North Shore Towers
| North Shore Towers | |
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North Shore Towers from the Grand Central Parkway | |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Residential, retail |
| Address | 272-40 Grand Central Parkway, Floral Park, New York, US |
| Coordinates | 40°45′26.58″N 73°42′54″W / 40.7573833°N 73.71500°W |
| Groundbreaking | 1971 |
| Completed | 1975 |
| Owner | North Shore Towers Apartments, Incorporated (Cooperative) |
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| Technical details | |
| Size | 3 buildings 110 acres (45 ha) |
| Floor count | 34 per building |
| Floor area | 3,520,000 sq ft (327,000 m2) |
| Lifts/elevators | 24 total |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | A.H. Salkowitz & Carl Heimberger |
| Developer | Sigmund Sommer |
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| 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. The complex is located next to the Long Island Jewish Medical Center.
The three constituent residential buildings—Amherst, Beaumont, and Coleridge Towers—which sit on a 110-acre (45 ha) property, are some of the tallest structures in Queens with 34 floors each. 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. 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.
The North Shore Towers complex has an 18-hole golf course 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. 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.