The PowerHouse (Pennsylvania Railroad Power Station)
Long Island City waterfront
The old Pennsylvania Railroad power station, “a brick survivor from 1909 with four smokestacks” (New York Times, 2005), was one of the neighborhood’s landmarks. When a 2005 permit application mentioned demolishing the chimneys, it was QueensWest.com users who spotted it; the developer told the Times the stacks would be preserved.
QueensWest.com later had a PowerHouse section, and in 2006 welcomed the PowerHouse Condominium as a sponsor.
- Built: 1909 (per the New York Times)
- Landmark: Four smokestacks
- A Famed Skyline Fixture, Standing Tall Another Day – The New York Times, 2005-02-06
On the original site: Building page, pictures.
“PowerHouse Condominium” as the site last had it (updated April 6, 2008). Phone numbers and email addresses are removed.
Image from the original QueensWest.com page: a developer rendering, floor plan or website screenshot, shown as history (not a QueensWest.com photo).
Image from the original QueensWest.com page: a developer rendering, floor plan or website screenshot, shown as history (not a QueensWest.com photo).
- 51st Sreet & 2nd Ave
- 400 luxury condos
- Designed by Karl Fischer
- CGS Developers of Brooklyn
- Apts 1,100 ft or so going for $550 -> $700K
- Under Construction 2005 to late 2007
- Two buildings bought for $25MM
Apartment features:
- Parking in back of building
Building amenities:
- Dramatic lobby with views of the Manhattan skyline
- 24 hr concierge
- Valet service
- Attended on site parking
- Resident’s fitness center and private clubroom
- Bicycle storage
- Bountiful open spaces and private park for tenants exclusive use
- Common roof deck with spectacular city views
- Powerhouse Website (www.thepowerhouse.com)
From the QueensWest.com database (2013 export). Original address: queenswest.com/powerhouse/powerhouse-condominium