Updated 9 years ago
Off Market
170-28 Foch Blvd
Jamaica, Queens | 171st Street & Merrick Blvd
6 Rooms2 BedsSingle Family
$329,000
floors / apts2 / 1
Lot Size20'x123'
Built Size20'x40'
ZoneR3-2
Building TypeHouse
RE Taxes$3,293
Outdoor space and views
- Frontyard
Building Amenities
- Garage
Property Description for 170-28 Foch Blvd
Create Your Very Own Dream Home! 170-28 Foch Boulevard, a 2-bed/1-bath, single family home offering roughly 1400 sqft of smartly configured living space, provides the perfect canvas to create your own masterpiece. Bring your contractor to help you design precisely the home you've been dreaming of on one of the most picturesque, tree-lined streets in South Jamaica. Situated amongst a neat row of homes all with beautiful lush, green front yards, the location alone leaves plenty to admire about this home . The duplex floor plan easily lends itself to conversion to a 3-bed/ 2-bath home. Currently, the upper level includes (2) rear-facing, spacious bedrooms, (1) bath plus a generously sized living room with separate eat-in kitchen able to fit a full dining table with china cabinet. Both the living room and kitchen share a wall of front facing windows for ample sunlight as you dine or entertain creating the feel of bright, open and airy space. Enter the home on the ground level stepping into an open vestibule that can perfectly double as a den or office. The vestibule leads to the rear currently being used as an open recreation area that would easily covert to an additional bedroom plus bathroom. Indoor garage parking plus front parking pad for one additional car make this home that much more of an amazing find. Great opportunity for investors as well! On a lot built 20 x 123.75, the yard is unusually deep leaving space for a shed for your tools, bikes and other storage items or to be left open and green as it currently exists for comfortable outdoor grilling and other activities. All mechanicals and roof in good condition. Roy Wilkins Park, a favorite neighborhood amenity, is just at the corner. Conveniently located close to public transportation. Easy commute to Manhattan and Brooklyn. Call for your appointment today!
Building Details for 170-28 Foch Blvd
OwnershipSingle Family
Building TypeHouse
AgePost-War
AccessWalk-up
Year Built1950
Floors/Apts2/1
Jamaica | Queens
Quick Profile
Jamaica Queens is buzzing. Although it doesn’t have the same level of excitement or sensory overload that Times Square imparts on its visitors, it’s a bustling city center just brimming with activity. The courts, government offices, hospitals, colleges, ethnic restaurants of every kind, big box retailers and mom-and-pop shops – the neighborhood has a lot going on at any given moment.
Jamaica, a diversely populated middle-class neighborhood located in southeastern Queens has a huge commercial and retail district with a residential component too. Its boundaries are Hillside Avenue to the northwest, Van Wyck Expressway to the south, Linden Boulevard to the southeast, and 188th Street and Jamaica Boulevard to the northeast.
Jamaica has a similar history to other areas of Queens and Manhattan. Indigenous tribes called it home until the Dutch arrived in the mid-1600s. They purchased the land for a very small amount (history says two rifles, a fur coat, and some gun powder). Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant named it Rustdorp, which translates to rest town. English colonists took over the lands from the Dutch around 1655 and changed the name to Jamaica.
In the late 1770s, Jamaica became a popular trading post and it was eventually incorporated into a village in 1814. In 1834, B and J Railway Company built a train line connecting Brooklyn to Jamaica. It didn’t last long because B and J Railway ran out of money to keep the trains operational. New investors stepped in and saved the company. They renamed the organization the Long Island Rail Road Company.
In 1898, Queens became part of New York City and served as the county seat for Manhattan.
Today’s Jamaica has a thriving business district that represents the diversity of Queens. West Indian grocery stores, African American bath and beauty supplies, South American eateries, Indian owned electronic stores, Italian grocers, South East Asian markets line the streets selling their goods and services.
There are even green spaces in this densely populated urban neighborhood. Rufus King Park, Marconi Park, Jamaica Playground, Saint Albans Park and Baisley Pond Park are just a few of the more notable ones.
Jamaica is accessible with plenty of transportation options. Jump on the Long Island Railroad and be in Manhattan in 35 minutes, or head the other direction to Montauk or the Hamptons. The Air Train takes you to John F. Kennedy International Airport. Subway and bus lines will whisk you to Manhattan, Brooklyn, or further into Queens.
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OLR ID: 69325TH
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