# 30-78 29th Street, Queens

Apartment building · 27 units · built 2024 · Block 578, Lot 40.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/4005780040/30-78-29-street

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

## Building permits

- New Building — Multi-Family, filed Nov 27, 2023, 27 units, 7 stories, described as “Hereby filing new 7 story, 27 unit multi-family residential building”
- Alteration, filed Apr 16, 2025, described as “Installation of temporary suspended scaffold equipment.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 27, 2025, estimated cost $4K, described as “Installation of temporary debris chute per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2022 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 27, 2025, estimated cost $5K, described as “Installation of temporary material hoist per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2022 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 27, 2025, estimated cost $6K, described as “Installation of temporary overhead protection per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2022 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 26, 2025, described as “Installation of temporary supported scaffold per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2022 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 9, 2024, estimated cost $2K, described as “Installation of temporary construction shanty (office) to be used by staff and to house construction documents for the duration of construciton activities on site. No change to use, occupancy or egress proposed under this applicaiton.”
- Alteration, filed Oct 21, 2024, estimated cost $2K, described as “Heavy duty sidewalk shed during NB const, filed sep. Sidewalk shed shall comply with ch #33 of the NYC bc. No change in use, occupancy or egress under this application.”
- Alteration, filed May 13, 2024, estimated cost $160K, described as “Installation of new sprinkler system in conjunction with new building filing Q00963181. No change to use, occupancy or egress proposed under this application.”
- Alteration, filed May 6, 2024, estimated cost $310K, described as “Installation of new mechanical system to include new ducting and HVAC systems in conjunction with NB #Q00963181. No change to use, occupancy or egress proposed under this applicaiton.”
- Alteration, filed Apr 17, 2024, estimated cost $400K, described as “Paa submitted in order to submit revised as built drawings. No change to use, occupancy or egress proposed.”
- Demolition, filed Apr 10, 2024, estimated cost $110K, described as “Full demolition of the existing 2-story frame building”
- Alteration, filed Apr 3, 2024, estimated cost $60K, described as “Paa respectfully submitted in order to submit plans to redesign the existing approach to pit. No change to use, occupancy or egress proposed under this paa.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 21, 2024, estimated cost $150K, described as “Soe application filed in conjunction with new building filing application #Q00963181. No change to use, occupancy or egress proposed under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 21, 2024, estimated cost $300K, described as “New foundation in conjunction with new building job filing #Q00963181-I1”
- Alteration, filed Feb 21, 2024, estimated cost $900K, described as “Paa respectfully submitted in order to submit revised slab drawings.”
- Demolition, filed Oct 30, 2023, estimated cost $40K, described as “Full demolition of the existing 1-story brick garage”
- Alteration, filed Oct 30, 2023, estimated cost $19K, described as “Provide new 8FT plywood construction fence”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $896,850
- 2026–27 tax: $93,695
- Market value (city estimate): $1,993,000
- Taxable value: $753,235
- Assessed land: $261,000
- Assessed improvements: $635,850

## Zoning

R6A: floor area ratio 3.80 built, above the 3.00 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.

## Recent sales

- Nov 17, 2023: $5,300,000

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

## Flood zone

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

## In the news

[Excavation Continues At 30-78 29th Street in Astoria, Queens](https://newyorkyimby.com/2024/08/excavation-continues-at-30-78-29th-street-in-astoria-queens.html), New York YIMBY, Aug 19, 2024.

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