Carter's Review

This handsome, 7-story residential condominium building at 37-10 Crescent Street between 37^th and 38^th avenues in Long Island City was built in 2017 by Ranger Properties.  It is known as The Lanes because the site was formerly occupied by a bowling alley.

The building was designed by Fogarty Finger and has 57 “micro” apartments.

The apartments utilize “Murphy” beds, built-in desks in the bedrooms and drawers under kitchen sinks to minimize the square footage of the units.  Two-bedroom units will be roughly 490 square feet and three-bedroom units will be about 735 square feet, small fractions of the traditional size of such units in New York City.

Bottom Line

This very attractive, mid-rise condominium apartment building in Long Island City has 55 “micro” apartments, a stunning ground floor façade, a lively fenestration pattern and nice amenities.

Description

The LEED-certified building has a marquee over an entrance that is vertically angled on one side that gives a nice dynamic to its ground floor that has three groups of five closely bunched and deeply inset white columns beneath a broad and plain white bandcourse. 

There is a large partial setback at the second floor and the building’s light grey façade is also very handsomely framed with a light-colored cement board rainscreen and further enhanced by a lively fenestration pattern of offset spacing and white accents on one side of many windows.

The building also has a landscaped courtyard.

Amenities

The building will have a garden adjoining the double-height lobby, a 48-car garage, a roof deck with two grills and a fireplace, a fitness center, a library, a laundry and a bicycle room.

Apartments

Each bedroom has a 7-foot-9-inch high window and many units are pre-furnished.

Apartment 3B is a two-bedroom unit with a dining room by the entry with an open kitchen and a living room that opens onto a wide terrace.

Apartment 2G is a one-bedroom unit with a dining room by the entry with an open kitchen and a living room that leads to a wide terrace.