37-20 87 Street

Queens, NY

BBL 4-01474-0012BIN 4036258Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

0139 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 4 apartments
0213 of those issued in the last 3 years
032 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 OATH/ECB 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 13 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 167 apartments.

2018 — 16 units registered2023 — 13

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1951

Built

Floors

167

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building7 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

292

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. HPD writes a separate violation for each room or spot, so one inspection can produce several near-identical entries; those are grouped below by apartment and date. This tax lot has 2 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3EIssued 2026-05-28

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3E, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST , SECTION ''3726''

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1GIssued 2026-04-022 violations

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1G, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1G, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1BIssued 2024-09-09

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROX. 12 SQFT AT EAST AND NORTH WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH , SECTION ''37-20'' ORIGINAL VIOLATION 16725346 ISSUED 04-MAR-24 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS C PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE §27-2017.3a(5)(a) or (b).

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-05-303 violations

§ 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 HOPPER DOOR HINGES AT COMPACTOR CLOSET, 6th STORY
§ 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 HOPPER DOOR HINGES AT COMPACTOR CLOSET, 4th STORY, SECTION ''37-26''

1 more from the same inspection

§ 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 HOPPER DOOR HINGES AT COMPACTOR CLOSET, 1st STORY, SECTION ''37-26''

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Paint/Plaster20

Unsanitary Condition13

Water Leak10

Heat/Hot Water6

General5

Door/Window5

Safety3

Plumbing3

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

395

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential167

Street/Sidewalk122

Commercial61

Vehicle28

Unspecified17

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly residential) — street life and traffic more than neighbors. 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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

499

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony154

Misdemeanor318

Violation27

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

2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated

2023–20240 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

Violations issued by the Department of Buildings that the owner must correct. Most don't carry a fine on their own; summonses that go to a hearing and can be fined are listed separately under OATH/ECB.

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-04-25

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2022 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-04-25

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2022 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "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.

ElevatorsClass 22020-01-13$625 penalty

ConstructionClass 22018-09-17$1,250 penalty

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

No marshal-executed evictions on record for this building. Eviction cases filed in court but not carried out aren't included.

Evictions

Housing court: repair & harassment cases

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 2025-05-16

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2013-08-01

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2005-03-15

Tenant action

These are cases HPD is a party to, mostly tenants suing to force repairs or stop harassment. Eviction cases landlords file against tenants are not in the city's open data, so they don't appear here; the Evictions section shows only evictions a marshal carried out.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

3720 87TH STREET REALTY CORP

Head officer

EDGAR ORTIZ

Managing agent

EBMG LLC

7 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

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1987-06-08 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2022-03-07 · $2,627,780.54

Mortgage2022-03-07$2,627,780.54

borrower 37-20 87TH ST. REALTY CORP. · lender CONNECTONE BANK

Mortgage2016-01-22$594,212.72

borrower 37-20 87TH ST. REALTY CORP. · lender ASTORIA BANK

Mortgage2002-07-01$160,640.05

borrower 37-20 87TH STREET REALTY CORP · lender INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage1997-06-03$205,580.17

borrower 37-20 87TH ST REALTYCORP · lender QUEENS COUNTY SAVINGS BANK

Sale1987-06-08no recorded price

CAREAL REALTY CO → 37-20 87 STREALTY CORP

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