Community board OKs Lincoln Equities’ Hallets Point development plan

Lincoln Equities Group received unanimous approval from Queens Community Board 1 on a plan to build apartments, parkland and retail space at Hallets Point in Astoria, DNAinfo reported.

The developer is applying for zoning changes and must receive city approval under the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure. The non-binding community board vote is an early step in ULURP. If approved, construction would start in late 2014 or early 2015.

The project would include the construction of 11 buildings between 11 and 31 stories high, across seven acres along the waterfront. The buildings would contain 2,000 apartments, a fifth of which would be affordable housing rather than market-rate, the website said.

At the moment, Hallets Point is an industrial zone featuring the New York City Housing Authority’s large Astoria Houses, the report said. [DNAinfo] – Mark Maurer