# 42-15 43 Avenue, Queens, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/4001590001/42-15-43-avenue-queens).
BBL 4001590001 · BIN 4001773 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 12 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 13 apartments
- 4 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 6 active DOB violation(s)
- $10,000 in unpaid OATH/ECB fines

Scale: low, moderate, high, severe. Set from open hazardous violations relative to building size, raised by distress signals (HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, court harassment findings, evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, a sold tax lien). It describes the public record, not any one apartment.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 151 stabilized units for 2023, of about 154 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 149, 2019: 149, 2020: 151, 2021: 151, 2022: 151, 2023: 151.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1938, 6 floors, 154 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

47 open (class C immediately hazardous: 12, class B hazardous: 22, class A non-hazardous: 13); 124 on record.
4 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

6 active (2 issued in the last 3 years); 77 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

2 active of 30 on record; 0 decided by default; $10,000 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

12 in the last 12 months; 76 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (18), PAINT/PLASTER (14), HEAT/HOT WATER (12), APPLIANCE (7), DOOR/WINDOW (7).

## Bedbugs

8 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 1 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

5 cases on record, 0 open, 5 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: ESSEX HOUSE LLC
- Agent: NORCOR MANAGEMENT CORP
- HeadOfficer: HARRY OTTERMAN
- Officer: MICHAEL OTTERMAN
- SiteManager: Nadim OZSOY

The same owner is linked to 9 other buildings (HARRY OTTERMAN at 40-14 72ND ST).

## Sources and limits

NYC Open Data (HPD, DOB, OATH/ECB, 311, DOF, PLUTO) and NYS DHCR building lists. This is a screening signal from public records, not legal advice; records lag and contain errors. Full interactive report with violation details and maps: https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/4001590001/42-15-43-avenue-queens