Service area
South East Queens, and the markets our clients move between.
Jortevsky Real Estate Firm works from an office in Valley Stream, NY. Our core markets are western Nassau County and the ten South East Queens neighborhoods of Jamaica, St. Albans, Laurelton, Rosedale, Springfield Gardens, Cambria Heights, Queens Village, Hollis, Jamaica Estates and Far Rockaway. We also serve Suffolk County, all five New York City boroughs and southern Westchester. Each has its own page with local market notes, the official property records that matter there, and answers to the questions we are actually asked.
Home market
Valley Stream & western Nassau
Our office is at 5 Sunrise Plaza in Valley Stream. This is the market we know best, and the one where a school district boundary moves price more than the house does.
Valley Stream
Nassau County · 11580 · 11581 · 11582
Valley Stream is our home market: we know which school district a given street actually falls into, and that single fact moves price here more than almost anything else about the house.
Nassau County
Long Island · 11003 · 11010 · 11552 · 11550
Many of our Nassau buyers are moving east from South East Queens, and we quantify the property tax, school district and carrying-cost differences before they commit.
Core market
South East Queens
Ten neighborhoods a few minutes west of the office, worked every week. Each page carries the local market notes, the official records that matter there, and the questions we actually get asked.
Jamaica
Queens · 11432 · 11433 · 11434 · 11435 · 11436
We list and sell one- to three-family houses, co-ops and condos across Downtown Jamaica, Jamaica Hills, South Jamaica and Briarwood, and we price them from block-level comparable sales rather than borough-wide averages.
St. Albans
Queens · 11412
Albans, Queens (ZIP 11412), including the landmarked Addisleigh Park historic district. We represent sellers with a written pricing analysis, professional photography and full RLS and portal syndication, and we represent buyers competing for the neighborhood's Tudor and colonial housing stock.
Laurelton
Queens · 11413
Laurelton's 1920s and 1930s Tudors and colonials on quiet residential blocks draw buyers who want detached, character housing with a direct LIRR commute, and we handle the full transaction from pre-approval through closing.
Rosedale
Queens · 11422
We price Rosedale property from block-level comps and we check FEMA flood zone status before listing, because flood designation drives insurance cost and buyer financing here.
Springfield Gardens
Queens · 11413 · 11434
The neighborhood's deep two-family stock makes it one of the strongest small-investment markets in South East Queens, and we underwrite those buildings on real rent rolls and operating expenses.
Cambria Heights
Queens · 11411
We represent sellers with a written pricing analysis, professional photography and full syndication, and we represent buyers competing for limited inventory.
Queens Village
Queens · 11427 · 11428 · 11429
The area's mix of Tudors, colonials and capes, its LIRR station and its access to Hillside Avenue and Springfield Boulevard make it one of the most consistently active markets in eastern Queens.
Hollis
Queens · 11423
Hollis combines detached and semi-detached single-family stock with steady rental demand from its Jamaica Avenue and Hillside Avenue corridors, and we work both sides of that market.
Jamaica Estates
Queens · 11432
Large detached houses on generous, tree-covered lots along Midland Parkway and the surrounding streets require pricing, presentation and marketing built for a higher price band.
Far Rockaway
Queens · 11691 · 11692 · 11693 · 11694
Flood zone status, elevation and post-Sandy rebuild history drive value here, and we establish all three before a property goes to market.
New York City
The five boroughs
Beyond the South East Queens farm we work the rest of the city — the two- to four-family markets of Brooklyn and the Bronx, Staten Island's detached stock, Long Island City's towers, and co-op and condo purchases in Manhattan.
Brooklyn
Kings County · 11207 · 11208 · 11212 · 11226
Our focus is the two- to four-family and small mixed-use stock that suits owner-occupants and small investors.
Long Island City
Queens · 11101 · 11109
LIC's new-construction rental and condo towers around Court Square, Hunters Point and Queens Plaza operate on a different rhythm from the rest of Queens, with concessions and net-effective pricing that need to be read correctly.
The Bronx
Bronx County · 10461 · 10465 · 10466 · 10471 · 10475
The borough's deep two- to four-family stock suits owner-occupants and small investors, and rent regulation status has to be established before an offer, not after.
Staten Island
Richmond County · 10301 · 10306 · 10307 · 10312 · 10314
George. It is the most suburban borough and the one with the highest homeownership rate, and on the east and south shores flood designation and drainage are central to what a property is worth.
Manhattan
New York County · 10001 · 10011 · 10023 · 10025 · 10128
In Manhattan the board package, not the mortgage, is usually what decides a co-op purchase, and the difference between a co-op and a condo changes the entire transaction.
Beyond the city
Long Island and north
The rest of Long Island, and southern Westchester — the markets our clients most often move to when they leave the city entirely.
Suffolk County
Long Island · 11701 · 11717 · 11743 · 11772 · 11787
Suffolk is assessed by ten separate town assessors rather than a single county agency, and much of it is on private septic and well systems, both of which change how a property must be checked before closing.
Westchester County
Westchester · 10701 · 10550 · 10801 · 10583
Metro-North access, school district boundaries and Westchester's property tax structure are the three factors that drive value here, and we address all three up front.
Answers
Questions about our service area
What neighborhoods does Jortevsky Real Estate Firm cover?
Jortevsky Real Estate Firm covers two core markets from its Valley Stream office: western Nassau County, including Valley Stream, Elmont, Franklin Square, Hempstead, Floral Park and Garden City; and the ten South East Queens neighborhoods of Jamaica, St. Albans, Laurelton, Rosedale, Springfield Gardens, Cambria Heights, Queens Village, Hollis, Jamaica Estates and Far Rockaway. Beyond those we work Suffolk County, all five New York City boroughs — Brooklyn, The Bronx, Staten Island, Manhattan and Long Island City — and southern Westchester County.
Why does Jortevsky Real Estate Firm work a defined territory instead of the whole city?
Because block-level pricing is only possible if you are in the same blocks every week. Value changes materially from one street to the next here, and an agent covering the whole metro cannot know which side of a Rosedale flood boundary a house sits on, where the Addisleigh Park historic district line falls in St. Albans, or which of Valley Stream's four elementary school districts a given street belongs to.
Can Jortevsky Real Estate Firm help me move between these areas?
Yes, and it is one of the reasons we cover both South East Queens and the surrounding metro markets. Clients weighing Cambria Heights against Elmont, or Rosedale against Valley Stream, get one firm comparing both carrying-cost pictures rather than two agents each making their own case.
Do you work outside these areas?
We take on work outside this footprint case by case and will say plainly when another firm would serve you better. We do not currently work Upstate New York. Call (516) 668-6031 and we will give you an honest answer rather than a listing appointment.
Let's talk about your property.
A conversation costs nothing and you will leave it knowing what your home is worth and what the market is actually doing on your block.
Prefer to talk now? (516) 668-6031 · jortevskyrealty@gmail.com