165-17 Jamaica Avenue

165-17 Jamaica Avenue has about 73,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 55,000 square feet of office and 12,000 square feet of retail, according to NYC PLUTO 26v2. These are the city's estimates for the whole building, not space that is available.

City records list 1931 as the year built, with a major alteration recorded in 2002. The building is 6 floors tall.

City records list 165-13 to 165-25 Jamaica Avenue and 91-14 to 91-22 Merrick Boulevard on the same tax lot (BBL 4097950001) as 165-17 Jamaica Avenue. A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.

165-17 Jamaica Avenue is in ZIP code 11432, according to the city's tax lot records (NYC PLUTO 26v2) and the Department of Finance's assessment roll. The full mailing address is 165-17 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11432.

The lot is in the C6-3 zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 6.6 and a maximum commercial FAR of 6 for this lot.

The closest subway station to 165-17 Jamaica Avenue is 169 St (the F train), about 0.3 miles away in a straight line, roughly 6 minutes on foot. Also nearby: Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer (the E, J and Z trains), 9 min walk; Parsons Blvd (the F train), 10 min walk. Walking times are straight-line estimates; the street route is longer.

The NYC Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists 91-14 MERRICK BLVD as the owner of record of 165-17 Jamaica Avenue (BBL 4097950001). Deeds and mortgages for the lot are public in ACRIS, the city's property records system.

165-17 Jamaica Avenue reported an ENERGY STAR score of 78 for calendar year 2024 in its Local Law 84 benchmarking filing. Under Local Law 33, as amended by Local Law 95 of 2019, a score of 85 or higher earns an A, 70 to 84 a B, 55 to 69 a C and under 55 a D, so 78 earns a B. The Department of Buildings assigns the grade a building posts, so the posted label can differ if a filing was corrected. Its site energy use came to 68.5 kBtu per square foot, 33% below the national median of 102.7 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 364 metric tons of CO2e (5.52 kg per square foot).

At its 2024 energy use, 165-17 Jamaica Avenue comes to about 303 metric tons of CO2e a year under Local Law 97's coefficients, against a limit of 500 tons for 2024 to 2029 (61% of the limit), so it would owe no penalty. From 2030 the limit drops to 171 tons and the same energy use counts as about 219 tons, about 48 tons over, or an estimated $13,000 a year unless the building cuts its emissions. This is an estimate from the owner's 2024 benchmarking filing using the coefficients and per-use limits in the law and the Department of Buildings rule, at $268 per ton over. It is not the building's Local Law 97 report, which can count credits and deductions this estimate cannot.

In the 12 months to October 2026, the Department of Buildings issued first permits for 4 jobs at 165-17 Jamaica Avenue. In the last two years, interior work was permitted on one floor (floor 1 and the cellar). The newest build-out, on floor 1 and the cellar, was first permitted in April 2026 (construction, mechanical, plumbing, sprinklers; filed cost estimate $200,000). These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 4097950001. A permit is approval to do the work; it does not say who the work is for or whether it is finished.

The Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists a taxable value of $4.88 million for 165-17 Jamaica Avenue. At the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists), that is about $529,480 a year, roughly $7.29 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 4097950001 show the actual bill.

For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of 165-17 Jamaica Avenue at $11.8 million ($2.35 million of it land) and its assessed value at $5.29 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value rose 20% from 2022/23 ($9.8 million) to 2026/27.

Owners registered 4 storefronts at 165-17 Jamaica Avenue for December 31, 2025, the newest annual filing the city has published, and none stood vacant that day. These are the owners' filings with the Department of Finance under Local Law 157, so a storefront may have come free since. Owners and brokers can list a storefront on Leasemark for free.

No space at 165-17 Jamaica Avenue is listed on Leasemark right now. Nearby on Leasemark: office space for lease at 13039 135th Rd in Richmond Hill (700 SF, $51.43/SF/yr). Owners and brokers can list space here for free, and tenants can post a requirement to be matched when space opens up.