NYC Breaks Ground On East End Studios’ Sunnyside Campus; Mayor Eric Adams Calls Western Queens “Worthy Rival Of Hollywood”
deadline.comNew York City Mayor Eric Adams, film commissioner Pat Kaufman, labor leaders and film and TV partners broke ground today on a East End Studios‘ new film and TV complex in Sunnyside, Queens that will create nearly 1,000 construction jobs and roughly 750 permanent, full-time jobs.
It’s the second new site rising as the city recently broke ground on Sunset Pier 94 Studios. That 266,000 square-foot project backed by Vornado, Hudson Pacific and Blackstone includes six soundstages.
The two projects are kicking off the return of the city’s film and TV production industry after the actors’ and writers’ strikes ended. “Thanks to SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America securing fair deals for their workers, film and TV production is back in New York City — helping more than 185,000 New Yorkers get back to work,” said Adams. “New York City is back, but our work is not done until every New Yorker has a pathway to success.
We’re thrilled to see East End Studios bringing…jobs to the city and joining the ecosystem of successful local production spaces that are continuing to elevate Western Queens as a worthy rival of Hollywood.” The new 340,000-square-foot campus will include three full-service, ground-floor soundstages totaling 75,000 square feet and a 15,000-square-foot rooftop flex-stage that offers sweeping views of the Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan skylines.
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