# 85-17 Elmhurst Avenue, Queens, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/4015180044/85-17-elmhurst-avenue-queens).
BBL 4015180044 · BIN 4037519 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 39 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 41 apartments
- 30 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 9 active DOB 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 21 stabilized units for 2023, of about 41 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 26, 2019: 21, 2022: 21, 2023: 21.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1939, 6 floors, 41 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

111 open (class C immediately hazardous: 39, class B hazardous: 59, class A non-hazardous: 13); 159 on record.
30 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
1 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

9 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 23 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 12 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

23 in the last 12 months; 98 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (31), HEAT/HOT WATER (26), PLUMBING (19), PAINT/PLASTER (11), FLOORING/STAIRS (4).

## Bedbugs

5 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 2 infested units.

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: JUDGE PROPERTIES, LLC
- Agent: ROWDY MANAGEMENT
- HeadOfficer: ERIC MARGULES
- SiteManager: ELIZABETH NOVOTNY

The same owner is linked to 21 other buildings (ERIC MARGULES at 381 PARK AVENUE SOUTH).

## 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/4015180044/85-17-elmhurst-avenue-queens