping the Blocks Nearby
Those four projects range widely in scale. Astoria Towers II, an eight-story senior housing building at 32-10 111th Street in East Elmhurst, was reported complete with 168 rental units, 73 of them set aside as affordable housing. Elsewhere, a seven-story mixed-use building at 107-109 Northern Boulevard topped out with a planned 14 rental units and 8,032 square feet of commercial space, while smaller four-story buildings at 107-17 34th Avenue and 34-25 109th Street were reported complete or under construction, each planned to yield three full-floor apartments.
Just outside Corona proper, a six-story, 15-unit building at 111-18 Northern Boulevard in North Corona had permits filed in September, according to Marketproof. That 35-foot-tall project, filed through representative Yue Zhou of the same Ameriland Brook LLC listed on the 38th Avenue application, is planned to include 3,870 square feet of residential space alongside 1,862 square feet of commercial space.
A larger project further illustrates how development ambitions vary across the neighborhood. QNS reported on a proposed 13-story mixed-use building at 47-03 108th St. in Corona that would include 119 rental apartments across 120,000 square feet, with 17,700 square feet of community space and 8,700 square feet of retail. Sixty of those apartments would be reserved for an affordable housing lottery for residents earning 60% of area median income, and developer 108 Realty Group Inc. has been seeking zoning map and text amendments from the New York City Planning Commission for that proposal.
No such affordable-housing component has been mentioned for the 38th Avenue project, and the scope of the two filings differs considerably. For now, the 112-50 38th Avenue plans remain an early-stage permit filing, with no demolition permits filed and no estimated completion date announced.
