Luxury condo is holding gorgeous — and public — waterfront views hostage in this NYC neighborhood

Gorgeous waterfront views of nan Queens peninsula are being held hostage by a luxury condominium — which is legally required to stock its premier viewing locations pinch nan public, The Post has learned.

Allura Waterfront Residences, built astatine nan tract of nan aged Chilton Paint mill successful College Point, promised to licence nationalist entree to nan coastal splendors arsenic portion of an statement pinch nan metropolis to grow nan properties.

But erstwhile The Post visited recently, a worker astatine nan modern building refused a newsman entry.

Locals person besides antecedently been barred from accessing nan six-story development’s walkway on nan waterfront — which boasts stellar views of Flushing Bay and nan Manhattan skyline, a vicinity activistic said.

“We should beryllium capable to really bask that East River waterfront that we deserve, particularly erstwhile there’s truthful galore parts of College Point that person business uses on nan water,”  section advocator Kathryn Cervino told The Post.

“We’re already truthful divided from our waterfront, this peculiar portion connected nan northeast coastline is conscionable a treasure.”

In speech for a variance that allowed developers to return up much onshore for nan imposing 134-unit condo building, Allura was required to licence members of nan nationalist to bask its much than 17,000 quadrate feet of waterfront spot erstwhile it was built successful 2007.

But nan property, which includes a fittingness center, spa, excavation and sundeck, has allegedly been refusing introduction for years — and is moreover ignoring orders from nan metropolis to reopen to nan public, said Cervino.

When The Post earlier this period stopped by nan waterfront towers, perfectly positioned astatine nan dead-end of 15th Avenue and 110th Street, a newsman was met pinch a locked gross and a “no trespassing” sign.

A worker astatine nan beforehand table said that “the government” wasn’t allowing them to unfastened nan boardwalk to nan nationalist because it didn’t person capable character coverage.

“The point is, it doesn’t look for illustration a normal park,” nan worker said. “The residents tin spell outside, but nan nationalist is different because of nan government, we person to get that approved.”

During a 2nd sojourn connected Wednesday, nan aforesaid worker reiterated that nan waterfront was closed to nan public, but allowed The Post to locomotion extracurricular and return a image of nan view. A newsman was escorted wrong and outside.

“Any improvement that promises a nationalist usage pathway successful speech for being capable to create what they want needs to beryllium held accountable for keeping that successful style beyond nan day that nan woody was done,” said Cervino. “Where is nan accountability?”

Allura did not return a petition for comment, pinch a receptionist refusing to link The Post pinch nan spot manager.

But nan Department of City Planning changeable down nan front-desk worker’s claims, confirming that nan agency imposed nary specified regularisation connected Allura.

“I tin corroborate that DCP did not show them nan nationalist cannot entree nan waterfront,” a spokesperson said.

The metropolis Parks Department successful August had issued nan spot an updated “Notice of Substantial Completion” — modular for each privately-built waterfront nationalist entree areas — on pinch orders that nan spot must beryllium unfastened for all.

Reps for nan metropolis Department of Buildings and nan Parks Department said they sent investigators to nan spot aft The Post flagged nan denial of introduction earlier this month.

Two different luxury condo buildings located wrong nan aforesaid astir half-mile radius arsenic Allura — Skyline Terrace and Soundview Pointe — made akin deals pinch nan metropolis successful speech for their desired spot size and locations.

Though they look to person kept their extremity of nan bargain, nan waterfront havens person been allowed to autumn into disrepair.

During a sojourn to Skyline Terrace, a luxury condominium connected 25th Avenue and 120th Street, The Post recovered its 2 nationalist docks covered pinch trash, graffiti and brush. The structures of nan vistas appeared loose and unstable, and moaned beneath nan weight of quality footsteps.

The rocky statement beneath was besides covered successful debris, including 8 discarded shopping carts, a decaying E-bike and an aged television.

Jagdeo Bassant, a respiratory therapist connected his luncheon break from nan adjacent dialysis center, told The Post he felt immoderate consequence stepping onto nan vista.

“You tin decidedly spot nan property connected them and backmost location is simply a elephantine hole, truthful I conjecture it’s falling isolated but it has bully integrity. But it’s going to hap eventually,” he said.

According to DCP, nan metropolis precocious sent Skyline Terrace spot owners a announcement reminding them of their work to support entree and upkeep of nan vistas.

A typical for Lovett Management, which oversees nan property, said that attorneys for nan condo committee were successful interaction pinch nan city, but could not supply immoderate further details.

Meanwhile, visitors to Soundview Pointe’s stepping way — which displays a welcoming “Public Waterfront” motion astatine nan guidelines and winds on nan College Point Reef — tin only make it a fewer 100 feet earlier encountering a chunk of missing pavement.

DCP confirmed that Soundview Pointe is solely responsible for nan entree and upkeep of nan waterfront nether an statement pinch nan metropolis made successful 1993 that allowed nan proprietor to grow nan spot lines.

The spot owners, Titan Soundview Pointe LLC, were deed pinch 2 violations by nan DOB successful caller years: for their nonaccomplishment to support nan walkway and retaining wall adjacent nan waterway successful 2016, and past again successful 2019.

The Post could not scope representatives of Soundview Pointe.