83-37 St James Avenue

Queens, NY

BBL 4-01545-0033BIN 4038701

Concern level3 of 4

High

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 122 apartments
0219 active DOB violation(s)
033 DOB fines lost by default (unpaid)

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 4 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 122 apartments.

2018 — 4 units registered2023 — 4

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

1957

Built

Floors

122

Residential units

Elevator 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 HAZARDOUSApt 2LIssued 2021-05-195+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF A KEY OPERATED LOCK INSTALLED AT THE DOOR TO THE ROOM WITH FIRE ESCAPE WINDOW AT NORTH IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LOCATED AT APT 2L, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST , SECTION AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 2LIssued 2023-01-03

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ,CERAMIC WALL TILES AT NORTH IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2L, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1PIssued 2022-08-02

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE GLASS PANE AT WINDOW IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 1P, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 3EIssued 2017-10-205+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 HMC:TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF MOLD ... AT CEILING 20 SQ. FT. IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3E, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Paint/Plaster4

Appliance2

Door/Window2

Electric1

Heat/Hot Water1

Water Leak1

Paint/PlasterWall2022-12-16 · closed

Paint/PlasterWall2022-12-05 · closed

ElectricOutlet/Switch2022-07-18 · 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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

301

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential213

Street/Sidewalk42

Unspecified19

Vehicle15

Commercial12

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

218

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony86

Misdemeanor99

Violation33

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 8 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

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2025-11-21

FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE COMPLIANT MANNER.OBSERVED AT EXP1 CRACK WINDOW PANE AT BASEMENT,1ST FL AND 4TH FL.EXP3 CRACK GLASS PANE AT BASEMENT AREAS OF NORTH AND SOUTH

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2025-11-14

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · AEUHAZ1-FAIL TO CERTIFY CLASS 1 NONE2025-01-08

FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2019-01-24Apt 3Eresidential

Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.

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 2016-04-06

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2014-12-22

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2014-11-13

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

Croyden Apartments Inc

Head officer

Shirley You

Managing agent

VENTURE NY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC.

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

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

$10,000

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.

DEFAULTLocal LawClass 22026-04-20$10,000 due

DEFAULTConstructionClass 12024-10-01$12,500 penalty

DEFAULTLocal LawClass 22024-01-16$6,250 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1983-09-30 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2025-06-30 · $3,000,000

Mortgage2025-06-30$3,000,000

borrower CROYDEN APTS, INC. · lender NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK

Mortgage2025-06-30$500,000

borrower CROYDEN APTS. INC. · lender NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK

Mortgage2015-06-30$2,100,000

borrower CROYDEN APTS. INC. · lender NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK

Mortgage2015-06-30$500,000

borrower CROYDEN APTS. INC. · lender NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK

Mortgage2005-06-30$2,200,000

borrower CROYDEN APTS., INC. · lender NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE 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