# 41-02 53 Street, Queens, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/4013150052/41-02-53-street-queens).
BBL 4013150052 · BIN 4030786 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 17 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 6 apartments
- 7 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 3 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 3 active DOB violation(s)
- 1 eviction executed in the last 3 years
- 3 OATH/ECB fines lost by default (unpaid)

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.

## Rent stabilization

Not on the rent-stabilized lists (DOF tax-bill records, DHCR building list). Absence is not proof a unit is unregulated.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1931, 3 floors, 6 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

23 open (class C immediately hazardous: 15, class B hazardous: 6, class A non-hazardous: 2); 460 on record.
5 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
3 open violations are rent-impairing.
This tax lot has 2 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

## DOB building violations

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

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

3 active of 3 on record; 3 decided by default; $4,125 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

28 in the last 12 months; 268 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (181), UNSANITARY CONDITION (46), PLUMBING (16), ELECTRIC (8), GENERAL (5).

## Bedbugs

1 annual bedbug filing by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

1 executed in the last 3 years; 1 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

5 cases on record, 0 open, 3 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2025 (30-day notice), water/sewer debt only.

## Landlord

- HeadOfficer: Edward Karakash
- CorporateOwner: B5218 Llc
- SiteManager: Edward Karakash
- Shareholder: Edward Karakash
- Agent: Edward Karakash

The same owner is linked to 2 other buildings (Edward Karakash at 52-08 Skillman ave).

## 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/4013150052/41-02-53-street-queens