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Queens’ most expensive homes (2005-2012)

BY Roxana Baiceanu | Aug 27, 2012

News about estates selling at record-breaking prices in New York is almost exclusively linked to Manhattan, and occasionally to Brooklyn. But a blockbuster $5.1 million sale in the upscale neighborhood of Neponsit has recently put Queens on the luxury real estate map of New York.
It was hailed as the most expensive home ever sold in Queens, but we tend to disagree. The borough saw an even larger sale in the boom year of 2007. Now let’s take a look at what other properties have made headlines over the past 7 and a half years.

2012. 137 Beach 146th Street
2011. 131 Beach 139th Street
2010. 17 North Drive
2009. 105 Greenway South
2008. 604 158th Street
2007. 604 Shore Road
2006. 139 Beach 147th Street
2005. 158 Beach 145th Street

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Roxana is an associate editor with Multi-Housing News and Commercial Property Executive. In the past, she also created content for PropertyShark and Point2Homes’ blog pages. She also has 5 years of experience as a marketing copywriter.

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