Skip to main content

37-40 31 Street, Queens

A 1935 retail store building on 31 Street carrying 1.02 FAR of unused commercial development rights on record under its M1-2/R6A zoning.

37-40 31 Street is a retail store building in Queens, New York City (BBL 4003720035). The property is zoned M1-2/R6A, on a 8,000 sq ft lot, with 1 floors and 3 residential units. It was built in 1935. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 9 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL4003720035
BoroughQueens — Community District 1
NeighborhoodQueensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills
ZIP code11101
Zoning districtM1-2/R6A
Building classK9retail store building (what’s a building class?)
Land use05 — Commercial & office buildings
Lot area8,000 sq ft
Floors1
Residential units3
Year built1935
FAR0.98 built · 3 max residential · 2 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zoneNot in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

  • 8 open Department of Buildings violations
  • 1 open ECB (OATH) violation
  • 0 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)
Run a free lookupFree account — no card required
See plans & the one-time dossier
Watch this propertyAlerts on new permits, violations & sales

Nearby on this block

Data: NYC municipal records (Departments of City Planning, Buildings, Finance) and FEMA. See our sources and methodology. Data as of 2026-07-11.