# 19-19 Cornaga Avenue, Queens

Apartment building · 92 units · built 2025 · Block 15564, Lot 40.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/4155640040/19-19-cornaga-avenue

More construction in Far Rockaway: https://umarelli.org/nyc/queens/far-rockaway.md

## Building permits

- Alteration, filed May 14, 2026, estimated cost $161K, described as “Installation of 33 kW solar energy system on roof. No change of occupancy, use or egress.”
- Alteration, filed May 7, 2026, estimated cost $3K, described as “Installation of a temporary Material hoist per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2022 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 27, 2025, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of temporary netting as per plan. No change in use,egress, or occupancy.the netting at the west, south, and east elevations on the 6TH floor.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 14, 2025, estimated cost $10K, described as “Equipment use: single #7000 # capacity personnel hoist during NB const, filed sep. Hoist shall comply with ch #33 of the NYC bc. No change in use, occupancy or egress under this application. Elevator application submitted separately.”
- Alteration, filed Jul 15, 2025, estimated cost $3K, described as “Installation of a temporarily supported scaffold per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2022 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Jul 9, 2025, estimated cost $4K, described as “Installation of a temporary construction fence per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2022 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 27, 2025, estimated cost $3K, described as “Installation of a temporary shoring per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2022 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 12, 2025, estimated cost $6K, described as “Installation of a temporary roof protection and overhead protection per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2022 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application”
- Alteration, filed Jun 12, 2025, estimated cost $4K, described as “Installation of a temporarily heavy-duty sidewalk with shed legs on Roadway per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2022 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed May 21, 2025, estimated cost $3K, described as “Installation of a temporary Material Hoist and Supported scaffold per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2022 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application”
- Alteration, filed Apr 11, 2025, estimated cost $10K, described as “Installation of a temporarily supported scaffold per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2022 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 28, 2025, described as “Installation of temporary suspended scaffold equipment.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 27, 2025, estimated cost $40K, described as “Installation of construction fence. No change to use, egress, or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed Sep 6, 2024, estimated cost $160, described as “Proposed construction fence. No change to use, egress or occupancy under this application.”
- Demolition, filed Aug 20, 2024, estimated cost $70K, described as “Full demolition to a two story building”
- Demolition, filed Aug 20, 2024, estimated cost $12K, described as “Full demolition to a one story garage”
- Alteration, filed Dec 7, 2021, estimated cost $1K, described as “Temp standpipe work file din conjunction iwth NB pending info from plans 420667264”
- Alteration, filed Sep 23, 2021, estimated cost $1K, described as “Structural work filed in conjunction with NB 420667264”
- Alteration, filed Sep 10, 2021, estimated cost $1K, described as “Sprinkler/standpipe work filed in conjunction with NB 420667264”
- Alteration, filed May 12, 2020, estimated cost $1K, described as “Plumbing application file in-conjunction with the NB application”
- Alteration, filed May 11, 2020, estimated cost $1K, described as “Mechanical filing associated with NB”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $283,050
- 2026–27 tax: $35,209
- Market value (city estimate): $629,000
- Taxable value: $283,050
- Assessed land: $283,050

## Zoning

R6 (part of the lot is R5): floor area ratio 4.01 built, above the 2.43 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.

## Recent sales

- Dec 30, 2024: $2,500,000
- Apr 24, 2020: $2,500,000, 3,485 sq ft, sold with other lots
- Oct 25, 2017: $550,000

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

## Flood zone

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

## In the news

[19–19 Cornaga Avenue Tops Out In Far Rockaway, Queens](https://newyorkyimby.com/2025/12/19-19-cornaga-avenue-tops-out-in-far-rockaway-queens.html), New York YIMBY, Dec 23, 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