45-57 Davis Street, Queens
Apartment building · 158 units · built 2019 · Block 85, Lot 30.
Building permits
- No Work, filed May 20, 2026
- Alteration, filed Oct 8, 2025, estimated cost $311K, described as “Convert the existing window to an entrance door at south side, interior renovation and propose a retail store in existing cellar. No plumbing work involved. Mechanical plans shall be submitted separately.”
- Alteration, filed Apr 1, 2025, estimated cost $1.4M, described as “Proposed interior renovation, change of use / occupancy for the cellar and lobby levels of an existing ten (10) story + cellar mixed-use building.”
- Alteration, filed Nov 12, 2024, estimated cost $506K, described as “Proposed interior renovation to cellar level of an existing ten (10) story + cellar mixed-use building. All work and change of use filed in conjunction with Alt-CO; job number: Q01197755-I1. No change in use, egress or occupancy under this…”
- Alteration, filed Jun 8, 2023, estimated cost $43K, described as “New Verizon installation on the roof. Install (11) antennas, (8) RRH, (3) cabinets, and (4) MDBs. Conduits routed along the roof and down to the first floor. All work in conformance with TPPN 5/98. No change in use, egress, or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 23, 2020, described as “Installation of pipe scaffold as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 10, 2020, described as “Installation of sidewalk shed as per plans. Shed is in the roadway and shall be permitted at d.o.t. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 25, 2019, described as “Installation of temporary supported scaffold per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2014 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 14, 2019, described as “Installation of temporary construction fence per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2014 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 17, 2018, estimated cost $160, described as “Proposed construction fence. No change to use, egress or occupancy under this application”
- Alteration, filed May 31, 2018, described as “Installation of temporary sidewalk shed per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2014 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 16, 2018, estimated cost $160, described as “Proposed construction fence. No change to use, egress or occupancy under this application”
- Alteration, filed Mar 15, 2018, estimated cost $160, described as “Proposed construction fence. No change to use, egress or occupancy under this application”
Property taxes
- Assessment
- $13,441,500
- 2026–27 tax
- $43,135
- Market value (city estimate)
- $29,870,000
- Taxable value
- $346,770
- Assessed land
- $1,069,200
- Assessed improvements
- $12,372,300
Tax breaks
- 421-a exemption, through Jun 30, 2057, about $1,628,853 a year below the full tax.
Zoning
M1-5/R7-3: floor area ratio 5.90 built, above the 5.00 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.
Flood zone
Current FEMA flood map: zone X, moderate risk: a 0.2% chance of flooding each year. FEMA’s preliminary map: zone AE, high risk: a 1% chance of flooding each year, base flood elevation 10 ft (NAVD88).
Recent sales
- Oct 10, 2018: $4,625,000
Open-market sales since 2016, from the Department of Finance’s sales files.
In the news
Affordable Housing Lottery Launches for 45-57 Davis Street in Long Island City, Queens, New York YIMBY, Nov 18, 2020.