120-30 Jamaica Avenue, Queens
Industrial · built c. 1902 · Block 9330, Lot 1.
Building permits
- Alteration, filed Jan 27, 2026, estimated cost $20K, described as “Installation of sidewalk shed for public protection during construction work.”
- Alteration, filed Oct 3, 2025, estimated cost $2.0M, described as “Mechanical equipment use permit.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 6, 2025, estimated cost $20K, described as “Construction fence filed in conjunction with removal of existing building.”
- Alteration, filed Apr 9, 2025, estimated cost $493K, described as “Sub-Slab Depressurization System for New Building”
- Alteration, filed Oct 31, 2024, estimated cost $983K, described as “Herewith filing Generator application for Alt-CO Q01110799-I1”
- Alteration, filed Oct 30, 2024, estimated cost $1.3M, described as “Herewith filing Sprinkler/Standpipe work type with Booster pump in conjunction with Alt-CO Q01110799”
- No Work, filed Oct 10, 2024
- No Work, filed Oct 7, 2024
- No Work, filed Oct 7, 2024
- Major Renovation — Non-residential, filed Oct 1, 2024, estimated cost $33.1M, 4 stories, described as “Herewith filing Alt-CO with existing elements to remain.”
- Alteration, filed Jul 31, 2024, estimated cost $2.4M, described as “Herewith filing Phase 2 Early work Civil application”
- Alteration, filed May 1, 2024, estimated cost $2.0M, described as “Herewith filing alteration for early removals of existing scope with related separate removal applications as follows: Elevator, Fuel Tank, and Sprinkler”
Property taxes
- Assessment
- $1,115,550
- Market value (city estimate)
- $2,479,000
- Taxable value
- $0
- Assessed land
- $220,950
- Assessed improvements
- $894,600
Zoning
M1-5: floor area ratio 2.10 built, 5.00 allowed by base zoning.
Flood zone
Current FEMA flood map: zone X, minimal flood hazard.
Recent sales
- Oct 12, 2023: $18,000,000, sold with other lots
Open-market sales since 2016, from the Department of Finance’s sales files.
Board and land use applications
- RUBIES (City Planning P1989Q0194): Completed, decided Dec 26, 1990. 89-072Q: REZONE M1-1 TO M1-5 TO PERMIT ENLARGEMENT OF A MANUFACTURING BLDG OPERATED BY RUBIE'S COSTUME CO WITH PROJECT IN EXCESS OF 70,000SF