42-04 78 Street

Queens, NY

BBL 4-01523-0009BIN 4037858

Concern level3 of 4

High

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 6 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years

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 6 stabilized units with New York State for 2018 — essentially all of the building's 6 apartments.

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

1977

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

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 C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-10-09

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE DEVICE PREVENTING DOOR FROM BEING SELF-CLOSING CONSISTING OF KICK DOWN DOOR STOPPER AT BUILDING ENTRANCE DOOR , 1st STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-10-09

§27-2104(B) HMC POST A PROPER NOTICE REGARDING RENT STABILIZATION LAW, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN A CONSPICUOUS LOCATION WITHIN THE COMMON AREA AT THE BUILDINGS ENTRANCE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SIGNAGE REQUIREMENTS, PLEASE VISIT: HTTPS://WWW.NYC.GOV/SITE/HPD/SERVICES-AND-INFORMATION/REQUIRED-SIGNAGE.PAGE

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-10-09

§ 26-1103 ADMIN. CODE: POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER NOTICE ON WALL OF THE ENTRANCE STORY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH ON THE AVAILABILITY OF THE AGENCYS HOUSING INFORMATION GUIDE. A SAMPLE NOTICE CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.NYC.GOV/HPD.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Appliance2

Flooring/Stairs1

Unsanitary Condition1

Water Leak1

Flooring/StairsFloor2026-09-17 · closed

Unsanitary ConditionPests2026-09-17 · closed

ApplianceRefrigerator2024-03-30 · 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

597

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential443

Street/Sidewalk70

Unspecified42

Vehicle28

Commercial10

Park3

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

224

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony112

Misdemeanor81

Violation31

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

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 9 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

KISSENA RESIDENTS LLC

Head officer

YUYING SU

Managing agent

Kissena Residents LLC

No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2021-01-25 · $870,000

Most recent mortgage2016-01-11 · $198,478.25

Sale2021-01-25$870,000

78 MODERN REALTY LLC → KISSENA RESIDENTS LLC

Mortgage2016-01-11$198,478.25

borrower 78 MODERN REALTY LLC · lender NATIONAL BANK OF NEW YORK CITY

Sale2014-10-14$780,000

LICICHIN MANAGEMENT LLC → 78 MODERN REALTY LLC

Mortgage2014-10-14$510,000

borrower 78 MODERN REALTY LLC · lender UNITED INTERNATIONAL BANK

Sale2010-09-28$620,000

FUN KWONG CHIN, AS TRUSTEE, FUN KWONG CHIN LIVING TRUST DATED SEPT. 7, 2007 → LICICHIN MANAGEMENT LLC

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