24-Story Hotel to Rise at Jamaica AirTrain Station

The MTA has given the green light for a development project that will result in a new $35 million hotel in Jamaica Queens at the Long Island Rail Road station. Able Management Group will purchase the site located across from the AirTrain Station at 93-43 Sutphin Blvd. for $4.5 million and develop the property into a 210-room, 24-story hotel. City tourism officials believe the new hotel will be a hit with budget-conscious travelers looking for an easy airport commute. Construction is expected begin early next year.

A neighborhood once plagued by empty storefronts and rundown 99 cent stores scored a major coup in its bid to rebrand itself as a thriving community of shops, restaurants and hotels.

A 210-room hotel, geared toward business travelers, is expected to go up next year in downtown Jamaica. The hotel will be located across the street from the AirTrain JFK to Kennedy Airport on a quarter-acre site at 93-43 Sutphin Blvd.

The three-and-a-half star hotel is expected to be a national brand, similar to the Courtyard by Marriott or Hilton Garden Inn. It will include a sit-down restaurant, three retail shops on the ground floor and a business center.

City tourism officials believe the new hotel will be a hit with budget-conscious travelers looking for an easy airport commute.

Business leaders expect it to have a domino effect of spurring new development in the area. It’s a sign that Jamaica, once a middle-class community filled with department stores, is on its way back.

City tourism officials believe the new hotel will be a hit with budget-conscious travelers looking for an easy airport commute.

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