68-38 Yellowstone Boulevard

Queens, NY

BBL 4-02138-0029BIN 4051283

Concern level3 of 4

High

017 active DOB violation(s)
021 open HPD 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.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 58 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 108 apartments.

2018 — 60 units registered2023 — 58

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1941

Built

Floors

108

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building21 others linked to the same owner

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 B · HAZARDOUSApt B30Issued 2023-08-02

§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT 1st CLOSET FROM EAST AT SOUTH WALL CEILING IN THE FOYER LOCATED AT APT B30, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water22

Paint/Plaster3

Unsanitary Condition3

Water Leak2

Plumbing1

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2026-04-11 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2026-03-14 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2026-03-05 · 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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

449

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential310

Unspecified50

Street/Sidewalk39

Park24

Vehicle17

Commercial9

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

203

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony55

Misdemeanor107

Violation41

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

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20230 infested · 0 eradicated

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · FISPFCS-FAILURE TO CORRECT SWARMP CONDITIONS (FACADE) FACADE REQUIRED2025-05-07

CYCLE 9 FAILURE TO CORRECT SWARMP CONDITIONS

ACTIVE · FISPHAZ-HAZARDOUS CONDITION (FACADE) FACADE REQUIRED2024-12-19

CYCLE 9B UNSAFE REPORT FILED

ACTIVE · FISPNRF-NO REPORT AND / OR LATE FILING (FACADE) FACADE REQUIRED2023-02-22

FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 9B TECHNICAL REPORT BY 2/21/2023

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2017-07-20Apt A52residential

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 2014-12-15

Harassment case

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

Y ZEVZAL 68-38 LLC

Head officer

CHARLES ALPERT

Managing agent

JASON BRECHER

21 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

1 UNIVERSITY PLACEMANHATTAN 101 EAST 115 STREETMANHATTAN 103-26 68 ROADQUEENS 104-21 68 DRIVEQUEENS 1125 MADISON AVENUEMANHATTAN

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.

Local LawClass 22024-04-11$1,250 penalty

ConstructionClass 22020-03-09$1,250 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2005-05-01 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2016-08-04 · $64,893.45

Mortgage2016-08-04$64,893.45

borrower Y. ZEVZAL 68-38 LLC · lender APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS

Mortgage2011-07-14$19,779.88

borrower Y. ZEVZAL 68-38 LLC · lender APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS

Sale2005-05-01no recorded price

Y. ZEVZAL REALTY ASSOCIATES → Y. ZEVZAL 68-38 LLC

Mortgage1997-07-25$497,011.6

borrower Y. ZEVZAL REALTY ASSOCIATION · lender INDEPENDENCE SAVINGSBANK

Mortgage1992-06-01$2,890,000

borrower Y.ZEVZAL REALTY ASSOC · lender CHASE MANHATTAN SAVSBK

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