45-34 40 Street

Queens, NY

BBL 4-00194-0048BIN 4002605

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0159 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 6 apartments
0256 of those issued in the last 3 years
0317 open rent-impairing violation(s)
042 active DOB violation(s)
051 eviction 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 5 stabilized units with New York State for 2019 — of about 6 apartments.

2018 — 5 units registered2019 — 5

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1926

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

204

Open now

249

On record

Open Class C

127

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 2FIssued 2026-08-31

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2F, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2FIssued 2026-08-31

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2F, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2FIssued 2026-06-16

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2F, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2FIssued 2026-01-20RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2070 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES AT GAS RANGE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2F, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

190

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition41

General31

Door/Window30

Appliance19

Electric18

Heat/Hot Water16

Paint/Plaster16

Plumbing10

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

576

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential361

Street/Sidewalk96

Unspecified75

Commercial23

Vehicle15

Park6

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

397

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony87

Misdemeanor265

Violation45

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 4 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 · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2015-10-01

VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2014 INSPECTION REPORT

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1994-06-07

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2026-09-17Apt 2Fresidential

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 2025-07-09

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

45-34 40 STREET, INC.

Head officer

YELITZA CASTANOS

Managing agent

YELITZA CASTANOS

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

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2014-06-26 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage1989-05-01 · $10,000

Sale2014-06-26no recorded price

YELITZA J. CASTANOS, AS TRUSTEE, SIMON B. CASTANOS IRREVOCABLE TRUST → CASTANOS, YELITZA J

Sale2014-06-26no recorded price

CASTANOS, YELITZA J → 45-34 40TH STREET, INC.

Sale2012-08-16no recorded price

CASTANOS, SIMON B → YELITZA J. CASTANOS, AS TRUSTEE, SIMON B. CASTANOS IRREVOCABLE TRUST

Sale1990-03-30no recorded price

CASTANOS, SIMON B., CASTANOS, EROSMO B. → CASTANOS, SIMON B.

Mortgage1989-05-01$10,000

borrower CASTANOS, SIMON B, CASTANOS, ERASMO B · lender ROMERO, VIRGINIA AMANDA, ROMERO-SANDY, JUAN

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