43-29 39 Place

Queens, NY

BBL 4-00190-0013BIN 4002496

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 active DOB violation(s)
021 open HPD violation(s)
032 evictions executed in the last 3 years

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 16 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 40 apartments.

2018 — 23 units registered2023 — 16

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1929

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building1 others linked to the same owner

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 B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2015-07-295+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDED SHEET ROCK CEILING AT CELLAR SOUTH.

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water16

Unsanitary Condition2

Water Leak2

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2026-02-07 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2026-02-01 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-11-27 · 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

478

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential330

Unspecified67

Street/Sidewalk54

Commercial16

Vehicle10

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

383

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony85

Misdemeanor257

Violation41

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

2024–20251 infested · 1 eradicated

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20232 infested · 2 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 · EGRADE-FAILURE TO POST ENERGY GRADE/SCORE NONE2021-12-01

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

2026-02-18Apt 12Aresidential

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 2013-11-20

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2011-01-24

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

ORWELL BUILDING CORP

Head officer

SETH HABERMAN

Managing agent

George Elliot Management

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

1281 ST NICHOLAS AVENUEMANHATTAN

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 sale1987-12-08 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2018-12-21 · $1,200,000

Mortgage2018-12-21$1,200,000

borrower ORWELL BUILDING CORP. · lender SIGNATURE BANK

Sale1987-12-08no recorded price

ORWELL BUILDING CORPORATION → ORWELL BUILDING CORP

Sale1971-11-01no recorded price

TEKTON REALTIES INC → ORWELL BUILDING CORP

Mortgage1971-11-01no recorded price

borrower ORWELL BUILDING CORP · lender WOODSIDE S & L ASSNOC

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