33-71 Prince Street

Queens · Parcel 4049497502

120

Residential units

2020

Year built

297,258 sq ft

Building area

Open violations

$22,769,612

Assessed value

Analysis

AI-generated Risk: Medium

The property’s modern construction and clean violation record are positives, but the residential over‑building and lack of an arm‑length sale create significant constraints and uncertainty.

The good

Built in 2020, so the structure is modern and likely has up‑to‑date systems
Zero open violations and zero enforcement penalties indicate compliance with code
No unpaid safety‑violation penalties are recorded
Average unit size of 2,477 sq ft is large for the market

The bad

Residential floor‑area ratio of 6.89 exceeds the allowed 2.43, meaning the building is over‑built for residential use
No arm‑length sale on record; market value is listed as 0, limiting price transparency
Over‑built status restricts any future expansion of residential space
Commercial FAR limit is 0, so converting space to revenue‑generating uses is not permitted

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What the numbers say

Generated from this property's own figures using the rules set out in our methodology. Every statement below refers to a number shown on this page.

Already larger than residential zoning would allow

The building occupies a floor-area ratio of 6.89, against a residential limit of 2.43 — it is over that limit by 4.46. A building in this position almost always predates the current rules and is legally non-conforming: it may generally remain, but it typically cannot be enlarged for residential use, and it may not be rebuildable as it stands.

No open violations on record

Nothing is currently outstanding against this property. Closed violations are not counted here — a violation that was raised and then fixed is a problem that went away, and an older building will have accumulated many of them. What matters is what is still open, and here that is nothing.

Development & zoning

Floor-area ratio

Built	6.89
Residential limit	2.43
Commercial limit	0.00
Community-facility limit	4.80

Development headroom (calculated) calculated

Highest permitted ratio	4.80
Unused ratio	-2.09
Unused buildable area	—
Lot area	43,147 sq ft

Value & taxes

Assessment

Assessed total	$22,769,612
Assessed land	$3,883,069
Assessed building	$18,886,543
Market value on record	$0
Assessed as % of market	—

Tax

Tax class	2
Taxable assessed	$0
Tax rate	12.502%
Estimated annual levy	—

The levy is an estimate — taxable value × the published rate for the class. It does not account for exemptions or abatements the property may carry, and will not match an actual bill. It is not the property's total debt to the city: unpaid tax and water arrears are not shown anywhere on this page.

Assessed value by year

Year	Assessed value	Change
2027	$0	—
2026	$0	—

Building & occupancy

Structure

Year built	2020
Floors	16
Building area	297,258 sq ft
Residential area	84,456 sq ft
Commercial area	109,573 sq ft

Occupancy

Ownership	Condominium
Total units	125
Residential units	120
Residential Avg unit size	704 sq ft (calculated)
Commercial Avg unit size	21,915 sq ft (calculated)
Building class	RM

Neighborhood, risk & energy

Neighborhood & transit

Nearest subway	Flushing-Main St (7) — 0.38 mi
School district	25
Police precinct	109
Nearest firehouse	Engine 273/Ladder 129 — 40-18 Union Street

Location risk

Flood zone	Minimal hazard (Zone X)
Hurricane evacuation zone	Zone 4
Environmental restriction	Hazardous materials, air quality, noise
Cleanup site	Environmental cleanup site (completed)

Comparable sales

Address	Sale date	Price	Sq ft	$/sq ft
33-71 Prince Street, 7a	2026-06-22	$616,282	—	—
33-71 Prince Street, 6a	2026-06-15	$558,249	—	—
33-71 Prince Street, 6l	2026-06-15	$535,730	—	—
134-37 35th Avenue, 14i	2026-06-11	$1,089,528	—	—
33-18 Farrington Street	2026-06-03	$1,600,000	2,500	$640
33-71 Prince Street, 11g	2026-05-27	$771,834	—	—
33-71 Prince Street, 13l	2026-05-19	$563,651	—	—
33-71 Prince Street, 14g	2026-05-19	$899,513	—	—

Record activity

Compliance calculated

Open violations	0
Open per residential unit	0.0 (calculated)
Enforcement penalties	$0.00
Safety-violation penalties	Not available
Total penalties owed	—
On tax-lien sale list	No

Activity

Complaints recorded	3
Permits / alterations	0
Recorded documents	0
Legal proceedings	0

Total penalties owed combines two separate debts — enforcement penalties (from summonses) and safety-violation penalties (unfiled inspections and reports on boilers, elevators, facades and energy use). The second kind accrues quietly and is routinely missed; it is a standing debt on the building, not a fine someone can walk away from. The safety figure could not be retrieved for this property, so no total is shown — we would rather show nothing than a total that silently omits it. Neither figure includes unpaid property tax or water and sewer arrears, which are frequently the largest number of all and appear nowhere on this page. For a true payoff figure, go to the city directly.

Ownership & last recorded sale

Owner of record

Owner	C & G Empire Realty, LLC
Parcel	4049497502
Block	4949
Lot	7502

Last recorded transfer

Date	—
Recorded price	—
Price per unit	Not meaningful
Price vs assessed	Not meaningful

Owner of record comes from the public land-use record and may lag a recent sale. It is frequently a holding company rather than an individual. If you own or manage this property and believe something here is wrong, tell us — we read and respond to every message of that kind.

Complaints

A complaint is an allegation, not a finding — many are dismissed. A sustained pattern is nevertheless informative about how a building is run.

Date	Problem	Type	Status	Closed
10 May 2026	No Access	Blocked Driveway	Closed	11 May 2026
26 Mar 2026	Trash	Dirty Condition	Closed	27 Mar 2026
27 Aug 2025	Partial Access	Blocked Driveway	Closed	27 Aug 2025

About this page

Compiled from New York City public records — data retrieved 5 days ago. Coverage on this parcel: 14 of 15 record groups populated. The derived figures — unused floor-area ratio, buildable area, the assessed-value trend and the per-unit ratios — are calculated by us and appear in no public dataset; the formulas are in the methodology.

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The data is public. Reading it correctly is the hard part.

Three things in a New York City property record mislead almost everyone who reads one for the first time. Here they are, before you search.

A $0 sale is not a bargain

Recorded transfers include deeds between family members, estate settlements and corrective filings — all legitimately recorded at $0 or a nominal $10. It does not mean the building was given away. It means there has been no arm's-length sale, and that every price ratio derived from it is meaningless.

A violation count means nothing until you divide it

We show open violations only — a closed one is a problem that got fixed, and every old building has hundreds. But even the open count is close to meaningless on its own. Three hundred open violations across three hundred apartments is a different building from three hundred across thirty. Divide by the units, then read the outstanding balance — a heavy count with no money attached means conditions are being reported and not corrected.

Spare floor area may not be buildable

Zoning sets a different limit for residential, commercial and community-facility use. Comparing a building against the highest number in that row — rather than the limit for the use you actually intend — is the most expensive mistake in this data. Buildings that look like they have room to grow are frequently already over their residential limit.

And the numbers no one publishes

Unused floor-area ratio. Buildable square footage. The direction assessed value has moved over the last decade. Price per unit against the last real sale. None of these exist in any public dataset — we calculate them, and we show the formula for every one.

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