The Fairview

The brick exterior encloses a conventional six-floor apartment house. Inside, prewar planning separates the entrance, kitchen and principal living area. Foyers provide a transition into the home, while closets are distributed near the entrance and bedrooms.

Some living rooms sit below an adjoining dining area. The change in level gives the rooms a visual boundary while retaining an open connection between them. It also introduces an interior step into the everyday route through the apartment.

Studios can have a separate kitchen and a combined living and sleeping room, with hardwood flooring and substantial closet space. One-bedroom layouts provide a separate sleeping room and, in some cases, a raised dining zone large enough to function independently of the main living room.

The documented larger one-bedroom plans extend to roughly 800 square feet. Kitchen renovations vary, including pass-through arrangements. A dining alcove offers useful additional space, but the legal and physical requirements for enclosing it as a bedroom depend on the windows and dimensions of the particular plan.

The Fairview has a live-in superintendent, an elevator and laundry facilities in the basement. Intercom entry serves the residential entrance. The building's shared services are concentrated on those everyday functions.

The property is held through a cooperative corporation. Apartment purchases transfer shares and a proprietary lease, and proposed sublets have been subject to board approval — confirm current terms with the managing agent. An advertised rental doesn't mean a new buyer can sublet freely; board approval still applies.

Class 2 taxation applies to the property, without the statutory annual assessment-growth caps available to smaller tax classes. The DOF roll shows no building-wide exemption; check the specific apartment's tax bill for abatements. Recorded gross floor area exceeds a simple comparison with the current R6 district's standard residential allowance, which does not establish legal zoning floor area or permitted future work.

Recent sales

Recent transfers at this building, from The Roebling Research Library. Prices are the transfer amounts recorded with the NYC Department of Finance; apartment-level detail is checked against the building’s own file in The Roebling Research Library before publishing.

Market read. $/sf is measured on the latest sales with reliable square footage (2021): a median $374/sf (recorded) across 2 sales. The building has traded as recently as 2026. Median listing discount 8.8% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 4-03341-0037). Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified in The Roebling Research Library. Not all transactions cross-verify with ACRIS records — sponsor and LLC purchases sometimes record at stipulated values rather than market price; square footage on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.

• Lane Towers — A Forest Hills condop with a taller postwar form and a more extensive staffed service arrangement.
• Kennedy House — A much larger Forest Hills cooperative for buyers considering tower views and a broad amenity program.
• Plymouth Hall — A prewar Sunnyside condop with traditional room planning and conventional elevator-building scale.
• Crescent House — A postwar Queens cooperative with parking and shared outdoor space, providing a different service comparison.
• Washington Plaza — A landscaped Jackson Heights cooperative where common gardens are a larger part of the residential setting.