Not on the city's tax-lien sale list (2019–2025). The owner has not fallen far enough behind on property tax or water charges to be flagged for a lien sale.
Housing court
No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.
Bedbug history
No bedbugs reported
The owner filed 6 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 6 stabilized units with New York State for 2019 — essentially all of the building's 6 apartments.
18
19
2018 — 6 units registered2019 — 6
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.
Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.
No 311 housing complaints on record for this building.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
1
Open now
7
On record
1
Open Class C
0
Open Class B
0
Open Class A
Class C is immediately hazardous, Class B is hazardous, Class A is non-hazardous. A violation stays open until HPD certifies the repair, so some open items may already be fixed.
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2008-08-215+ YRS OLD
D26-17.10 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO HAVE KEY TO BUILDING'S HEATING SYSTEM NEAR MAILBOXES & TO BOILER ENTRANCE.
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
Evictions
No executed evictions on record for this building.
DOB building violations
0
Active
1
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
No active DOB violations.
Neighborhood crime
About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
166
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
14
≈ per month
Felony57
Misdemeanor67
Violation42
NYPD complaints reported within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year, by severity. This reflects what gets reported and where police are active as much as actual safety, and busier, denser, higher-foot-traffic blocks log more. Locations are approximate — the NYPD shifts each report to the nearest corner for privacy — so read this as rough context, not a safety score.
Unpaid city fines
$0
Balance due (active)
0
Active violations
0
Lost by default
DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "Lost by default" means the owner never appeared at the hearing. An unpaid balance is a stronger "ignoring the city" signal than a raw violation count.
Concern level3 of 4
High
011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 6 apartments
How this is set: open hazardous violations measured against the building's size, then raised by strong distress signals — HPD's enforcement program, court harassment findings, recent evictions, unpaid DOB fines, open housing-court cases, and a sold tax lien. Neighborhood noise and crime are not part of it. It describes the public record, not the condition of any one apartment, and a quiet record is not proof of a good building.
Ownership & money
4
Recorded sales
5
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale1999-03-24 · no recorded price
Most recent mortgage2018-10-30 · $849,736.24
Mortgage2018-10-30$849,736.24
borrower 51-17 SKILLMAN AVENUE REALTY CO., INC., 51-15 SKILLMAN AVENUE REALTY CO. INC. · lender NORTHFIELD BANK
Mortgage2013-12-23$1,000,000
borrower 51-17 SKILLMAN AVENUE REALTY CO. INC, 51-15 SKILLMAN AVENUE REALTY CO., INC · lender ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
Sale1999-03-24no recorded price
NG, KAI SHUN, LEE, KARL LEUNG, WONG, FRANK P, LEE, YUE FU → 51-17 SKILLMAN AVENUE REALTY CO, INC
Mortgage1989-05-25$80,000
borrower LEE, KARL LEUNG, LEE, YUE FU, NG, KAI SHUN, WONG, FARNK P · lender YU, LYN L. L
Sale1989-05-09no recorded price
YU, LYN L.L. → NG, KAI SHUN, LEE, KARL LEUNG, WONG, FRANK P, LEE, YUE FR
From ACRIS recorded documents. Amounts are often $0 or nominal for transfers between related parties, and LLCs can obscure who is really involved — treat this as public-record context, not a valuation.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
51-17 SKILLMAN AVE REALTY CO INC
Head officer
KARL LEE
Managing agent
KARL LEE
No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.
This building and the landlord's others
This building
Neighborhood noise
Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
641
Noise reports · last 12 mo
53
≈ per month
68
% from neighbors
Residential435
Unspecified95
Street/Sidewalk61
Commercial23
Vehicle20
Park5
House of Worship1
Helicopter1
311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about noise from inside buildings — neighbors, not the street. This counts how often people call 311, which tracks how densely populated and busy an area is as much as how loud it is — it is not a sound measurement.