22-18 Jackson Condominium

The Building

Fine Print

What's Specific to It

• A permanent gallery: part of the first floor is set aside forever for art and cultural exhibitions. The sponsor picks the shows, events and hours for as long as it owns a home in the building.
• An indoor pool: a stainless-steel pool about 40 feet long and at least 13 feet wide sits on the first floor. The budget sets aside $106,000 for a lifeguard operator.
• Attended lift parking: the 88 garage spaces are sold as $100,000 licenses. Staff park and fetch cars from 29 triple-stack lifts, and owners may not enter the garage.
• A rail yard next door: the Metropolitan Transportation Authority owns the surface parking lot and active rail yard to the southeast and southwest.
• A cleaned-up gas station site: the lot used to be a taxi maintenance and fueling station. Underground gasoline tanks were removed and a state spill case was opened.
• An off-site building manager: the building manager is expected to live in a rented apartment next door, paid for through common charges.

Galerie sits on Jackson Avenue between Crane and Arch streets in Long Island City, across the street from MoMA PS1. Its offering plan tells you what's in the apartments, what the building shares and what it should cost to run.

Fine Print Worth Knowing

• A resale fee: if you list or advertise your home within 12 months of the first closing without the sponsor's consent and then sell it, you owe the sponsor 50% of your gross profit.
• Parking without priority: buying a home gives you no priority for a parking space, and outsiders can buy them too. You can only get your car through staff, and the garage has no backup generator.
• Lot-line windows: 54 homes, listed by number in the plan, have lot-line windows facing the northeast and southwest property lines. They're fixed windows, and if a neighbor builds, you may have to close them at your own cost, estimated at about $5,000 a window.
• Neighbors' fans and deed rules: under an easement, an adjacent owner keeps about six fans that stick out over the eastern edge of the lot, which may be noisy for southeast-facing homes. A deed from the Long Island Rail Road requires the condominium to keep a fence and protect the rail embankment, and those costs fall on the homeowners.
• Curtain wall: repair parts for the custom facade may take a long time to get. You'll need shades, and the plan bans applying film to the glass.
• Sponsor control: the sponsor controls the board for up to five years after the first closing and has kept the right to rent rather than sell homes. The commercial owner names one of six board members.
• Backup power: the architect's description says the building has no emergency power generator.

FAQ

Does Galerie have a pool?

Yes. The plan describes an indoor stainless-steel pool on the first floor, about 40 feet long and at least 13 feet wide, 3.5 to 4 feet deep and heated by gas. The first-year budget sets aside $106,000 for a lifeguard operator.

How does parking work?

The 88-space garage on the ground floor uses triple-stack lifts and is run by an attendant around the clock. Spaces are sold as $100,000 licenses with a monthly fee of about $222, and they aren't tied to a specific spot. Buyers don't get priority, and only staff can park or fetch cars.

Is the staff union?

No. The plan says the staff will be non-union: a full-time building manager who lives next door, a handyman, round-the-clock concierges and about 3.8 porters, at a cost of about $753,000 in the first year.

Where this comes from: the building's offering plan (CD170072, filed as the 22-12 Jackson Condominium) as filed with the New York Attorney General, including its Special Risks, Description of Property and Improvements, Schedule A notes, Schedule B and Identity of Parties. Prices are the sponsor's offering prices, not sales, and budget figures are the sponsor's first-year projections. Later amendments may change them. Updated October 2026.