161-25 Jewel Avenue, Queens
An elevator apartment building on Jewel Avenue carrying 1.49 FAR of unused residential development rights on record on a 840,325 sq ft lot, zoned R6.
161-25 Jewel Avenue is an elevator apartment building in Queens, New York City (BBL 4067920600). The property is zoned R6, on a 840,325 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 684 residential units. It was built in 1952. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 54 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 4067920600 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Queens — Community District 8 |
| Neighborhood | Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest |
| ZIP code | 11365 |
| Zoning district | R6 |
| Building class | D4 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 03 — Multi-family elevator buildings |
| Lot area | 840,325 sq ft |
| Floors | 6 |
| Residential units | 684 |
| Year built | 1952 |
| FAR | 0.94 built · 2.43 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Flood zone | Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 5 open Department of Buildings violations
- 4 open ECB (OATH) violations — $15,625 in penalties due
- 45 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Violation counts as of 2026-07-05.
Absence of a record means none on file in NYC municipal records — not a certification of compliance.
The complete dossier also covers:
- Buildable floor area (residential & commercial)
- Recorded ownership & last sale
- Recorded mortgages & open debt stack
- LL97 carbon exposure by compliance period
- Flood coverage percentage & base flood elevation
- Climate projections for this lot
- Open permits & construction pipeline
- Distress signal convergence
- Air rights & transferable development rights
- Comparable sales (Pro)
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Data: NYC municipal records (Departments of City Planning, Buildings, Finance) and FEMA. See our sources and methodology. Data as of 2026-07-11.