In the shadow of the Hell’s Gate Bridge in Astoria sits a row of unassuming brick-fronted 1920s row houses that can only be described as old-school Queens ... Rouhe of IdS/R Architecture.

They found their answer across the East River, in Astoria, Queens, where they now pay $3,650 a month — about what they paid in Manhattan — for a one-bedroom that is twice the size of their old ...