# 37-40 81 Street, Queens, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/4012910025/37-40-81-street-queens).
BBL 4012910025 · BIN 4029990 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- On HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program — the city's most-distressed-buildings list
- 17 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 32 apartments
- 11 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 2 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 active DOB violation(s)
- 3 evictions executed in the last 3 years

Scale: low, moderate, high, severe. Set from open hazardous violations relative to building size, raised by distress signals (HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, court harassment findings, evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, a sold tax lien). It describes the public record, not any one apartment.

## HPD Alternative Enforcement Program

Currently on AEP, the city's most-distressed-buildings program, since 2025-01-31.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 32 stabilized units for 2023, of about 32 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 32, 2019: 32, 2020: 32, 2021: 32, 2022: 32, 2023: 32.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1925, 4 floors, 32 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

41 open (class C immediately hazardous: 17, class B hazardous: 11, class A non-hazardous: 12); 574 on record.
11 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
2 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 8 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 1 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

17 in the last 12 months; 314 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (129), UNSANITARY CONDITION (48), PAINT/PLASTER (33), WATER LEAK (22), DOOR/WINDOW (16).

## Bedbugs

7 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

3 executed in the last 3 years; 4 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

6 cases on record, 0 open, 4 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 37-40 81ST STREET, LLC
- Agent: BRIAN GARLAND
- HeadOfficer: MARGARET BRUNN

The same owner is linked to 97 other buildings (MARGARET BRUNN at 40 WEST 57TH STREET).

## Sources and limits

NYC Open Data (HPD, DOB, OATH/ECB, 311, DOF, PLUTO) and NYS DHCR building lists. This is a screening signal from public records, not legal advice; records lag and contain errors. Full interactive report with violation details and maps: https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/4012910025/37-40-81-street-queens