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Queens Building Permits — May 2026
Every building permit issued by the NYC Department of Buildings in May 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, May 2026 · Source: NYC Department of Buildings
Questions, answered from the data
What was the largest building permit issued in Queens in May 2026?
The largest was permit #Q00980892-I1-GC at 13-20 124 Street, with a reported project value of $23,806,864, issued in May 2026, as reported by the NYC Department of Buildings.
Permits by trade — May 2026
| Trade | Permits issued | Reported value |
|---|---|---|
| General & Other | 911 | $160,413,597 |
| Plumbing | 312 | $36,461,065 |
| HVAC | 238 | $58,895,729 |
| Scaffolding | 232 | $859,506 |
| Solar | 181 | $8,447,427 |
| New Construction | 84 | $15,746,765 |
| Signage | 55 | $886,482 |
| Demolition | 51 | $17,423,127 |
| Fire Protection | 50 | $4,001,536 |
Biggest projects issued in May 2026
| Project (permit #) | Trade | Reported value | Issued |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13-20 124 Street #Q00980892-I1-GC Renovation of existing school use building including correction to existing Certificate of Occupancy | General & Other | $23,806,864 | 2026-05-19 |
| 41 Seaver Way #Q01316650-S1-PL FILING HEREWITH UTILITIES RELOCATION AND DETENTION TANK AND STORMWATER SYSTEM ENABLING WORK AS PER PLANS. F… | Plumbing | $13,452,918 | 2026-05-22 |
| 24-01 Queens Plaza North #Q00674762-I1-GC Filing to erect a new building. | New Construction | $10,000,000 | 2026-05-12 |
| 70-10 164 Street #Q00955315-I1-ST structural work related to this application | General & Other | $10,000,000 | 2026-05-05 |
| 38-27 126 Street #Q01187066-I1-SE INSTALLATION OF A PERIMETER SOIL-MIX WALL, BRACED BY RAKERS, STRUTS AND CORNER-BRACES TO FACILITATATE EXCAV… | General & Other | $7,999,860 | 2026-05-11 |
| 202-05 Hillside Avenue #Q00774042-I1-GC-CX Drawing affected: Architectural: A-101.01 ,A-103.01 . Mechanical: M301.01 ,M303.01, M304.01, M503.01. P-001… | HVAC | $7,144,938 | 2026-05-20 |
| 41 Seaver Way #Q01316650-I1-GC FILING HEREWITH CIVIL WORK AND SITE RESTORATION ASSOCIATED WITH UTILITIES RELOCATION AND DETENTION TANK AND… | General & Other | $5,467,812 | 2026-05-12 |
| 45-30 36 Street #Q00856543-S1-MS Remove and replace existing steam boilers and associated piping with new steam boilers with biofuel burners… | HVAC | $5,000,000 | 2026-05-19 |
| 94-20 Guy R Brewer Boulevard #Q08002780-S2-PL Plumbing work for ACORE Building | Plumbing | $3,945,390 | 2026-05-07 |
| 64-34 175 Street #Q08026647-S5-GC J.S. 216-Q: PROPOSED CIVIL GENERAL CONSTRUCTION FOR A NEW 4-STORY SCHOOL BUILDING. | New Construction | $3,922,160 | 2026-05-07 |
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