The Silver Star is the first new high-rise mixed-use retail/residential building in east Long Island City/Dutch Kills section of New York City’s borough of Queens, located along a busy stretch of Northern Boulevard. The structure is the only new building with a significant residential component in the area. It is the harbinger of the new wave of mixed-use, commercial, and residential development in this section of Queens, which has not yet seen any major new projects, despite its proximity and easy public transportation commute to Manhattan.