Hush Street is tracking what’s being built in Richmond Hill, Ozone Park, Woodhaven, Lindenwood and Howard Beach.
South Queens is mostly low-rise and changes slowly, so its biggest projects are concentrated in two places. At Aqueduct, Resorts World New York City won state approval for a full casino in December 2025 and in July 2026 began the next phase of an expansion that includes a second hotel tower and a 7,000-seat arena, the New York Post reported. Next door, horse racing has ended and the state is drawing up a plan for about 100 acres of its land.
In Lindenwood’s low-lying Jewel Streets, the city’s neighborhood plan calls for new sewers and up to 5,000 homes, and the City Council approved two private rezonings in 2026 for about 540 apartments. Along Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica Hospital opened the first phase of its emergency department expansion in October 2026. In Howard Beach, flooding dominates: an Army Corps draft study released in September proposes voluntary buyouts in Hamilton Beach as a first step.
Where DOB records and press reports disagree on sizes, costs or dates, both are given. A permit is not treated as proof that construction has started.
| Project | Location | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1Resorts World New York City Expansion | Rockaway Blvd. at Aqueduct | Under Construction |
| 2Aqueduct Racetrack Site | Rockaway Blvd. & North Conduit Ave. | In Planning |
| 3Jewel Streets Neighborhood Plan | Ruby, Emerald & Sapphire Sts. | In Planning |
| 478-08 Linden Boulevard Rezoning | Linden Blvd., Lindenwood | Rezoning Approved |
| 5135-27 Sapphire Street Rezoning | Sapphire St., Lindenwood | Rezoning Approved |
| 6133-39 Ruby Street & 133-40 Emerald Street | Ruby & Emerald Sts. | Filed (Plan Review) |
| 7Jamaica Hospital Emergency Department | Van Wyck Expwy. at 89th Ave. | Under Construction |
| 8New School at 120-30 Jamaica Avenue | Jamaica Ave. at 121st St. | Approved |
| 9118-08 Jamaica Avenue | Jamaica Ave. near Lefferts Blvd. | Under Construction |
| 10114-20 Jamaica Avenue | Jamaica Ave. at 114th St. | Filed (Plan Review) |
| 11Spring Creek South Flood Study | Howard Beach & Hamilton Beach | Draft Study |
| 12163-01 Cross Bay Boulevard Rezoning (Russo's on the Bay) | Cross Bay Blvd. at Shellbank Basin | Pre-Certification |
Aqueduct
A casino resort growing on state land, and the old racetrack’s future up for planning.
1
Resorts World New York City Expansion
A Casino on State Land
The license fee is given as $600 million by the company and $500 million by the New York Post. Because the site is state land, the work does not appear in city building records; milestones here come from the company and press.
Sources: New York Post (July 2026); Resorts World New York City (Dec. 2025); amNewYork (May 2026)
2
Aqueduct Racetrack Site
After the Last Race
The New York Racing Association says live racing has ended at Aqueduct.
Sources: amNewYork (May 2026); Empire State Development; New York Racing Association
Lindenwood & the Jewel Streets
A city plan to fix flooding and add housing in ‘The Hole,’ with two rezonings already approved.
3
Jewel Streets Neighborhood Plan
Fixing 'The Hole'
The city first announced about $75 million for the area’s infrastructure in 2023, Gothamist reported; the 2025 plan raised that to over $146 million. Which side of the borough line the 17-acre city site is on has not been confirmed.
Sources: NYC Mayor's Office (Oct. 2025); NYC HPD; Gothamist (June 2023)
4
78-08 Linden Boulevard Rezoning
A Walgreens Lot Becomes Housing
It is on the same block as the 135-27 Sapphire Street site.
Sources: NYC Planning ZAP 2022Q0154; Queens Chronicle (Feb. 2026)
5
135-27 Sapphire Street Rezoning
A Garage in a Flood Zone
The design is meant to work with the city’s plan to raise Sapphire Street, YIMBY reported.
Sources: NYC Planning ZAP 2024Q0219; New York YIMBY (Sept. 2026)
6
133-39 Ruby Street & 133-40 Emerald Street
Building Before the Plan
DOB issued closure orders on the lots in July 2025 after finding people living in RVs there.
Sources: NYC DOB NOW jobs Q01317452-I1 and Q01317360-I1 (Mar. 2026); NYC DOB violations (BIN 4245377) (Aug. 2025)
Richmond Hill & Jamaica Avenue
A hospital expansion, a new school and a handful of filings under the J train.
7
Jamaica Hospital Emergency Department
A Bigger Trauma Center
DOB has also approved, but not permitted, a separate filing for a cancer treatment center with a rooftop addition at the hospital’s 90-28 Van Wyck building.
Sources: QNS (Oct. 2026); Office of the Governor (June 2023); NYC DOB NOW jobs Q08033272-I1 and Q01238257-I1 (2026)
8
New School at 120-30 Jamaica Avenue
A School on Jamaica Avenue
No opening year has been published.
Sources: NYC DOB NOW job Q01110799-I1 (Mar. 2026); Marketproof (summarizing Crain's) (Oct. 2023)
9
118-08 Jamaica Avenue
Excavation Under Way
In April 2026 DOB cited the removal of a two-story building on the lot without a demolition permit.
Sources: NYC DOB NOW job Q01160326-I1 and permits (Sept. 2026); NYC DOB/ECB records (BIN 4618450) (Oct. 2026)
10
114-20 Jamaica Avenue
Housing Above a Store
No press coverage of the plan has been published.
Sources: NYC DOB NOW job Q01327625-I1 (Aug. 2026)
Howard Beach & Jamaica Bay
A flood study that starts with buyouts, and a waterfront rezoning still in early review.
11
Spring Creek South Flood Study
Buyouts Before Walls
The study has no construction funding. A nor’easter on Sept. 26, 2026 flooded Hamilton Beach and Howard Beach again, the Queens Chronicle reported.
Sources: Queens Chronicle (Sept. 2026); U.S. Army Corps of Engineers fact sheet
12
163-01 Cross Bay Boulevard Rezoning (Russo's on the Bay)
Building on the Basin
The site is in a flood zone on Jamaica Bay.
Sources: NYC Planning ZAP 2020Q0353; New York Business Journal (Oct. 2024)
What We're Watching Next
Construction at Resorts World, the Aqueduct master plan in early 2027, the Jewel Streets rezoning’s public review, building applications for the two Lindenwood rezonings, the full opening of Jamaica Hospital’s emergency department and the final Army Corps study are next.
Hush Street also tracks Downtown Jamaica, JFK & Southeast Queens, the Rockaways and Forest Hills, Rego Park & Kew Gardens.
Header photo: rooftops seen from the 80th Street station in Ozone Park, 2025, by Kidfly182, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.
By Hush Street Editorial Updated Built from city filings and published reporting. About Hush Street
