# 170-13 Hillside Avenue, Queens

Commercial · built c. 1932 · Block 9844, Lot 61.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/4098440061/170-13-hillside-avenue

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

## 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.

## 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.

## 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