Exclusive | Luxury condo is holding gorgeous and public waterfront views hostage in this NYC neighborhood

Gorgeous waterfront views of the Queens peninsula are being held hostage by a luxury condominium — which is legally required to share its prime viewing locations with the public, The Post has learned.Allura Waterfront Residences, built at the site of the old Chilton Paint factory in College Point, promised to permit public access to the coastal splendors as part of an agreement with the city to expand the properties.But when The Post visited recently, a worker at the modern tower refused a reporter entry.Locals have also previously been barred from accessing the six-story development’s walkway along the waterfront — which boasts stellar views of Flushing Bay and the Manhattan skyline, a neighborhood activist said.“We should be able to really enjoy that East River waterfront that we deserve, especially when there’s so many parts of College Point that have industrial uses along the water,”  local advocate Kathryn Cervino told The Post.“We’re already so divorced from our waterfront, this particular part on the northeast coastline is just a treasure.”In exchange for a variance that allowed developers to take up more land for the imposing 134-unit condo building, Allura was required to permit members of the public to enjoy its more than 17,000 square feet of waterfront property when it was built in 2007.But the property, which includes a fitness center, spa, pool and sundeck, has allegedly been refusing entry for years — and is even ignoring orders from the city to reopen to the public, said Cervino.When The Post earlier this month stopped by the waterfront towers, perfectly positioned at the dead-end of 15th Avenue and 110th Street, a reporter was met with a locked gate and a “no trespassing” sign.A worker at the front desk said that “the government” wasn’t allowing them to open the boardwalk to the public because it didn’t have enough tree coverage.“The thing is, it doesn’t look like a normal park,” the employee said.“The resid...