# 61-15 98 Street, Queens, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/4020930001/61-15-98-street-queens).
BBL 4020930001 · BIN 4431959 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 13 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 32 apartments
- 4 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 7 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 active DOB violation(s)
- 1 eviction 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 47 stabilized units for 2023, of about 420 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 64, 2019: 60, 2020: 56, 2021: 54, 2022: 51, 2023: 47.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1960, 16 floors, 420 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

33 open (class C immediately hazardous: 8, class B hazardous: 18, class A non-hazardous: 7); 47 on record.
4 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
6 open violations are rent-impairing.
This tax lot has 3 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 36 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

2 active of 21 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

49 in the last 12 months; 136 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (38), UNSANITARY CONDITION (34), PLUMBING (23), ELECTRIC (9), PAINT/PLASTER (9).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

1 executed in the last 3 years; 1 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

4 cases on record, 0 open, 4 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: Park City Estates Tenants Corp.
- Agent: AKAM ASSOCIATES, INC.
- HeadOfficer: Ed Benjamin
- Officer: CHRISTOPHER ALKER
- SiteManager: ED BENJAMIN

The same owner is linked to 2 other buildings (Ed Benjamin at 99 PARK AVENUE).

## 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/4020930001/61-15-98-street-queens