45-59 45 Street

Queens, NY

BBL 4-00165-0001BIN 4001961

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 51 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 50 apartments.

2018 — 51 units registered2023 — 51

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.

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Rent regulation

The building

1928

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building3 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

103

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 D1Issued 2022-04-15

§ 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) CEILING, NORTH WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT D1, 5th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST , SECTION ''NORTH'', 1st FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt D1Issued 2022-04-08

§ 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) 1st DUMB WAITER FROM WEST AT NORTH WALL IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT APT D1, 5th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST , SECTION ''NORTH'', 1st FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt C11Issued 2022-04-04

§ 27-2056.7 ADM CODE: CORRECT FAILURE TO PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN 45 DAYS OF DEMAND ALL RECORDS REQUIRED TO BE MAINTAINED BY OWNER PURSUANT TO LOCAL LAW 1 OF 2004 RELATED TO LEAD-BASED PAINT NOTICES, INSPECTIONS AND REMEDIATION/ABATEMENT ACTIVITIES.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt C11Issued 2022-04-04

§ 27-2056.4 ADM CODE- CORRECT FAILURE TO NOTIFY OCCUPANTS AND/OR TO INVESTIGATE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARDS.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water14

Unsanitary Condition2

Electric1

Water Leak1

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-12-04 · closed

Water LeakHeavy Flow2025-02-22 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-01-29 · 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

862

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential520

Street/Sidewalk140

Unspecified96

Commercial63

Vehicle36

Park6

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

199

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony76

Misdemeanor90

Violation33

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

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

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 2015-03-06

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2015-01-20

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2014-06-23

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2014-02-05

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

VRETTOSI REALTY LLC

Head officer

ATHENA VRETTOS

Managing agent

VRETTOS I REALTY LLC

3 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

41-41 51 STREETQUEENS 43-05 44 STREETQUEENS 59-29 QUEENS BOULEVARDQUEENS

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.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2018-12-18 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2021-12-03 · $83,400

Mortgage2021-12-03$83,400

borrower VRETTOS I REALTY LLC · lender TD BANK, N.A.

Sale2018-12-18no recorded price

VRETTOS I REALTY LLC → VRETTOS I REALTY LLC

Mortgage2018-12-18$46,106.29

borrower VRETTOS I REALTY LLC · lender DIME COMMUNITY BANK, THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH

Mortgage2018-12-18$1,270,493.71

borrower VRETTOS I REALTY LLC · lender DIME COMMUNITY BANK, THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH

Sale2009-01-13no recorded price

VRETTOS REALTY CORP. → VRETTOS II REALTY LLC

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