87-40 165 Street, Queens

A 1960 elevator apartment building on 165 Street with 539 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

87-40 165 Street is an elevator apartment building in Queens, New York City (BBL 4098360001). The property is zoned C4-4D, on a 36,737 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 119 residential units. It was built in 1960. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 539 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	4098360001
Borough	Queens — Community District 8
Neighborhood	Jamaica
Zoning district	C4-4D
Building class	D7 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings
Lot area	36,737 sq ft
Floors	6
Residential units	119
Year built	1960
FAR	3.3 built · 6.02 max residential · 3.4 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

60 open Department of Buildings violations
64 open ECB (OATH) violations — $315,000 in penalties due
415 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: UNFILED

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
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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.