Bonei Builders files plans for 99 units in Far Rockaway, 9th project filed in year
21-01 Cornaga Avenue zoning lot outline (Photo Credit - Google Earth)
Bonei Builders submitted a new building construction project for a 99-unit, 62,128-square-foot residential (R-2) building at 21-01 Cornaga Avenue in Far Rockaway, Queens. The plan was filed on April 20, 2026. It calls for the construction of a 50-foot-tall, five-story building and was filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number Q01386972. The exact location of the building was not specified in the description. The illustrations provided are the zoning lot. The plans indicate the eight-unit existing building within the zoning lot, 6-21 Beach 20th Street on lot 46, will not be demolished, because the zoning plans say there will be a total of 107 residential units. In addition, no demolition plans have been filed for 6-21 Beach 20th Street, a search by PincusCo found.
The project is described in the filing as: proposed new 5-story residential building total of 99 units. The applicant is the Registered Architect Nikolai Katz of Nikolai Katz Architect.
Bonei Builders, through Joel Steinmetz, has filed nine projects in Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens since May 2025. Below is a list of eight of those projects.
21-01 Cornaga Avenue
| wdt_ID | wdt_created_by | wdt_created_at | wdt_last_edited_by | wdt_last_edited_at | floor | comment | description | persons_permitted | occupancy_label | zoning_use | dwelling_units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | acris | 04/28/2026 06:59 AM | acris | 04/28/2026 06:59 AM | Open Space | 50 CAR PAKING SPACES | Apartment | N/A | Residential | ||
| 2 | acris | 04/28/2026 06:59 AM | acris | 04/28/2026 06:59 AM | 1 | SIXTEEN (16) CLASS 'A' DWELLING UNITS | Apartment | N/A | Residential | 16 | |
| 3 | acris | 04/28/2026 06:59 AM | acris | 04/28/2026 06:59 AM | 1 | ELECTRICAL ROOM, WATER ROOM, LAUNDRY ROOM, BIKE ROOM, TOTAL OF 393.32 SF AND 44 BICYCLE PARKING SPACES | Apartment | N/A | Residential | ||
| 4 | acris | 04/28/2026 06:59 AM | acris | 04/28/2026 06:59 AM | 2 | TWENTY-ONE (21) CLASS 'A' DWELLING UNITS | Apartment | N/A | Residential | 21 | |
| 5 | acris | 04/28/2026 06:59 AM | acris | 04/28/2026 06:59 AM | 3 | TWENTY-ONE (21) CLASS 'A' DWELLING UNITS | Apartment | N/A | Residential | 21 | |
| 6 | acris | 04/28/2026 06:59 AM | acris | 04/28/2026 06:59 AM | 4 | TWENTY-ONE (21) CLASS 'A' DWELLING UNITS | Apartment | N/A | Residential | 21 | |
| 7 | acris | 04/28/2026 06:59 AM | acris | 04/28/2026 06:59 AM | 5 | TWENTY (20) CLASS 'A' DWELLING UNITS | Apartment | N/A | Residential | 20 | |
| 8 | acris | 04/28/2026 06:59 AM | acris | 04/28/2026 06:59 AM | Roof | ELEVATOR AND STAIR BULKHEAD, MECHANICAL ROOM, HWH ROOM, EMR, BIKE ROOM, TOTAL OF 129.26 SF AND 6 BICYCLE PARKING SPACES | Apartment | N/A | Residential | ||
| 9 | acris | 04/28/2026 06:59 AM | acris | 04/28/2026 06:59 AM | Roof | OUTDOOR RECREATION SPACE, TOTAL OF 5945.43 SF | Apartment | 30 | Residential |
The neighborhood
In Far Rockaway, The majority, or 65 percent of the 12.8 million square feet of commercial built space are elevator buildings, with specialty buildings next occupying 18 percent of the space. In sales, Far Rockaway has near average sales volume among other neighborhoods with $175.5 million in sales volume in the last two years and is the 17th highest in Queens. For development, Far Rockaway has near average amount of major developments among other neighborhoods and is the 9th highest in Queens. It had 1 million square feet of commercial and multi-family construction under development in the last two years, which represents 8 percent of the neighborhood’s built space.
The block
On this tax block, PincusCo has identified the owners of one of the six commercial properties representing 3,400 square feet of the 14,900 square feet. The identified owner is Sam Hassen.
On the tax block, there was one new building construction project filed totaling 62,128 square feet. It is a 99-unit, 62,128 square-foot residential (R-2) building submitted by Bonei Builders and filed by Joel Steinmetz with plans filed April 20, 2026 and it has not been permitted yet.
The surrounding
Within a 400-foot radius of 21-01 cornaga avenue, PincusCo identified two commercial real estate items of interests occurred over the past 24 months.
Of those two items, one was in new building development. It was a new building permit issued on January 23, 2025 for a 64,630-square-foot residential (R-2) building with 44 residential units at 21-12 Cornaga Avenue.
One of those two items was a loan which Amritpal Sandhu borrowed $7 million from S3 Capital secured by the zero-square-foot development site (V1) on 21-12 Cornaga Avenue on June 4, 2024.
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