# 25-41 Borden Avenue, Queens

Commercial · built 2022 · Block 109, Lot 15.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/4001090015/25-41-borden-avenue

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

## Building permits

- Alteration, filed Oct 28, 2025, estimated cost $50K, described as “Modification to existing framing for Installation of new interior stair from 2nd to 3 floor and minor partition changes on 2nd floor. No change of egress, use or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 30, 2024, estimated cost $78K, described as “Solar tax installation of solar panels on roof. No change in use, egress, or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Oct 13, 2022, estimated cost $5K, described as “Installation of counterweighted temporary suspended scaffold system during new building construction, filed separately. Suspended scaffold shall comply with ch 33 of the NYC bc. No change in use, occupancy or egress under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 11, 2022, estimated cost $5K, described as “Installation of pipe scaffold at 25-39 borden avenue, queens as indicated on plans. There will be no change in the use, egress, or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 8, 2021, estimated cost $2K, described as “Proposed curbcut filed in conjunction with NB.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 8, 2021, estimated cost $2K, described as “Proposed curbcut filed in conjunction with NB.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 8, 2021, estimated cost $2K, described as “Proposed curbcut filed in conjunction with NB.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 8, 2021, estimated cost $2K, described as “Proposed curbcut filed in conjunction with NB”
- Alteration, filed Nov 29, 2021, estimated cost $1K, described as “Install sprinkler and standpipe systems per the plans filed herewith and in conjunction with NB#421945747. The sprinkler/standpipe systems are hydraulically calculated. There is no change in use, occupancy, or egress.”
- Alteration, filed Sep 29, 2021, estimated cost $1K, described as “Install plumbing systems in conjunction with NB#421945747. There is no change in use, occupancy, or egress.”
- Alteration, filed Sep 28, 2021, estimated cost $1K, described as “Install mechanical systems in conjunction with NB #421945747. There is no change in use occupancy or egress.”
- Alteration, filed Apr 2, 2021, estimated cost $10K, described as “Proposed SOE-Underpinning application filed in conjunction to NB # 421945747. All as per plans filed herewith.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 28, 2021, estimated cost $5K, described as “Installation of new sidewalk shed at 25-39 borden avenue, queens as indicated on plans. There will be no change in the use, egress, or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 28, 2021, estimated cost $5K, described as “Installation of temporary construction fence at 25-39 borden avenue, queens as indicated on plans. There will be no change in the use, egress, or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 5, 2020, estimated cost $5K, described as “Plywood construction fence at front property lines of through lot.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 13, 2020, estimated cost $1.7M, described as “Post approval amendment for structural work filed in conjunction with new building bis job# 421945747”
- Alteration, filed Mar 10, 2020, estimated cost $5K, described as “Installation of temporary construction fence at 25-41 borden avenue, queens as indicated on plans. There will be no change in the use, egress, or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 10, 2020, estimated cost $5K, described as “Installation of new sidewalk shed at 25-41 borden avenue, queens as indicated on plans. There will be no change in the use, egress, or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 21, 2019, estimated cost $5K, described as “Installation of temporary construction fence at 25-41 borden avenue as indicated on plans. There will be no change in the use, egress, or occupancy under this application.”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $4,766,850
- 2026–27 tax: $69,978
- Market value (city estimate): $10,593,000
- Taxable value: $4,751,370
- Assessed land: $605,700
- Assessed improvements: $4,161,150

## Tax breaks

- ICAP abatement, through Jun 30, 2040, a $445,451 credit this tax year.

## Zoning

M3-2: floor area ratio 2.75 built, above the 2.00 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.

## Recent sales

- Apr 17, 2019: $4,750,000

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

## 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 11 ft (NAVD88).

## 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.

## In the news

[Permits Filed for 25-39 Borden Avenue in Long Island City, Queens](https://newyorkyimby.com/2020/03/permits-filed-for-25-39-borden-avenue-in-long-island-city-queens.html), New York YIMBY, Mar 29, 2020.

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