# 40-17 Ithaca Street, Queens, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/4015050079/40-17-ithaca-street-queens).
BBL 4015050079 · BIN 4037181 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 19 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
- 14 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 4 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 4 active DOB violation(s)

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 39 stabilized units for 2023, of about 39 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 39, 2019: 39, 2020: 39, 2021: 39, 2022: 39, 2023: 39.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1962, 6 floors, 39 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

58 open (class C immediately hazardous: 19, class B hazardous: 32, class A non-hazardous: 7); 84 on record.
14 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
4 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

4 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 30 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 26 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

3 in the last 12 months; 26 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (19), UNSANITARY CONDITION (4), ELEVATOR (1), PAINT/PLASTER (1), WATER LEAK (1).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 2 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: STAR CAPITAL LLC
- Agent: EAST COAST MANAGEMENT LLC
- HeadOfficer: DAVID ESHAGHPOUR
- SiteManager: NELSON GUALPA

The same owner is linked to 1 other building (DAVID ESHAGHPOUR at 19 WEST 45TH ST).

## 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/4015050079/40-17-ithaca-street-queens