25-24 45 Street

Queens, NY

BBL 4-00715-0053BIN 4012731

Concern level3 of 4

High

011 active DOB violation(s)
021 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 3 stabilized units with New York State for 2018 — essentially all of the building's 3 apartments.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1955

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building6 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.

No open HPD violations.

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water4

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2020-04-30 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2020-04-12 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2020-03-12 · 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

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

224

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential143

Unspecified32

Vehicle18

Street/Sidewalk17

Commercial13

House of Worship1

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

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony28

Misdemeanor31

Violation13

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 9 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 · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2022-09-12

AT TIME OF INSPECTION OBSERVED STANDING WATER AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS ON COMMUNITY DRIVEWAY AT REAR OF PROPERTY. DOB VIOLATION SERVED.

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2026-03-02—residential

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

No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

25-24 45TH STREET REALTY LLC

Head officer

STEVE VARKARIS

Managing agent

JAMES KONSTANTATOS

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

25-58 34 STREETQUEENS 28-32 47 STREETQUEENS 31-27 30 STREETQUEENS 31-29 30 STREETQUEENS 32-42 55 STREETQUEENS

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 sale2016-06-16 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2017-06-16 · $400,000

Mortgage2017-06-16$400,000

borrower 25-24 45TH ST REALTY LLC · lender MASPETH FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION

Sale2016-06-16no recorded price

VARKARIS, DEMETRIOS, VARKARIS, STILIANOS → 25-24 45TH ST REALTY LLC

Sale2004-03-26$380,000

VEKASSY, MICHAEL → VARKARIS, STILIANOS, VARKARIS, DEMETRIOS

Mortgage2003-11-24$238,000

borrower VEKASSY, MICHAEL · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK

Mortgage1997-01-03$125,000

borrower VEKASSY, MICHAEL · lender RIDGEWOOD 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