North Shore Towers

North Shore Towers
North Shore Towers from the Grand Central Parkway
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General information
StatusCompleted
TypeResidential, retail
Address272-40 Grand Central Parkway, Floral Park, New York, US
Coordinates40°45′26.58″N 73°42′54″W / 40.7573833°N 73.71500°W / 40.7573833; -73.71500
Groundbreaking1971[1]
Completed1975 [2]
OwnerNorth Shore Towers Apartments, Incorporated (Cooperative)
Height
Architectural
  • 370 ft (110 m) (Beaumont Tower)
  • 346 ft (105 m) (Amherst Tower)
  • 346 ft (105 m) (Coleridge Tower)
[3]
Technical details
Size3 buildings
110 acres (45 ha)[4]
Floor count34 per building
Floor area3,520,000 sq ft (327,000 m2)
Lifts/elevators24 total
Design and construction
Architect(s)A.H. Salkowitz & Carl Heimberger[4]
DeveloperSigmund Sommer[4]
Engineer
  • Robert Rosenwasser (structural)
  • Sidney Barbanel (mechanical)
[4]
Main contractor
  • Sigmund Sommer Construction
  • Mandel and Corsini Mechanical
  • Forest Electric
Other information
Number of units
  • 1,844 residential units[4]
  • 22 retail units
Website
http://www.northshoretowers.com

The North Shore Towers and Country Club is a three-building residential cooperative located in the Little Neck neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, near the city's border with Nassau County.[5] The complex is located next to the Long Island Jewish Medical Center.

The three constituent residential buildings—Amherst, Beaumont, and Coleridge Towers[4]—which sit on a 110-acre (45 ha) property, are some of the tallest structures in Queens with 34 floors each.[6] The towers are constructed on the highest point of land in Queens County, a hill located 258 feet (79 m) above sea level. This hill is part of the terminal moraine of the last glacial period.[4] The hill is ranked 61 of 62 on the list of New York County High Points. The North Shore Towers complex contains 1,844 apartments ranging from studios to three-bedroom apartments.[7]

The North Shore Towers complex has an 18-hole golf course[4] and its own power plant that produces electricity independent of local power companies. The community also has an indoor shopping concourse that connects the three residential buildings with 22 retail units, as well as fitness centers that include five swimming pools and five tennis courts.

The North Shore Towers is the only gated residential community in New York with its own United States Postal Service zip code, 11005.[6] The zip code is addressed as Floral Park even though the towers are neither in nor adjacent to the Floral Park, Queens neighborhood or the Village of Floral Park. Queens postal zones do not reflect neighborhood or even political boundaries.[8]

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  5. ^ "NYC Luxury Apartments I Long Island Luxury Apartments I Queens Luxury Apartments". Archived from the original on April 12, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
  6. ^ a b Lyons, Jessica (March 4, 2009). "Luxury Living". Queens Courier. Archived from the original on December 21, 2014. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
  7. ^ Romano, Jay (November 7, 2004). "A New York Tax Rule on Co-op-Sale Profits". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 28, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2006.
  8. ^ Williams, Joe (September 7, 2001). "Nassau Neighbors Unfairly Taxed". New York Daily News.[permanent dead link‍]