494 Seneca Avenue, Queens
A 1931 office building on Seneca Avenue carrying 1.03 FAR of unused residential development rights on record under its R6B zoning.
494 Seneca Avenue is an office building in Queens, New York City (BBL 4034330039). The property is zoned R6B, on a 9,975 sq ft lot, with 2 floors and 8 residential units. It was built in 1931. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 12 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 4034330039 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Queens — Community District 5 |
| Neighborhood | Ridgewood |
| Zoning district | R6B |
| Building class | O7 — office building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 05 — Commercial & office buildings |
| Lot area | 9,975 sq ft |
| Floors | 2 |
| Residential units | 8 |
| Year built | 1931 |
| FAR | 0.97 built · 2 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Flood zone | Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 0 open Department of Buildings violations
- 1 open ECB (OATH) violation
- 11 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.
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- 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.