{"id":9764,"date":"2012-08-27T11:08:22","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T15:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.propertyshark.com\/Real-Estate-Reports\/?p=9764"},"modified":"2025-07-09T12:34:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T09:34:43","slug":"queens-most-expensive-homes-2005-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.propertyshark.com\/Real-Estate-Reports\/2012\/08\/27\/queens-most-expensive-homes-2005-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Queens&#8217; most expensive homes (2005-2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>News about estates selling at record-breaking prices in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertyshark.com\/mason\/NY\/New-York-City\/Property-Search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York<\/a> is almost exclusively linked to Manhattan, and occasionally to <a href=\"http:\/\/ny.curbed.com\/archives\/2012\/05\/01\/bonkers_gravesend_house_seeks_brooklyn_record_of_14m.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brooklyn<\/a>. But a blockbuster $5.1 million sale in the upscale neighborhood of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/09\/06\/realestate\/06livi.html?pagewanted=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neponsit<\/a> has recently put Queens on the luxury real estate map of New York.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/life-style\/real-estate\/king-size-sale-queens-neponsit-beach-house-sells-5-1-million-breaks-borough-record-article-1.1130155?localLinksEnabled=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It was hailed<\/a> 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&#8217;s take a look at what other properties have made headlines over the past 7 and a half years.<\/p>\n<table width=\"611\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table width=\"205\" cellspacing=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2012.<\/strong> <a title=\"137 Beach 146th Street\" href=\"https:\/\/www.propertyshark.com\/mason\/Property\/608242\/137-Beach-146-St-Queens-NY-11694\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">137 Beach 146th Street<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2011.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertyshark.com\/mason\/Property\/717181\/131-Beach-139-St-Queens-NY-11694\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">131 Beach 139th Street<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 0px;\"><strong>2010<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertyshark.com\/mason\/Property\/459092\/17-8-Avenue-Malba-Queens-NY-11357\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">17 North Drive<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2009.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertyshark.com\/mason\/Property\/438934\/105-Greenway-S-Queens-NY-11375\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">105 Greenway South<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2008.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertyshark.com\/mason\/Property\/756163\/604-158-St-Queens-NY-11357\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">604 158th Street<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2007.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertyshark.com\/mason\/Property\/515037\/604-Shore-Rd-Queens-NY-11363\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">604 Shore Road<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2006.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertyshark.com\/mason\/Property\/798008\/139-Beach-147-St-Queens-NY-11694\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">139 Beach 147th Street<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2005<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertyshark.com\/mason\/ny\/New-York-City\/Property-Search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">158 Beach 145th Street<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.propertyshark.com\/Real-Estate-Reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/2012\/08\/Queens-Chart-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9801\" title=\"Queens Chart 4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.propertyshark.com\/Real-Estate-Reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/2012\/08\/Queens-Chart-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.propertyshark.com\/Real-Estate-Reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/2012\/08\/Queens-Chart-4.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.propertyshark.com\/Real-Estate-Reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/2012\/08\/Queens-Chart-4.jpg?resize=300,205 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[373],"tags":[423,586,504],"class_list":["post-9764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-queens-real-estate","tag-most-expensive-home-nyc","tag-most-expensive-home-queens","tag-neponsit-homes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Queens&#039; most expensive homes (2005-2012) - PropertyShark Real Estate Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.propertyshark.com\/Real-Estate-Reports\/2012\/08\/27\/queens-most-expensive-homes-2005-2012\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Queens&#039; most expensive homes (2005-2012)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"News about estates selling at record-breaking prices in New York is almost exclusively linked to Manhattan, and occasionally to Brooklyn. 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