# 23-08 44th Drive, Queens

Commercial · built c. 1910 · Block 79, Lot 28.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/4000790028/23-08-44-drive

More construction in Long Island City: https://umarelli.org/nyc/queens/long-island-city.md

Every lot on block 79: https://umarelli.org/nyc/queens/79.md

## Building permits

- Alteration, filed Jan 3, 2023, estimated cost $11K, described as “Interior renovation existing commercial space with plumbing work at 1ST floor. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 3, 2023, estimated cost $61K, described as “Interior renovation existing commercial space with partition and mechanical work at 1ST floor. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Oct 14, 2021, estimated cost $74K, described as “This ALT1 is filed to established changing co description per CO#400106318.”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $518,400
- 2026–27 tax: $47,918
- Market value (city estimate): $1,152,000
- Taxable value: $441,720
- Assessed land: $99,000
- Assessed improvements: $419,400

## Zoning

C5-3: floor area ratio 1.65 built, 15.00 allowed by base zoning.

## Recent sales

- Aug 11, 2021: $3,250,000

Open-market sales since 2016, from the Department of Finance’s sales files.

## Flood zone

Current FEMA flood map: zone X, minimal flood hazard.

## Board and land use applications

- Long Island City BID Expansion (City Planning 2024Q0254): Business improvement district, Completed, filed Feb 2, 2024. An application from the Small Business Services (SBS) on behalf of the Long Island City Business Improvement District (BID) to modify the existing plan and expand the BID in Community Districts 1 and 2 of Queens.
- 23-08 44TH DR (City Planning P1991Q0200): Completed, decided Oct 18, 1991. 91-107Q: AUTH (ZR117-32(B) TO CHANGE USE OF EXISTING BLDG FROM UG2 RESIDENTIAL TO UG6 COMMERCIAL IN THE HUNTS POINT SPECIAL DIST WITH PROJECT APPROX 5,000SF

From New York City and Jersey City public records, refreshed within a day of each release. Sources: https://umarelli.org/sources. Methodology and corrections: https://umarelli.org/methodology