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Queens Building Permits — January 2026
Every building permit issued by the NYC Department of Buildings in January 2026: counts, reported value, permits by trade, and the month's biggest projects.
Source: New York City open data — DOB NOW: Build, approved permits (NYC Department of Buildings). Source last updated: October 17, 2026 · Our last pull: October 18, 2026 · Figures are as reported by the NYC Department of Buildings.
Coverage: this report covers building permits issued by the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB NOW) in Queens (Queens County). The city's other boroughs publish as their own county reports: New York County (Manhattan), Kings County (Brooklyn), Bronx County, and Richmond County (Staten Island). Two counting rules matter here. DOB's feed lists one row for every work type an issuance covers, so we count each issuance once. And the estimated cost DOB publishes belongs to the whole job filing and repeats on each of its issuances, so we count each filing's cost once, on its most recent issuance. DOB NOW excludes electrical, elevator, and limited-alteration permits — DOB publishes those in separate datasets — so no electrical figures appear in this report.
PermitsByCounty data, Queens County, January 2026 · Source: NYC Department of Buildings
Questions, answered from the data
What was the largest building permit issued in Queens in January 2026?
The largest was permit #Q00721236-I1-GC at 89-26 162 Street, with a reported project value of $30,195,400, issued in January 2026, as reported by the NYC Department of Buildings.
Permits by trade — January 2026
| Trade | Permits issued | Reported value |
|---|---|---|
| General & Other | 793 | $146,470,125 |
| Plumbing | 337 | $22,005,082 |
| HVAC | 247 | $67,720,222 |
| Solar | 229 | $11,545,242 |
| Scaffolding | 183 | $2,266,490 |
| New Construction | 104 | $72,525,588 |
| Fire Protection | 58 | $5,030,057 |
| Signage | 37 | $148,771 |
| Demolition | 28 | $610,500 |
Biggest projects issued in January 2026
| Project (permit #) | Trade | Reported value | Issued |
|---|---|---|---|
| 89-26 162 Street #Q00721236-I1-GC PROPOSED A 16-STORY RESIDENTIAL NEW BUILDING | New Construction | $30,195,400 | 2026-01-29 |
| 74-20 Commonwealth Boulevard #Q00955565-I1-GC-CX Existing Roof replacement, masonry repairs , parapet replacement, some minor interior plaster repairs, as… | General & Other | $17,991,000 | 2026-01-06 |
| 126-43 39 Avenue #Q08032504-S6-PL PLUMBING WORK RELATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW 12 STORY AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUILDING AS PER PLANS FILED … | New Construction | $16,597,000 | 2026-01-16 |
| 126-55 39 Avenue #Q08032719-S6-PL PLUMBING WORK RELATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW 12 STORY AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUILDING AS PER PLANS FILED … | New Construction | $10,876,800 | 2026-01-26 |
| 93-11 34 Avenue #Q00956012-S1-MS Q149-NEW DDC SYSTEM INCLUDING CONTROLS, VALVES & THERMOSTATS. NEW EXHAUST FANS, CABINET UNIT HEATER &am… | HVAC | $10,000,000 | 2026-01-28 |
| 33-09 35 Avenue #Q00955435-I1-GC-CX Q166- REPLACEMENT OF ROOFS, PARAPETS & FACE BRICK. EXT MASONRY REPAIR, INTERIOR PLASTER & PAINT &am… | General & Other | $8,000,000 | 2026-01-08 |
| 46-10 70 Street #Q00639404-I1-MS Redistribution of heating, cooling and ventilation from AHU and boiler system. | HVAC | $6,871,659 | 2026-01-02 |
| 117-11 Sutphin Boulevard #Q00852492-I1-GC Gut renovation of an existing public library including interior and exterior, a minor egress change per non… | General & Other | $6,865,061 | 2026-01-08 |
| 37-42 30 Street #Q00577373-I1-GC NEW 8-STORY MIXED-USE BUILDING. OBTAIN A NEW CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. | New Construction | $6,307,400 | 2026-01-22 |
| 54-47 Little Neck Parkway #Q01192918-S5-FO-EA Foundation Works in conjunction with GC filing under DOB NOW job # Q01192918-I1 | General & Other | $5,462,100 | 2026-01-07 |
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