Cambria Heights is a southeast Queens neighborhood of detached brick colonials — most built in the 1920s and 1930s, with full basements, attics, and long driveway aprons — and two historic blocks of Tudor row houses on 222nd and 227th Streets, landmarked in 2022. A local move here typically runs four to six hours with a two-person crew. Licensed movers in southeast Queens generally start around $150–$180/hr; full-house colonial jobs tend toward the higher end because the carry includes the basement and attic, while the landmark row-house blocks require a curbside setup since there is no side alley.
A homeowner’s neighborhood deserves a homeowner’s mover
Cambria Heights is southeast Queens at its most settled — broad avenues, brick single-family homes, Linden Boulevard as the shopping spine, and the Nassau County line at its back. Households here measure their tenure in decades, which means a move is a full-house job: attic, basement, garage and garden tools included.
Big Apple Moving has served southeast Queens since 1979, licensed and insured under NY DOT #T9942 and USDOT #382368, rated 5.0 on Google across 2,300+ reviews. We quote from the inventory, not the room count — because a colonial that has held a family for thirty years never fits the room count.
The four Cambria Heights jobs we plan for
Detached colonial moves
Driveway staging, front-walk carry, basement and attic in the estimate from the first call.
Landmark rowhouse moves
Attached 1931 houses share walls and narrow interior stairs. We wrap doorframes and banisters and stage from the curb, because there is no side alley to cheat with.
Packing before, unpacking after
Full or kitchen-and-fragiles packing the day before; cartons collected once you’re settled.
Storage between closings
When the sale closes before the purchase does, one crew moves you out, stores the household and delivers to the new address.
Moving on 222nd and 227th Streets
In June 2022 the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated two Cambria Heights historic districts: 46 row houses on 222nd Street between 115th Road and 116th Avenue, and 50 more on 227th Street between 116th Avenue and Linden Boulevard — storybook Tudors from 1931 with diamond-pane windows, slate shingles and arched doorways. Landmark status regulates what owners may change outside; it does not restrict a move.
What it changes for us is care: those arched openings are narrower than modern doors, the plaster is original, and the stair turns were built for 1930s furniture. We measure the large pieces on the walkthrough and carry pads for every doorway we touch.
What affordable actually costs in Cambria Heights
| Home size | Typical Cambria Heights job | Market estimate range (2026) | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-bedroom | Rowhouse or apartment share near Linden Blvd | $800–$1,800 | 5–8 hours |
| 3-bedroom rowhouse | Attached storybook Tudor, curb carry | $1,200–$2,800 | 7–12 hours |
| 3-bedroom colonial | Detached house with driveway and basement | $1,200–$2,800 | 7–11 hours |
| 4+ bedroom house | Full colonial, attic to garage | $2,000+ | 8–12+ hours |
Market Estimate Ranges (2026) — Queens market data, not a quote. Big Apple Moving bills hourly from $150/hr for two movers or by binding estimate.
“Affordable movers” usually means whoever quotes lowest and adds it back on move day. Our version is duller and holds: a floor of $150/hr for two movers, no minimum hours, stairs and carries billed as time rather than surcharges — or a binding estimate where the figure you book is the figure you pay.
Moves that cross into Nassau
Cambria Heights ends where Nassau begins, and half the moves here cross that line — to Elmont, Valley Stream or Franklin Square. The truck doesn’t care about the county line, but the rules change: Nassau villages set their own overnight parking bans, and our crew checks the destination village’s rules before the date is set. For the Nassau side of the move, our Nassau County movers page covers the towns and their quirks.
Booking a Cambria Heights move
An item list with the basement and attic included, or a 15-minute video walkthrough.
Hourly from $150/hr, no minimum, or one binding figure.
Crew size to the carry; date checked against the destination’s parking rules.
Wrapped, loaded, delivered, reassembled. Support 7AM–9PM.
Why southeast Queens books us
Since 1979
Serving Queens since 1979, under the same name and the same license.
5.0 on Google
2,300+ reviews; the ones that matter here mention houses, not high-rises.
Licensed and insured
NY DOT #T9942 · USDOT #382368 · ICC MC-205240, printed here, verifiable anywhere.
Honest hourly
From $150/hr for two movers. No minimum hours, no stair surcharge, no fuel line-item surprise.
Binding estimate
One number from the inventory and the addresses. It holds.
Full-house capable
Attic, basement, garage, shed: sized into the crew and the truck before move day.
Cambria Heights Moving — Frequently Asked Questions
Affordable is only checkable when a company publishes a floor. Ours is $150/hr for two movers with no minimum hours, or a binding estimate that cannot rise after booking. Queens market data puts a three-bedroom local move at $1,200–$2,800; where a quote lands in that band depends on the carry, not the company’s adjectives.
Yes, regularly. The 1931 storybook Tudors have narrow arched doorways and original plaster, so large pieces are measured on the walkthrough and every doorway is padded. Landmark status itself puts no restriction on moving.
No. There is no NYC residential moving permit, and these are public streets. The truck parks at the curb under standard commercial-vehicle rules — with a driveway, we stage there and save carry time.
Yes, it is one of our most common runs here — Elmont, Valley Stream and Franklin Square are minutes away. We check the destination village’s parking rules before locking the date.
A three-bedroom colonial typically runs 7–11 hours door to door; an attached rowhouse trends slightly longer because everything stages from the curb. A packed-ahead house always beats a pack-as-we-go house by hours.
Yes — the whole house the day before, or just the kitchen, closets and fragiles. Cartons and materials are included in the packing service and we collect the empties after.
We move you into our storage, hold the household as long as the gap runs, and deliver when the new keys are in hand. One crew, one estimate, both legs.
Two to three weeks ahead for mid-month weekdays. Summer weekends and the last three days of a month price 20–30% higher across Queens, so a flexible date is the single easiest saving.
