# 28-09 8th Street, Queens

Three-family with store · built c. 1916 · Block 509, Lot 31.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/4005090031/28-09-8-street

More construction in Astoria: https://umarelli.org/nyc/queens/astoria.md

## Building permits

- Alteration, filed Dec 22, 2025, estimated cost $168K, described as “Install new plumbing system for new 6-story residential building subsequent with NB JOB#Q01313924-I1”
- Alteration, filed Aug 21, 2025, estimated cost $15K, described as “Installation of 300 psf sidewalk shed as per plans. All equipment shall comply with chapter #33 of the 2022 code. No change in use, egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 24, 2024, estimated cost $6K, described as “Proposed temporary construction fence work.”
- Major Renovation — Enlargement, filed Jan 27, 2023, estimated cost $878K, 6 units added, 6 stories, described as “Proposed vertical and horizontal enlargement of an existing mixed-use 3-story building to 6-story 8-family mixed-use building as per plan. Obtain new certificate of occupancy.”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $270,000
- 2026–27 tax: $8,726
- Market value (city estimate): $600,000
- Taxable value: $70,151
- Assessed land: $89,100
- Assessed improvements: $180,900

## Zoning

R6A: floor area ratio 0.82 built, 3.00 allowed by base zoning.

## Recent sales

- May 11, 2022: $770,000
- Apr 3, 2019: $1,153,880

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

- 28th Avenue Rezoning and Demapping (City Planning 2023Q0144): Zoning map change, Zoning text change, Filed. A zoning map amendment from R6A/C2-3, R6/C1-3, R6 to R7A/C2-3, R7A/C1-2 districts and city map amendment to facilitate a new eight-story, 92,118 square-foot, (117 dwelling units), mixed community facility and residential development,…

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