12-Story Residential Tower Replacing Post Office at 21st Street and 28th Avenue

A former U.S. Post Office has been torn down and a 12-story tower will rise in its place at 27-40 21st Street in Astoria. The 50-by-77-foot lot, which traded hands for $2.1 million last year, will accommodate a 25,000-square-foot building based upon the R7X zoning. Let’s just hope that the new 30-unit building will be a little stronger in the design department than the one that’s gone up next door at 27-34 21st Street. For a look at that eyesore, click through below. GMAP