# 165-15 88th Avenue, Queens

Public school · built 2024 · Block 9816, Lot 39.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/4098160039/165-15-88-avenue

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

## Building permits

- New Building — Non-residential, filed Mar 7, 2022, estimated cost $88.0M, 5 stories, described as “Q497 - Construction of a new 5 Story Educational School building including lighting energy analysis.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 17, 2025, estimated cost $30K, described as “Soe for detention system in conjunction with 5 story new school building.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 3, 2024, described as “Temporary placement of telescopic handler to hoist and land formwork, rebar, and other materials.”
- Alteration, filed Feb 2, 2024, estimated cost $20K, described as “Installation of sidewalk shed for public protection during construction work”
- Alteration, filed Mar 16, 2023, estimated cost $50K, described as “Support of excavation in conjunction with 5 story new building.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 15, 2023, estimated cost $30K, described as “Construction fence in conjunction with new school building and related soe.”
- No Work, filed Jun 29, 2022
- No Work, filed Jun 29, 2022
- No Work, filed Jun 29, 2022
- Alteration, filed Apr 4, 2022, estimated cost $1.2M, described as “Installation of a combination sprinkler/standpipe in conjunction with NB.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 31, 2022, estimated cost $100K, described as “Q497 : Emergency Generator : Installation of a Packaged Type Emergency Generator with Built - in 275 gallon tank on the 4th floor”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $1,209,600
- Market value (city estimate): $2,688,000
- Taxable value: $0
- Assessed land: $1,209,600

## Zoning

C4-4D: floor area ratio 3.59 built, 6.02 allowed by base zoning.

## Recent sales

- Jan 12, 2022: $24,000,000, sold with other lots

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

## Flood zone

Current FEMA flood map: zone 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…

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