Queens auction garners $4,796,000 for city coffers

This house in Woodside received the highest bid, $601,000, at an estate auction by the Queens County public administrator.

Although five of 21 apartments and houses at an estate auction held yesterday by Queens Public Administrator Lois M. Rosenblatt were withdrawn, every property on the block found a buyer.  Bids totaled $4.796,000.

With upset prices given first, here are the results: Continue reading

8 co-ops, 13 houses in Queens head to city auction

251-38 43rd Ave., Little Neck

The auction of 21 Queens co-ops and single-family homes is scheduled for Dec. 15.

Public Administrator Lois M. Rosenblatt has set upset prices ranging from $41,000 for a co-op in Jamaica to $453,000 for the single-family house in Little Neck shown at the top.  All the properties belong to the estates of owners who left no will.

Sorry for the slightly weird formatting (because of my limited knowledge of HTML), but below are the available residences headed for the auction block: Continue reading

City nets $3.377 million in Queens property auction

31-68 38th Street, Astoria

Although five properties found no bidders, the office of Queens Public Administrator Lois M. Rosenblatt, collected $3.777 million at its auction Tuesday of eight apartments and seven houses “inherited” by the city.

The former Astoria home of the late Eva Zacharaczuk topped the bids by far, going down for $1.41 million.

Following are the results, Continue reading

1 Brooklyn, 14 Queens properties head to auction

208-43 30th Ave., Bayside

Eight apartments and seven houses “inherited” by the city, including one in Brooklyn, will be auctioned on Tuesday, Sept. 28, starting promptly at 11 a.m., according to Queens Public Administrator Lois M. Rosenblatt.

The most expensive of the properties is a single-family detached brick house with garage in Bayside, for which the upset price if $525,000.

Inspection of everything on the block is scheduled for Sept. 25 and 26 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Following are the properties to be auctioned: Continue reading