# 40-11 79 Street, Queens, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/4014900053/40-11-79-street-queens).
BBL 4014900053 · BIN 4431397 · Generated 2026-10-31

## Concern level: severe

- 24 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
- 22 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 7 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 eviction 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.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 46 stabilized units for 2023, of about 48 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 46, 2019: 46, 2020: 47, 2021: 48, 2023: 46.
Receives the J-51 tax benefit.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1926, 4 floors, 48 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

44 open (class C immediately hazardous: 17, class B hazardous: 16, class A non-hazardous: 11); 206 on record.
16 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
4 open violations are rent-impairing.
This tax lot has 3 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 7 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

2 active of 3 on record; 0 decided by default; $2,500 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

51 in the last 12 months; 120 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (24), PLUMBING (18), PAINT/PLASTER (17), UNSANITARY CONDITION (15), WATER LEAK (12).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

16 cases on record, 0 open, 9 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2025 (10-day notice), water/sewer debt only.

## Landlord

- Agent: BRIAN GARLAND
- HeadOfficer: GARY WOLLAN
- CorporateOwner: 79TH STREET VENTURES, LLC

The same owner is linked to 32 other buildings (GARY WOLLAN 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/4014900053/40-11-79-street-queens