Emeric, Ami Weinstock file six DOB projects with 594 units in Jamaica
89-01 165th Street (Credit - Cyclomedia)
Ami Weinstock, who is affiliated with Emeric Weinstock as well as the contracting firm Top Cooling HVAC, filed six plans last week, each for a residential building with 99 unit arrayed along 165th Street starting at the corner of 89th Avenue and running south towards, but not reaching, Jamaica Avenue.
The properties have been owned by the Fruchthandler family’s FBE Limited, which in March of 2024 combined what had been six tax parcels into one condominium structure with two tax lots, 1001 and 1002. Lot 1001 is far larger, encompassing most of the development site, while lot 1002 is much smaller.
The filings underscore the impact of the 485x law which requires a $40 minimum wage for projects with 100 or more units, as The Real Deal has reported.
The projects plan to have a combined 432,484 in residential space, for an average of 728 square feet each, and 6,477 square feet in commercial space.
No diagrams of the properties have been submitted to the city’s Department of Buildings.
The addresses and job numbers are below:
89-01 165th Street Q01245455
89-25 165th Street Q01245454
89-35 165th Street Q01243899
89-39 165th Street Q01245449
89-49 165th Street Q01245408
89-53 165th Street Q01243880
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The property
The condo building in Jamaica has 97,439 square feet of built space and 379,612 square feet of additional air rights for a total buildable of 476,900 square feet according to a PincusCo analysis of city data. The parcel has six buildings with frontage of 539 feet and is 759 feet deep with a total lot size of 95,380 square feet. The zoning is C4-5X which allows for up to 4 times floor area ratio (FAR) for commercial and up to 5 times FAR for residential with inclusionary housing.
The neighborhood
In Jamaica, The bulk, or 34 percent of the 29.2 million square feet of commercial built space are elevator buildings, with specialty buildings next occupying 14 percent of the space. In sales, Jamaica has near average sales volume among other neighborhoods with $273.8 million in sales volume in the last two years and is the 7th highest in Queens. For development, Jamaica has near average amount of major developments among other neighborhoods and is the 4th highest in Queens. It had 1.8 million square feet of commercial and multi-family construction under development in the last two years, which represents 6 percent of the neighborhood’s built space.
The block
On this tax block, PincusCo has identified the owners of 11 of the 15 commercial properties representing 167,403 square feet of the 177,419 square feet. The largest owner is 89th Jamaica Realty Company Llc, followed by Fbe Limited and then Maverick Management. On the tax block, there were six new building construction projects totaling 456,938 square feet. The largest is a 99-unit, 80,930 square-foot residential (R-2) building submitted by Ami Weinstock with plans filed July 11, 2025 and it has not been permitted yet. The second largest is a 99-unit, 80,005 square-foot residential (R-2) building submitted by Ami Weinstock with plans filed July 11, 2025 and it has not been permitted yet.
The surrounding
Within a 400-foot radius of 89-37 165 Street, PincusCo identified three commercial real estate items of interests occurred over the past 24 months. There were two new building permit applications and one new building permit. The most recent of these three items was a filing on July 11, 2025 for a 438,961-square-foot residential (R-2) building with 99 residential units at 89-49 165th Street.
Direct link to the property’s ACRIS page and link to DOB NOW portal.