301 Beach 54 Street, Queens
Inside a FEMA-mapped flood zone, this elevator apartment building on Beach 54 Street carries 0.49 FAR of unused residential development rights on record.
301 Beach 54 Street is an elevator apartment building in Queens, New York City (BBL 4158920001). The property is zoned R5, on a 354,220 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 418 residential units. It was built in 1964. The lot is inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 36 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 4158920001 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Queens — Community District 14 |
| Neighborhood | Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere |
| Zoning district | R5 |
| Building class | D3 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 03 — Multi-family elevator buildings |
| Lot area | 354,220 sq ft |
| Floors | 6 |
| Residential units | 418 |
| Year built | 1964 |
| FAR | 1.01 built · 1.5 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Flood zone | In a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 10 open Department of Buildings violations
- 4 open ECB (OATH) violations
- 22 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
- Façade safety filing status: UNSAFE (latest filing 2026-06-22)
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)
Data: NYC municipal records (Departments of City Planning, Buildings, Finance) and FEMA. See our sources and methodology. Data as of 2026-07-11.