# 131-28 40th Road, Queens

Hotel · built 2025 · Block 5060, Lot 53.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/4050600053/131-28-40-road

More construction in Flushing: https://umarelli.org/nyc/queens/flushing.md

## Building permits

- Alteration, filed Jul 15, 2025, estimated cost $3K, described as “Installation of needle beam as per plans. Needle beam shall comply with chapter # 33 of the 2022 code. No change in use occupancy or egress under this application.”
- Alteration, filed May 16, 2025, estimated cost $100K, described as “Install emergency generator on roof with fuel storage tank and pump system in cellar for 12-story hotel building in conjunction with NB JOB#421133810, no change in use,egress and occupancy. No change to use, occupancy or egress.”
- Alteration, filed Jul 17, 2024, estimated cost $25K, described as “Proposed installation of temporary pipe scaffold as per plans. Work shall comply with chapter #33 of the NYC building code. No change in use, occupancy, or egress under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 26, 2024, estimated cost $12K, described as “Proposed installation of heavy duty sidewalk shed as per plans. Live load 300 lbs per square feet. Sidewalk shed shall comply with chapter #33 of the NYC building code. No change in use, occupancy, or egress under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Nov 10, 2023, estimated cost $300K, described as “Install new sprinkler and standpipe system for 12-story hotel building in conjunction with NB JOB#421133810,no change in use,egress and occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Oct 11, 2022, estimated cost $5K, described as “Install construction fence in conjunction with NB 421133810, no change in use, occupancy or egress”
- Alteration, filed Jun 7, 2021, estimated cost $1K, described as “Hereby filing related structural work for New Building application # 421133810”
- Alteration, filed May 4, 2021, estimated cost $1K, described as “Hereby filing for new temporary standpipe alarm system as per local law 63&64 of 2009.this application is filed in conjunction with NB APPLICATION#421133810”
- Alteration, filed Apr 1, 2021, estimated cost $1K, described as “Hereby filing for related plumbing work for new building #421133810”
- Alteration, filed Mar 25, 2021, estimated cost $1K, described as “Hereby filing for related mechanical work for new builidng APPLICATION#421133810”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $146,250
- 2026–27 tax: $11,355
- Market value (city estimate): $325,000
- Taxable value: $104,670
- Assessed land: $146,250

## Zoning

C4-2: floor area ratio 4.79 built, above the 3.40 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.

## Recent sales

- Feb 22, 2021: $9,000,000, sold with other lots

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

## Flood zone

Current FEMA flood map: zone AE, high risk: a 1% chance of flooding each year, base flood elevation 14 ft (NGVD29). FEMA’s preliminary map: zone AE, high risk: a 1% chance of flooding each year, base flood elevation 12 ft (NAVD88).

## In the news

[131-28 40th Road Nears Topping Out in Flushing, Queens](https://newyorkyimby.com/2025/09/131-28-40th-road-nears-topping-out-in-flushing-queens.html), New York YIMBY, Sep 8, 2025.

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