What is the price of 55-23 31st Avenue #4H?

55-23 31st Avenue #4H is offered at $265,000.

How much is the monthly maintenance?

The monthly maintenance is $589.54, with property taxes included.

How much of a down payment is required?

Boulevard Gardens permits as little as 10% down, allowing financing of up to 90%, subject to co-op board and lender approval.

Where is 55-23 31st Avenue #4H located?

It is located in Boulevard Gardens, a historic garden-apartment cooperative in Woodside, Queens, New York 11377.

Is it a co-op or a condo?

It is a cooperative (co-op) apartment in the Boulevard Gardens cooperative.

How many bedrooms and bathrooms does it have?

It is a studio thoughtfully configured as a junior one-bedroom — a full-size windowed sleeping area is walled off from the living room — with one full bathroom.

Who is the listing agent?

The listing agent is Ian Gong of Casa Blanca. Contact: 914-331-8881, i.gong@casa-blanca.com.

Boulevard Gardens Co-op, Woodside – 55-23 31st Ave #4H for Sale

Few residential communities in New York can genuinely call themselves a neighborhood within a neighborhood. Boulevard Gardens can.

01 — 1933–1935

The Vision

Construction began in 1933, in the earliest years of the New Deal, when the federal government partnered with private developers to build thoughtfully planned housing. Designed by architect Theodore H. Engelhardt with landscape architect C. N. Lowrie for the Cord Meyer Development Corporation, Boulevard Gardens became one of the nation’s first successful federally financed residential communities.

Its Georgian Colonial architecture, generous setbacks, and landscaped courtyards reflected ideas decades ahead of their time. When the first residents arrived in 1935, they moved into something rare: a community designed, from the very beginning, around how people actually wanted to live.

02 — The Master Plan

A garden community, by design

Long before “open space” became a marketing term, Boulevard Gardens was built around it. Occupying nearly twelve acres, the original master plan devoted most of the property not to buildings but to landscaped lawns, mature trees, walking paths, and courtyards.

Ten six-story buildings occupy only a fraction of the site, leaving room for sunlight, air, and generous spacing between homes. Residents don’t simply look onto another building — many overlook expansive lawns and tree-lined paths, with the Manhattan skyline beyond from the higher floors. It is this relationship between architecture and landscape that gives the community its unmistakable character.

“A place where architecture, landscape, and neighbors were designed together — and have stayed together for nearly ninety years.”

Boulevard Gardens · Woodside, Queens

03 — Life Here

A neighborhood within the neighborhood

Life at Boulevard Gardens extends well beyond the walls of any single apartment. An uncommon collection of shared spaces encourages everyday connection while preserving the quiet that has always defined the community.

Children grow up on the same lawns where today’s residents once played. Gardening clubs continue traditions started generations ago. Holiday decorations, resident organizations, and community events are simply part of the calendar — not occasional activities, but the texture of daily life.

On the grounds

Woven in since the beginning

Beautifully landscaped grounds
Children’s playground
Seasonal sprinkler park
Indoor children’s playroom
Resident library
Gardening club
Bicycle storage
Storage rooms
Resident parking (subject to availability)
Picnic lawn
Courtyards & walking paths
Community organizations & clubs

04 — Location

The best of two neighborhoods

Officially in Woodside and bordering Astoria, Boulevard Gardens offers convenient access to two of Queens’ most beloved neighborhoods. Nearby subway service makes for an easy commute into Manhattan, while local buses connect the surrounding borough.

Just beyond the community’s quiet residential streets are the cafés, groceries, parks, and celebrated dining of Astoria and Woodside. Residents describe it simply: a calmer, greener place to live — without giving up a single convenience of the city.

05 — A Home That Endures

Designed for generations

The most remarkable thing about Boulevard Gardens is something no floor plan can show: people stay. Families remain for decades. Neighbors become familiar faces. The solid prewar masonry, graceful brick facades, and well-proportioned layouts were built for permanence, not trends — and nearly a century of mature landscaping has only deepened the sense of place.

To own here is to join a community that has evolved for ninety years while staying true to its original vision. For many residents, Boulevard Gardens isn’t simply where they own a home. It’s where they build a life.

Where open lawns replace crowded streets. Where neighbors become familiar faces. Where history continues to be lived, rather than simply preserved.

Community history and archival material courtesy of boulevardgardens.nyc.

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Welcome Home to #4H!

Photos & floor plan

Why people spend decades of their lives at Boulevard Gardens

The Vision

A garden community, by design

A neighborhood within the neighborhood

Woven in since the beginning

The best of two neighborhoods

Designed for generations

Three ways to see it

55–23 31st Avenue, Woodside

Ian Gong