# 40-50 Denman Street, Queens, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/4015530001/40-50-denman-street-queens).
BBL 4015530001 · BIN 4431456 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: moderate

- 3 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 46 apartments
- 1 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 active DOB violation(s)
- 2 evictions 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 140 stabilized units for 2023, of about 138 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 140, 2019: 140, 2020: 140, 2021: 140, 2022: 140, 2023: 140.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1951, 6 floors, 138 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

8 open (class C immediately hazardous: 1, class B hazardous: 2, class A non-hazardous: 5); 138 on record.
1 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
This tax lot has 2 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 22 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 11 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

40 in the last 12 months; 114 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (68), UNSANITARY CONDITION (16), PAINT/PLASTER (5), SAFETY (5), GENERAL (5).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

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

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

3 cases on record, 0 open, 3 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: Elmback Owners LLC
- Agent: CENTRAL QUEENS PROPERTIES
- HeadOfficer: RUBIN SCHRON
- Officer: EDWARD ZIMMERMAN
- SiteManager: CAMILO VELANDIA

The same owner is linked to 23 other buildings (RUBIN SCHRON at 80-02 KEW GARDENS ROAD).

## 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/4015530001/40-50-denman-street-queens