56-01 Grand Central Pkwy, Queens

An outdoor recreation facility on Grand Central Pkwy inside a FEMA-mapped flood zone, built in 1939, zoned PARK.

56-01 Grand Central Pkwy is an outdoor recreation facility in Queens, New York City (BBL 4020180001). The property is zoned PARK, on a 17,870,000 sq ft lot, with 0 floors and 1 residential units. It was built in 1939. The lot is inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 118 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	4020180001
Borough	Queens — Community District 81
Neighborhood	Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
Zoning district	PARK
Building class	Q1 — outdoor recreation facility (what’s a building class?)
Land use	09 — Open space & outdoor recreation
Lot area	17,870,000 sq ft
Floors	0
Residential units	1
Year built	1939
FAR	0.08 built · 0 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	In a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

86 open Department of Buildings violations
32 open ECB (OATH) violations — $67,500 in penalties due
0 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: SWARMP (latest filing 2023-02-21)

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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Air rights & transferable development rights
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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.