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Image source: 11-15 Broadway

11-15 Broadway – one of the big luxury apartment buildings by Socrates Sculpture Park that has been in construction mode for many months – is now open and looking for people to start renting there. According to the Criterion Group website (they invest in and manage real estate), this development is an 8 story, 80 unit residential tower, containing 15 studio, 50 one-bedroom, and 6 two-bedroom apartments.

Yesterday, we caught their fancy looking ad on Craigslist (so much more than that system’s conventional text ad) and saw that they offer a bunch of amenities – that makes up for being quite a walk from the Broadway N/Q station. Here’s their location:

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The amenities include things like a video intercom, washer & dryer in the apartment, oak hardwood floors, stainless steel appliances, white quartz kitchen countertops, and a lounge for residents with WIFI. There’s also bike parking. Up on the roof there’s another lounge with cabanas, grills, great views, and we found the presence of an oversized chess set up there to be a rather unique addition to the rooftop lounge.

One curious yet quite interesting element of the 11-15 Broadway website is their section called “Astoria Archaeology.” They state:

The neighborhood has been a popular summer resort, a bustling manufacturing hub, as well as one of the cradles of the American film industry. Today, remnants of Astoria’s heritage are everywhere. At various times gritty, raw and beautiful, these relics help give this unique neighborhood its authenticity and sense of place.

A whole series of photos are set up in a slideshow and display the grittier  and perhaps less glamorous aspects of the neighborhood.

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Image source: 11-15 Broadway

You can see a gallery of their units here. Floorplans are here.

As far as pricing goes, studios run from $1,960; 1 Bedrooms from $2,135; and 2 Bedrooms from $2,850. Tenants get one month free on 18 month leases.

The location is about a half mile from the subway, but the Q69 bus is not far, and runs along 21st Street to Queensboro Plaza; the Q103 bus is also a block away, and it will take you to the Vernon-Jackson 7 train stop. We’ve written about it before, as some consider it to be an “art bus” running along Vernon Blvd. The Q104 bus runs right down Broadway, too. So, there are some options when it comes to transit.

It’s a stone’s throw away from Socrates Sculpture Park, home to great large-scale art as well as a Greenmarket on Saturdays from June-November, not to mention beautiful waterfront views. The Noguchi Museum is also nearby. These are two great Astoria institutions.

It will be interesting to see how development, as well as its neighbor at 12-07 Broadway (which will have 190 rental apartments), affects the area, which seems a little remote (just a tad) because of its distance from the subway and the bustling business district on Broadway.


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  1. First, this is actually more than a half-mile from the subway. Google maps says it’s .6 miles from the subway, and it involved crossing very busy, possibly dangerous, 21st street. Anyone who has tried to take the bus in this area (or in Astoria in general) knows that they only come every 20 minutes or so. So, you’re being incredibly generous in describing this overpriced rental as having “some options” with transport. The rooftop sounds lovely, but given that it’s neither rent-stabilized, nor convenient to anything other than Costco and a sculpture park, I wish them luck! I wouldn’t consider it.