88-40 161 Street, Queens
An elevator apartment building on 161 Street carrying 2.21 FAR of unused residential development rights on record on a 29,800 sq ft lot, zoned R7X.
88-40 161 Street is an elevator apartment building in Queens, New York City (BBL 4097640077). The property is zoned R7X, on a 29,800 sq ft lot, with 10 floors and 81 residential units. It was built in 2006. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 125 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 4097640077 |
|---|---|
| Borough | Queens — Community District 12 |
| Neighborhood | Jamaica |
| Zoning district | R7X |
| Building class | D7 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings |
| Lot area | 29,800 sq ft |
| Floors | 10 |
| Residential units | 81 |
| Year built | 2006 |
| FAR | 2.79 built · 5 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Flood zone | Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 24 open Department of Buildings violations
- 3 open ECB (OATH) violations — $13,780 in penalties due
- 98 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.
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)
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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.