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Queens Building Permits — August 2026
Every building permit issued by the NYC Department of Buildings in August 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, August 2026 · Source: NYC Department of Buildings
Questions, answered from the data
What was the largest building permit issued in Queens in August 2026?
The largest was permit #Q00558742-S1-FO-EA at 72-02 31 Avenue, with a reported project value of $350,000,000, issued in August 2026, as reported by the NYC Department of Buildings.
Permits by trade — August 2026
| Trade | Permits issued | Reported value |
|---|---|---|
| General & Other | 889 | $642,231,215 |
| Plumbing | 364 | $24,472,390 |
| Scaffolding | 283 | $3,393,753 |
| HVAC | 254 | $117,001,950 |
| Solar | 161 | $8,871,664 |
| New Construction | 133 | $36,310,880 |
| Fire Protection | 62 | $8,956,315 |
| Signage | 61 | $184,130 |
| Demolition | 50 | $3,196,558 |
Biggest projects issued in August 2026
| Project (permit #) | Trade | Reported value | Issued |
|---|---|---|---|
| 72-02 31 Avenue #Q00558742-S1-FO-EA FOUNDATION DESIGN TO FACILITATE CONSTRUCTON OF FITNESS CENTER AS EXTENSION IN EXISTING BUILDING | General & Other | $350,000,000 | 2026-08-25 |
| 33-75 Farrington Street #Q08048244-I1-GC Proposed eleven (11) story + cellar and sub-cellar residential use building. (Sub-cellar, cellar, 1-3 const… | General & Other | $24,049,400 | 2026-08-07 |
| 89-08 Van Wyck Expressway #Q08033272-I1-GC Renovation and enlargement of Emergency Department | General & Other | $20,262,300 | 2026-08-19 |
| 137-23 45 Avenue #Q01209315-I1-SE SOE for New school Q512 | General & Other | $20,000,000 | 2026-08-26 |
| 58-01 Queens Boulevard #Q00790556-I1-GC Erecting a residential building as per plans and obtaining OTCR 19-23 Final certification. | General & Other | $19,500,000 | 2026-08-28 |
| 149-02 Reeves Avenue #Q01299986-I1-ST Repair of pre-cast concrete parking deck and cast-in-place stairs as shown on drawings. NO CHANGE, OF USE, … | General & Other | $16,212,500 | 2026-08-10 |
| 64-34 175 Street #Q00868006-S2-BE PS216Q-NB-FUEL STORAGE for Belly Tank under Generator on Roof | HVAC | $15,683,056 | 2026-08-11 |
| 65-10 Dieterle Crescent #Q01179384-I1-MS Q174-ELECTRIFICATION- NEW PACKAGED HEAT PUMP ROOFTOP MULTI ZONE/SINGLE ZONE VAV AIR HANDLING UNITS ,AIR HE… | HVAC | $15,000,000 | 2026-08-28 |
| 94-20 Guy R Brewer Boulevard #Q08002780-I1-GC Interior renovation of public toilets and adjoining spaces, including removal and installation of non beari… | General & Other | $12,404,112 | 2026-08-19 |
| 31-40 Thomson Avenue #Q01263303-I1-GC PROPOSED INTERIOR RENOVATION TO LAGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE LIBRARY, E BLDG. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OC… | General & Other | $11,032,139 | 2026-08-24 |
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