78-15 Parsons Boulevard, Queens
House of worship · built 1956 · Block 6829, Lot 1.
Building permits
- Major Renovation — Non-residential, filed Aug 31, 2021, estimated cost $2.0M, 4 stories, described as “Vertical and horizontal enlargement to an existing community facility”
Property taxes
- Assessment
- $2,790,000
- Market value (city estimate)
- $6,200,000
- Taxable value
- $0
- Assessed land
- $607,050
- Assessed improvements
- $2,182,950
Tax breaks
- Nonprofit exemption (house of worship), with no end date, about $302,659 a year below the full tax.
Zoning
R3-2: floor area ratio 0.99 built, above the 0.75 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.
Flood zone
Current FEMA flood map: zone X, minimal flood hazard.
Board and land use applications
- Change to an earlier grant (Board of Standards and Appeals 8-04-BZII): Change to an earlier grant, Granted, filed Nov 8, 2021, decided Feb 26, 2024. Amendment of a previously approved Variance (§72-21) which permitted the enlargement of an existing two-story community facility building (UG 4) House of Worship. The application seeks to permit a two-story enlargement and connection of an…
- Variance or special permit (Board of Standards and Appeals 8-04-BZ): Variance or special permit, Granted, filed Jan 8, 2004, decided Feb 15, 2005. Variance (§72-21) to permit the proposed renovation of an existing two story community facility (school), Use Group 3, by the addition of two additional stories, located in an R3-2 zoning district, which does not comply with the zoning…