# 83-68 117th Street, Queens

Apartment building · 23 units · built 2025 · Block 3321, Lot 185.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/4033210185/83-68-117-street

More construction in Kew Gardens: https://umarelli.org/nyc/queens/kew-gardens.md

## Building permits

- New Building — Multi-Family, filed Apr 15, 2025, 23 units, 8 stories, described as “Proposed 8 story residential building.”
- Alteration, filed Jul 10, 2026, estimated cost $5K, described as “Place & Use of an Articulating boom truck equipment for hoisting materials in conjunction of new Building construction as per NYC Chapter #33 of 2022 code. No change in Use, Egress or Occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Jul 9, 2026, estimated cost $2K, described as “Installation of temporary construction of chain link fence and jersey barricades with doors as per plans. No change in use occupancy or egress under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 17, 2026, estimated cost $5K, described as “Proposed installation of heavy duty sidewalk shed for new building as per plans. No change in use occupancy or egress under this application. Live load 300 per square feet. Sidewalk shed shall comply with chapter # 33 of the 2022 code.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 17, 2026, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of single personnel hoist in accordance with nycc 2022 chapter 33 building code. No change in egress, use, or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 10, 2026, estimated cost $5K, described as “Proposed installation of heavy duty sidewalk shed for new building as per plans. No change in use occupancy or egress under this application. Live load 300 per square feet. Sidewalk shed shall comply with chapter # 33 of the 2022 code.”
- Alteration, filed Apr 28, 2026, estimated cost $30K, described as “Installation of temporary needle beam and temporary site-specific engineered enclosure system 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 Apr 28, 2026, 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 Apr 25, 2025, estimated cost $35K, described as “Filed herewith for Support of Excavation (SOE) work in conjunction with the construction of an 8-story residential building consisting of 23 dwelling units under Job No. Q01154656-I1.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 13, 2021, estimated cost $5K, described as “Install 8' ht construction fence aligned with property line and work in-conjunction with NB#421542165. No change of use, egress, or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed May 28, 2019, estimated cost $875, described as “This job is filed for construction fence for demolition work at 83-68, 117 street/JOB#421721328”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $263,250
- 2026–27 tax: $10,227
- Market value (city estimate): $585,000
- Taxable value: $82,218
- Assessed land: $263,250

## Zoning

R7A: floor area ratio 4.37 built, above the 4.00 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.

## Recent sales

- Sep 5, 2024: $1,950,000
- Sep 28, 2016: $1,350,000

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

## Flood zone

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

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