# 185-19 Hillside Avenue, Queens

Health care · built 1950 · Block 9954, Lot 56.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/4099540056/185-19-hillside-avenue

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

## Building permits

- New Building — Large Residential, filed Jun 11, 2025, 94 units, 9 stories, described as “New 9-story and cellar mixed-use building.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 30, 2026, estimated cost $20K, described as “Installation of 300 psf sidewalk shed, overhead protection, roof protection and window protection as per plans. All equipment shall comply with chapter #33 of the 2022 code. No change in use, egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Demolition, filed Aug 12, 2025, estimated cost $100K, described as “Full demolition of one story structure using mechanical means to assist.”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $285,750
- 2026–27 tax: $29,583
- Market value (city estimate): $635,000
- Taxable value: $272,700
- Assessed land: $139,950
- Assessed improvements: $145,800

## Zoning

R7A (part of the lot is R3X): floor area ratio 0.11 built, 4.00 allowed by base zoning.

## Flood zone

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

## Board and land use applications

- 185-17 Hillside Avenue Rezoning (City Planning 2019Q0174): Zoning map change, Zoning text change, Completed, filed Nov 27, 2020, decided Dec 1, 2021. This is a private application by 185-17/19 Hillside Ave. LLC requesting a Zoning Map amendment and Zoning Text amendment to facilitate the development of an eight-story mixed-use building including approx. 4,500 SF of community facility…
- QUEENS ANIMAL RECEIVING CENTER (City Planning P2012Q0179): Completed, decided Apr 9, 2012. This is a public application by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for a site selection and acquisition of the Estates Animal Hospital to facilitate its acquisition and conversion into an animal receiving facility.

## In the news

[Permits Filed for 185-17 Hillside Avenue in Jamaica, Queens](https://newyorkyimby.com/2025/06/permits-filed-for-185-17-hillside-avenue-in-jamaica-queens.html), New York YIMBY, Jun 14, 2025.

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