170-13 Hillside Avenue, Queens
Commercial · built c. 1932 · Block 9844, Lot 61.
Building permits
- Alteration, filed Dec 16, 2025, estimated cost $98K, described as “Provide new fire sprinkler system throughout 4-story with bulkhead, in conjunction with alt-1 # Q01108146. No change in use, means of egress or occupancy in this application.”
- Alteration, filed Nov 7, 2025, estimated cost $18K, described as “Provide new mechanical system throughout altered 4-story mixed use building, in conjunction with ALT1 job# Q01108146. Provide mechanical exhaust hood for commercial kitchen on 1ST fl .”
- Alteration, filed Sep 16, 2025, estimated cost $172K, described as “Demolition of interior renovation in existing 2-story commercial building. No change in use, means of egress or occupancy in this application”
- Alteration, filed Dec 16, 2024, estimated cost $59K, described as “Plumbing work in conjunction with NB application # Q01108146-I1”
- Alteration, filed Nov 29, 2024, estimated cost $1K, described as “Install temporary consstruction fence for A1 filed under DOB# Q01108146-I1”
- Major Renovation, filed Sep 30, 2024, estimated cost $1.1M, 4 stories, described as “Vertical enlargement from two stories to four stories with new bulkhead. Convert from medical offices to eating & drinking establishment and community center. Obatin new c of o.”
Property taxes
- Assessment
- $213,750
- 2026–27 tax
- $22,895
- Market value (city estimate)
- $475,000
- Taxable value
- $211,050
- Assessed land
- $95,850
- Assessed improvements
- $117,900
Zoning
C4-4D: floor area ratio 1.15 built, 6.02 allowed by base zoning.
Flood zone
Current FEMA flood map: zone X, minimal flood hazard.
Recent sales
- Jun 25, 2021: $2,500,000
- Oct 25, 2017: $1,960,000
Open-market sales since 2016, from the Department of Finance’s sales files.
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…