50-05 43 Avenue

Queens, NY

BBL 4-00131-0004BIN 4000969

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 73 apartments
023 active DOB violation(s)

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.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 3 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 73 apartments.

2018 — 4 units registered2023 — 3

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1932

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

On record

Open Class C

Open Class B

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 HAZARDOUSApt 3EIssued 2006-11-035+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY ?11-06(B)(2) EAST WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT 3E, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1BIssued 2018-09-135+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS ENTRANCE DOOR TO APT LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1BIssued 2018-09-135+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 HMC:TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF MOLD ... MILDEW AROUND BATHTUB 5SQ/FT IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 3EIssued 2004-04-135+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CERAMIC TILE FLOOR IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3E, 3rd STORY, APARTMENT AT EAST

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water3

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2024-01-21 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2023-11-05 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2022-12-24 · closed

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

662

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential457

Unspecified87

Street/Sidewalk61

Commercial29

Vehicle26

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.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

193

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony70

Misdemeanor76

Violation47

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.

Neighborhood crime

Bedbug history

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 8 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · FISPHAZ-HAZARDOUS CONDITION (FACADE) FACADE REQUIRED2020-12-23

CYCLE 9C UNSAFE REPORT FILED

ACTIVE · FISPFCS-FAILURE TO CORRECT SWARMP CONDITIONS (FACADE) FACADE REQUIRED2020-12-02

CYCLE 9C FAILURE TO CORRECT SWARMP CONDITIONS

ACTIVE · FISPHAZ-HAZARDOUS CONDITION (FACADE) FACADE REQUIRED2020-11-30

CYCLE 8C UNSAFE REPORT FILED

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

Cases on record

Open now

Tenant-brought

Harassment found

With a judgment

Most cases are tenants taking the owner to court to force repairs. A case is not proof of wrongdoing; a harassment finding or judgment is a court ruling against the owner.

CLOSEDOpened 2016-04-28

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2011-02-23

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

50-05 43RD AVE CORP.

Head officer

MICHELLE ESPINOSA

Managing agent

DIRECT MGMT CORP.

No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

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.

ConstructionClass 22024-12-21$625 penalty

ConstructionClass 22024-03-08$1,250 penalty

Local LawClass 22024-01-16$1,250 penalty

ConstructionClass 22016-08-24$500 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1989-09-15 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2025-04-25 · $600,000

Mortgage2025-04-25$600,000

borrower 50-05 43RD AVENUE CORP · lender 50-05 FUNDING ASSOCIATES

Mortgage2017-06-01$391,144.72

borrower 50-05 43RD AVENUE CORP. · lender ASTORIA BANK

Mortgage2007-08-08$420,921.76

borrower 50-05 43RD AVENUE CORP. · lender SOVEREIGN BANK

Mortgage2001-09-20$150,000

borrower 50-05 43RD AVENUE CORP · lender NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK

Mortgage1998-08-14$107,214.49

borrower 50-05 43 AVENUE CORP · lender NCB CAPITAL CORPORATION

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.

Ownership & money

City debt & tax-lien sale

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.

City debt & tax-lien sale