# 148-15 89th Avenue, Queens

Apartment building · 69 units · built 2023 · Block 9693, Lot 60.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/4096930060/148-15-89-avenue

More construction in Jamaica: https://umarelli.org/nyc/queens/jamaica.md

## Building permits

- New Building — Large Residential, filed Apr 14, 2022, estimated cost $3.0M, 69 units, 8 stories, described as “Proposed new eight story and cellar residential building.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 27, 2023, estimated cost $4K, described as “Installation of temporary roof protection as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 27, 2023, described as “Installation of temporary sidewalk shed as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 27, 2023, estimated cost $4K, described as “Installation of temporary overhead protection as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 27, 2023, described as “Installation of temporary pipe scaffold as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed May 16, 2022, estimated cost $3K, described as “Curb cut application filed in conjunction with new building job #Q00718735.”
- Alteration, filed May 16, 2022, estimated cost $3K, described as “Fence application filed in conjunction with new building job #Q00718735.”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $4,785,750
- 2026–27 tax: $28,346
- Market value (city estimate): $10,635,000
- Taxable value: $227,880
- Assessed land: $307,800
- Assessed improvements: $4,477,950

## Tax breaks

- 421-a exemption, through Jun 30, 2059, about $566,953 a year below the full tax.

## Zoning

R7X: floor area ratio 3.88 built, 5.00 allowed by base zoning.

## Recent sales

- Jun 13, 2022: $5,320,000

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

## Flood zone

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

## Board and land use applications

- Jamaica Neighborhood Plan (City Planning 2023Q0381): Zoning map change, Zoning text change, Urban development action area, Completed, filed Mar 14, 2025, decided Oct 29, 2025. In coordination with its agency partners, DCP is leading a neighborhood study in Jamaica that focuses on areas within and surrounding the Special Downtown Jamaica District. This study seeks to increase the supply of permanently affordable…
- Change to an earlier grant (Board of Standards and Appeals 546-82-BZIV): Change to an earlier grant, Granted, filed Jun 20, 2013, decided Apr 8, 2014. Extension of term of previously granted variance for the continued operation of a non-conforming open public parking lot which expired on June 14, 2013. R7-A zoning district.
- Change to an earlier grant (Board of Standards and Appeals 546-82-BZIII): Change to an earlier grant, Granted, filed Apr 14, 2008, decided Sep 9, 2008. Extension of Term for a UG8 parking lot which expires on June 14, 2008 in an R7a/DJ zoning district.
- Change to an earlier grant (Board of Standards and Appeals 546-82-BZII): Change to an earlier grant, Granted, filed Jul 2, 2003, decided Jan 6, 2004. Reopening for an extension of term of variance which expired June 14, 2003 permitting a public parking lot, in an R6 zoning district.
- Change to an earlier grant (Board of Standards and Appeals 546-82-BZ): Change to an earlier grant, Granted, filed Jan 8, 1998, decided Mar 10, 1998. Request for a waiver of the Rules of Procedure and reopening for an extension of time to obtain a certificate of occupancy which expired May 9, 1996.

## In the news

[Permits Filed for 148-15 89th Avenue in Jamaica, Queens](https://newyorkyimby.com/2022/12/permits-filed-for-148-15-89th-avenue-in-jamaica-queens.html), New York YIMBY, Dec 7, 2022.

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