45-44 40 Street

Queens, NY

BBL 4-00194-0053BIN 4002610

Concern level3 of 4

High

012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
022 open rent-impairing 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 2 stabilized units with New York State for 2019 — of about 6 apartments.

2018 — 2 units registered2019 — 2

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 building60 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 C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2019-12-025+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM LOCKED BOILER ROOM AT CELLAR

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2019-11-255+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM BOILER ROOM DOOR LOCKEED AT CELLAR

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 3RIssued 2024-01-12

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT NORTH WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 3R, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 3RIssued 2024-01-12RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK AT CEILING AND NORTH WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 3R, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Water Leak3

Heat/Hot Water1

Outside Building1

Paint/Plaster1

Unsanitary Condition1

Outside BuildingRoofing2026-03-12 · closed

Water LeakSlow Leak2026-02-23 · closed

Water LeakSlow Leak2026-02-16 · 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

538

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential315

Street/Sidewalk100

Unspecified78

Commercial23

Vehicle16

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

377

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony79

Misdemeanor254

Violation44

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 8 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

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

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 2020-01-15

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

4544 40th Owner LLC

Head officer

Alex Kaskel

Managing agent

Apex Management Group

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

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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 sale2022-08-09 · $1,450,000

Most recent mortgage2023-06-30 · $373,000

Mortgage2023-06-30$373,000

borrower 4544 40TH OWNER LLC · lender WALKER & DUNLOP LLC

Sale2022-08-09$1,450,000

LANDRITO, RADY → 4544 40TH OWNER LLC

Mortgage2022-08-09$1,550,000

borrower 4544 40TH OWNER LLC · lender MFP RHSF II LLC

Mortgage1995-07-21$165,000

borrower LANDRITO, RADY, LANDRITO, ELIZABETH · lender RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK

Mortgage1990-06-22$77,760.21

borrower LANDRITO, RADY, LANDRITO, ELIZABETH · lender FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK

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