43-11 49 Street

Queens, NY

BBL 4-00138-0007BIN 4001282

Concern level3 of 4

High

012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 28 apartments
022 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
0413 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 51 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 56 apartments.

2018 — 52 units registered2023 — 51

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1931

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 HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-10-15

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF FIRE PASSAGEWAY SEALED UP WITH CONCRETE OBSTRUCTING 2ND MEANS OF EGRESS FROM REAR YARD TO BUILDING FRONT

Status: Certified late

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-09-04

§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE AT COMPACTOR CLOSET AT PUBLIC HALL, 6th STORY

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-10-15

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT MATERIAL NORTH WALL FIRE STAIR AT BASEMENT

Status: Certified late

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 6IIssued 2008-06-265+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR 6 STY REAR APT 6I MRS BURR. , SECTION '' ''

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water4

Elevator2

ElevatorMaintenance2024-08-01 · closed

ElevatorMaintenance2024-07-23 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2022-01-30 · 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

700

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential482

Unspecified80

Street/Sidewalk58

Commercial42

Vehicle35

Helicopter2

House of Worship1

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

227

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony80

Misdemeanor96

Violation51

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

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20230 infested · 0 eradicated

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2025-08-26

FTM BLDG IN A CODE COMPLIANT MANNER.OBSVD @ EXP1 DETERIORATE MORTAR JOINTS @MULTIPLE LOCATIONS OF PARAPET & MASONRY CRACKS BTWN GROUND-2FL @ 1/2CORNER.@EXP2 OBSVD MASONRY CRACKS 2 PARAPET LEVEL.IMMED COMPLY W/ COMMISSIONER'S ORDER CONTROL #341558 AND VIO #061025PI40201SB TO REPAIR THE BUILDING UNDER PERMIT

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2025-06-10

FTM BLDG IN A CODE COMPLIANT MANNER.OBSVD @ EXP1 DETERIORATED MORTAR JOINTS @ MULT LOCATIONS OF PARAPET & MASONRY CRACKS BTWN GROUND-2FL @ 1/2 CORNER.@ EXP2 OBSVD MASONRY CRACKS @ PARAPER LEVEL.OWNER TO IMMED RETAIN NYSPE TO EVAL ENTIRE BLDG DETERMINE STRUCT STAB & PREPARE FILE REPAIR DWGS BLDG T/BE REPAIRED UNDER PERMIT STARTING 7/9/2025

ACTIVE · EGRADE-FAILURE TO POST ENERGY GRADE/SCORE NONE2023-12-01

FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2017-03-20Apt 6Eresidential

Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.

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 2013-04-30

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2009-03-30

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2006-06-01

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

FRANCIS APARTMENTS LLC

Head officer

FRANCIS VITALE

Managing agent

CHRISTOPHER VITALE

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 12025-05-01$2,500 penalty

ConstructionClass 22025-05-01$1,250 penalty

ConstructionClass 12024-10-04$2,500 penalty

ConstructionClass 12024-10-04$1,250 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1994-08-08 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2016-06-20 · $125,282.33

Mortgage2016-06-20$125,282.33

borrower FRANCIS APARTMENTS LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA

Mortgage2013-12-04$634,206.86

borrower FRANCIS APARTMENTS LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2004-01-28$1,490,400.72

borrower FRANCIS APARTMENTS LLC · lender NORTH FORK BANK

Mortgage1994-09-21$601,243.14

borrower JAFFE, JOSEPH(TRUSTEE), JAFFE, DAVID L(TRUSTEE), VITALE, FRANK(IND), JAFFE, ROSALINE(TRUSTEE), JAFFE, BENJAMIN D(TRUSTEE/OF), FIEDLER, POLLY(IND), GOLDMAN, JOEL(TRUSTEE), JAFFE, STUART(TRUSTEE) · lender JAMAICA SAVINGS BANK

Sale1994-08-08no recorded price

JAFFE, BENJAMIN D (EX/OF) → JAFFE, STUART (TRUSTEES), JAFFE, BENJAMIN D (TRU/OF), JAFFE, JOSEPH (TRUSTEES), JAFFE, DAVID L (TRUSTEES), JAFFE, ROSALINE (TRUSTEES), GOLDMAN, JOEL (TRUSTEE)

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