31-06 38 Street

Queens, NY

BBL 4-00657-0044BIN 4010459

Concern level3 of 4

High

015 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 5 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
036 open rent-impairing violation(s)
042 active DOB 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 6 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 23 apartments.

2018 — 9 units registered2023 — 6

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1921

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building4 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 HAZARDOUSApt 18Issued 2024-01-08

§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE DOOR HINGE IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 18, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2012-02-295+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

SECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING PADLOCKED GATES ALL WINDOWS AT LANDING ALL STYS

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 22Issued 2011-02-235+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR (PROTRUDING NAILS)THRU-OUT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 22, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Certified late

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2011-02-235+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM , AT BASEMENT

Status: Certified late

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water5

Unsanitary Condition1

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2025-10-20 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2024-10-28 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2024-10-26 · 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

854

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential515

Street/Sidewalk118

Commercial92

Vehicle78

Unspecified49

Helicopter2

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

301

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony82

Misdemeanor175

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

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

2024–20251 infested · 1 eradicated

2023–20243 infested · 3 eradicated

2022–20230 infested · 0 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 · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2007-09-08

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL1995-05-30

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 2011-03-28

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

31-06 38 STREET LLC

Head officer

MELISSA FERNANDEZ

Managing agent

31-06 38 STREET LLC

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

24-14 28 STREETQUEENS 31-39 35 STREETQUEENS 31-52 36 STREETQUEENS 35-45 33 STREETQUEENS

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 sale1996-12-27 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage1984-03-14 · $15,000

Sale1996-12-27no recorded price

FERNANDEZ, ESTHER, FERNANDEZ, JOSEPH → 31-06 38TH STREET LLC

Mortgage1984-03-14$15,000

borrower FERNANDEZ, ESTER, FERNANDEZ, JOSEPH · lender CENTRAL FEDERAL SAVINGS

Sale1980-01-23no recorded price

FERNANDEZ JOSEPH → JOSEPH FERNANDEZ

Mortgage1976-11-09no recorded price

borrower FERNANDEZ JOSEPH, ALVAREZ ANGEL, PREVETI JOSEPH, ALONSO PABLO · lender REISNER EDITH, REISNER SALAMON

Sale1976-11-09no recorded price

PREVITI JOSEPH, ALVAREZ ANGEL, FERNANDEZ JOSEPH, ALONSO PABLO → JOSEPH FERNANDEZ

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