37-37 98 Street

Queens, NY

BBL 4-01761-0053BIN 4536905

Concern level3 of 4

High

013 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 4 apartments

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

On the NYC DHCR 2024 registered rent-stabilized building list. This official list records the building, not a per-year unit count.

421-a tax benefit · expires ~2035

A 421-a building's rent stabilization is tied to this tax benefit and generally ends when it expires — here, around 2035 (approximate, from DOF exemption records). Confirm your unit's status with NYS HCR.

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

2007

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 2014-11-205+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM ...

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2014-11-205+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2033 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO HAVE KEY TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM 1ST STY PUBLIC HALL

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2NDFLIssued 2014-11-205+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2043.1 HMC INSTALL THE MISSING OR REPAIR/REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE WINDOW GUARD(S) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE NEW YORK CITY HEALTH CODE SECTION 24 RCNY CHAPTER 12. WG TO INSTALL = 2; WG TO REPLACE = 0; WG TO REPAIR = 0; AT ENTIRE APARTMENT, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2014-11-205+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2010, 2011, 2012 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ACCUMULATION OF REFUSE AND/OR RUBBISH AND MAINTAIN IN A CLEAN CONDITION THE FRONT YARD

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

No 311 housing complaints on record for this building.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

542

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential346

Street/Sidewalk138

Commercial30

Vehicle17

Unspecified10

House of Worship1

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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

530

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony166

Misdemeanor329

Violation35

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 4 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

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 2014-12-24

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2014-03-03

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

Shih Lin

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

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

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.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2012-02-02 · $1,060,000

Most recent mortgage2008-10-07 · $520,834

Sale2012-02-02$1,060,000

TUBERO, MEIR → LIN, SHIH PENG, CISNEROS, LILY KING

Mortgage2008-10-07$520,834

borrower TOBERO, MEIR, TOBERO, MIER · lender GARFIELD, JACK C

Mortgage2007-08-27$400,000

borrower MIER TUBERO, MEIR TUBERO · lender ALAN RENA REALTY CORP.

Sale2006-01-20$1,090,000

UPEQUI, AMPARO, UPEQUI, OTILIA CASTILLO → TUBERO, MIER

Mortgage2006-01-20$605,500

borrower TUBERO, MIER · lender MERS

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