Apartment for sale in a LOVELY area!

After nearly 21 years, Joe has put apartment 42 up for sale. Amazingly, a buyer who was looking through jackson heights life forum turned out to be very interested, and the rest is history. It's nice to be able to sell through local contacts, and avoid the high commissions and the quirky market that is the Jackson Heights real estate climate. With a youtube video on the web, buyers had an easy way to see the place, and it is currently in contract. We welcome the buyers, and soon they will be meeting the board and hopefully be accepted into our little community.

Like it was in 1989, Jackson heights is still an 'up and coming' community with an increasingly diverse group of residents and the wealth of shops and restaurants that offer up beautiful items and tasty treats from around the world. New people who used to consider only Manhattan or perhaps Park Slope are learning the real estate in the community is high quality, with prices that are much better than what you'd get in other communities.

We've also got wildlife, with doves that love to nest on your window sill, hawks flying overhead, and an occasional racoon rummaging through the trash bins.

It's a historic district, meaning the residents got together and petitioned the city to put into place regulations that will keep the housing stock in good condition, and prevent people from paving over the front lawn for parking, or painting the house pink. Here's a pic from when our apartment windows were replaced a couple of years ago, it took longer to get the permits than to complete the job, but for that one day when the windows were out, the view was really, really cool!

Here's a copy of the video, along with some nice neighborhood photos. If you want to live in a place where people know and care for each other, and live in wonderfully historic pre-war homes, Jackson Heights is the place to be!

There's a wealth of information about our community in the NY times, they profile the neighborhood regularly. Many community organizations and groups organize neighborhood cleanups, plant flowers through the garden club, and arrange the tours of the private parks every June. If you're in the area, you can take a walking tour and visit our private garden in a couple of weeks. It's beautiful this time of year in Jackson Heights!