No two Queens jobs look alike, and Vinny Russo’s crew reads each one closely before the tape gun comes out. Drop a truck on Steinway Street in Astoria and you are climbing a walk-up; pull up to a glass tower in Long Island City and you are booking a residents’ lounge and a freight car; knock on a Forest Hills co-op door and a board package is waiting. Admiral Van Lines covers that whole sprawl with W-2 movers aboard trucks it owns outright, from LIC and Astoria through Sunnyside, Woodside, Jackson Heights, Rego Park and out to Flushing and Bayside, threading the BQE (I-278) and the LIE (I-495) every day of the week.
Vinny’s four-step playbook, from LIC tower to two-family block
Freight cars, co-op boards, and a clogged LIE all bear on the morning, so Admiral steps through a fixed sequence well before the rig ever leaves base.
- We clear the building. For a Long Island City or Astoria high-rise, that means reserving the freight elevator, locking a dock or driveway slot, plus filing any insurance certificate the management office requires, all settled days out.
- We claim the curb. Along the two-family rows of Sunnyside, Woodside, and Jackson Heights, Vinny claims a legal parking spot days out, which trims the walk and keeps the block clear.
- We right-size the crew. A Forest Hills co-op with a pre-war elevator or a Flushing condo draws exactly the number of movers its halls and lift can take, with nobody standing around.
- We lock the number. Whatever surprises the building springs, your signed written quote holds firm.
Your Queens quote, locked on paper from the start
✓ Trucks we own, movers on Admiral payroll
- When you call, Vinny or someone at the Admiral desk answers in person, not a hired phone room
- The figure on your contract is exactly what changes hands at the curb, no day-of surcharges and no padded line items.
- One Admiral Van Lines crew packs, loads and unloads every single job
- The load carries $1M in coverage, and your co-op or doorman office gets its COI that same day
- Should anything come up, Vinny looks over the claim himself — nothing leaves the building
× Broker chain
- Whatever you type elsewhere gets routed into a phone room and resold to whoever bids next.
- Delivery-day invoice quietly padded with surprise “add-ons”
- Every time, an unfamiliar truck pulls up with a crew you have never met
- Building-insurance paperwork you end up chasing down yourself
- Damage claims dodged with a “different contractor” excuse
Admiral gives you one set number in writing well before the wrap goes on, and a sluggish tower elevator or a stop-and-go BQE will not budge it. Hourly, you can run two movers at $160/hr, a three-person team at $220/hr, or four at $290/hr; more often a Queens home prices as a flat job, and the bands run $500 to $800 on a studio, $800 to $1,350 on a one-bedroom, $1,350 to $2,300 on a two-bedroom, and $2,300 to $3,800 on a three-bedroom. If your sale and your new lease leave a gap, we hold your things in climate-controlled storage, billed by unit size from $140 to $320 monthly.
A long wait for the LIC freight car is on us, not on you
Because we commit to the quote in writing, a backed-up dock at a Long Island City high-rise, a Forest Hills board that demands its insurance certificate, and a slow grind down the LIE all land on Admiral’s side of the ledger. Your shipment is covered to $1M in cargo protection, full-value coverage is yours to add, and Vinny schedules dawn starts to clear Queens before the rush builds.
Heading out of New York for good? Admiral runs the long-haul itself, in our own trucks with our own people, so the very movers who pad your Astoria kitchen also open the doors at the far end. Nothing is brokered, nothing is handed off to a stranger down the road. Reach Vinny at (888) 711-4778.
