41-50 78 Street

Queens, NY

BBL 4-01497-0023BIN 4037029

Concern level3 of 4

High

0113 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 13 apartments
022 of those issued in the last 3 years
032 open rent-impairing violation(s)
043 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 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 20 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 165 apartments.

2018 — 23 units registered2023 — 20

J-51 tax benefit

Rent stabilization here may be tied to a tax benefit and can end when the benefit expires.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.

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Rent regulation

The building

1951

Built

Floors

165

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building16 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

428

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.

CLASS I · NON-HAZARDOUS

§ 27-2142 ADM CODE APTS HAVE BEEN VACATED BY THIS DEPARTMENT AND CANNOT BE REOCCUPIED UNTIL SO ORDERED AFTER PROOF OF COMPLIANCE FOR APTS VACATE # 260466 AT APARTMENT 619 (EAST 4). DATE POSTED AND MAILED : MARCH 06, 2026. EFFECTIVE DATE : MARCH 09, 2026 IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT, 5th STORY, 4th APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 619Issued 2026-03-03

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF FIRE DAMAGE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 619, 5th STORY, 4th APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST , SECTION AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-12-16

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE MARBLE STAIR TREAD, 12TH FROM BOTTOM UP LEADING TO 4TH STORY AT PUBLIC HALL STAIRS, 3rd STORY, SECTION ''A'', AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 621Issued 2014-07-295+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PRESUMED LEAD PAINT THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) EAST WALL IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 621, 5th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST , SECTION ''NORTH'', 1st FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water16

Electric3

Water Leak1

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2026-02-27 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2026-02-13 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-12-06 · 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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

830

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential585

Street/Sidewalk100

Commercial66

Unspecified38

Vehicle36

Park4

Helicopter1

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

312

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony150

Misdemeanor114

Violation48

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

2024–20251 infested · 1 eradicated

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20230 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

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2026-02-16

STRUCTURE RENDERED NON-COMPLIANT. AT TIME OF INSPECTION OBSERVED FIRE, WATER AND SMOKE DAMAGE ALONG WITH WINDOWS REMOVED TO APARTMENT #619.

ACTIVE · FISPNRF-NO REPORT AND / OR LATE FILING (FACADE) FACADE REQUIRED2013-08-30

FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 7B TECHNICAL REPORT BY 08/21/2012

ACTIVE · E-ELEVATOR ELEVATORREQUIRED1999-06-23

4P2141

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

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 2016-08-30

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2012-01-25

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2007-03-13

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

41-50 78TH STREET CORP

Head officer

ROBERT AST

Managing agent

ARAS PROPERTIES INC

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

1 ASCAN AVENUEQUEENS 105-55 62 DRIVEQUEENS 1105 1 AVENUEMANHATTAN 1111 1 AVENUEMANHATTAN 115-25 84 AVENUEQUEENS

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 sale1984-10-16 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2021-07-15 · $476,477.6

Mortgage2021-07-15$476,477.6

borrower 41-50 78TH STREET CORP. · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2011-12-20$493,901.74

borrower 41-50 78TH STREET CORP. · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2003-08-19$53,186.44

borrower 41-50 78TH STREET CORP. · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2000-02-07$400,968.45

borrower 41-50 78TH STREET CORP · lender QUEENS COUNTY SAVINGS BANK

Mortgage1998-07-29$1,850,000

borrower 41-50 78TH STREET CORPORATION · lender QUEENS COUNTY 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