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.
The building
2005
Built
4
Floors
8
Residential units
Walk-up apartments
Type
Housing court
No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 8 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 8 apartments.
22
23
2022 — 8 units registered2023 — 8
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.
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 1BIssued 2015-04-085+ YRS OLD
SECTION 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PRESUMED LEAD PAINT THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY ?11-06(B)(2) CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2015-04-025+ 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 ... AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2015-04-025+ YRS OLD
SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LOCK AT ENTRANCE DOOR TO BUILDING AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1BIssued 2015-04-275+ YRS OLD
SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
Neighborhood crime
About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
257
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
21
≈ per month
Felony73
Misdemeanor128
Violation56
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.
Unpaid city fines
$0
Balance due (active)
0
Active violations
0
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.
311 complaints from tenants
3
All time
0
Last 12 months
Safety2
Door/Window1
SafetyCarbon Monoxide Detector2024-06-28 · closed
SafetySmoke Detector2024-06-28 · closed
Door/WindowWindow Frame2024-06-28 · closed
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
Evictions
No executed evictions on record for this building.
Concern level3 of 4
High
013 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
022 open rent-impairing violation(s)
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.
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.
DOB building violations
0
Active
0
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
No active DOB violations.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
LIU'S REALTY 168, LLC
Head officer
YIMING LIU
Managing agent
LIU'S REALTY LLC
No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.
This building and the landlord's others
This building
Neighborhood noise
About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
264
Noise reports · last 12 mo
22
≈ per month
65
% from neighbors
Residential171
Street/Sidewalk66
Vehicle12
Unspecified8
Commercial7
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.
Ownership & money
5
Recorded sales
7
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2008-04-29 · $1,679,307.5
Most recent mortgage2008-04-29 · $800,000
Sale2008-04-29$1,679,307.5
38 AVE REALTY , LLC → LIU'S REALTY 168, LLC
Mortgage2008-04-29$800,000
borrower LIU'S REALTY 168,LLC · lender MERS
Mortgage2005-08-10$513,000
borrower 38 AVE REALTY LLC · lender MASPETH FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
Mortgage2005-08-10$513,000
borrower 38 AVE REALTY LLC · lender MASPETH FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
Sale2004-08-12$1,060,000
ASE NEW YORK PROERPTY, LLC → 38 AVE REALTY, 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.