61-40 Saunders Street

Queens, NY

BBL 4-03076-0022BIN 4071973

Concern level3 of 4

High

018 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 9 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
047 active DOB violation(s)
05$8,025 in unpaid DOB fines

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 8 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 73 apartments.

2018 — 8 units registered2023 — 8

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1927

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building7 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 C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt B21Issued 2024-06-05

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT B21, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2023-04-24RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING CHAIN AND PAD LOCK AT EGRESS DOOR , SECTION AT SOUTHWEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2023-04-24

§ 27-2005 HMC: IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE A FIRE GUARD AS DIRECTED BY THE NYC DEPT. OF HOUSING PRESERVATION & DEVELOPMENT (HPD) AND/OR THE NYC DEPT. OF BUILDINGS (DOB) TO PROTECT AGAINST FIRE HAZARDS OBSERVED BY HPD AND/OR DOB. FIRE HAZARDS OBSERVED BY HPD HAVE RESULTED IN THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL HPD VIOLATION(S): VIOLATION 15943455 IN ORDER TO PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY AGAINST IMMINENT FIRE HAZARDS OBSERVED, A FIRE GUARD MUST BE PROVIDED FORTHWITH FOR CONTINUOUS 24 HOUR COVERAGE, NOTWITHSTANDING THE CORRECTION AND CERTIFICATION DATES SET FORTH ABOVE (THE CORRECTION AND CERTIFICATION DATES SET FORTH ABOVE ARE APPLICABLE FOR PURPOSES OF CIVIL PENALTIES THAT MAY BE ASSESSED PURSUANT TO NYC ADMINISTRATIVE CODE § 27-2115, BUT DO NOT REFLECT THE DATE BY WHICH A FIRE GUARD MUST BE PROVIDED). A FIRE GUARD MUST BE PROVIDED IMMEDIATELY DUE TO THE EXIGENCY OF THE DANGEROUS FIRE HAZARD CONDITIONS OBSERVED. THE VIOLATION REQUIRING A FIRE GUARD TO BE PROVIDED WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE FIRE HAZARDS RESULTING IN THE HPD VIOLATION(S) REFERENCED ABOVE AND/OR THE FIRE HAZARDS RESULTING IN RELATED DOB VIOLATION(S) HAVE BEEN DISMISSED.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2021-09-205+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM LOCKED DOOR AT BASEMENT AT BOILER ROOM

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water57

Unsanitary Condition4

Electric4

Plumbing3

Paint/Plaster2

Water Leak1

General1

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

165

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential123

Street/Sidewalk22

Unspecified17

Vehicle2

Park1

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

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

126

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony30

Misdemeanor64

Violation32

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

2023–20245 infested · 5 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 · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2025-11-14

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2023-04-21

AT EXPOSURE 3 FIRE ESCAPE CLEAR EXIT PASAGEWAY OBSTRUCTED BY CONSTRUTI ON FENCE

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2023-03-06

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2017-02-06Apt C15residential

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 2008-07-09

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2008-06-27

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

MYDL OWNERS INC

Head officer

ANDREW ROUFAIL

Managing agent

ROUFAIL MANAGEMENT

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

1 WEEHAWKEN STREETMANHATTAN 320 WEST 17 STREETMANHATTAN 42-45 JUDGE STREETQUEENS 62-64 SAUNDERS STREETQUEENS 63-14 QUEENS BOULEVARDQUEENS

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

$8,025

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.

ConstructionClass 22026-03-09$625 due

UnknownClass 22026-03-09$5,000 due

ConstructionClass 22026-03-09$2,400 due

ConstructionClass 12022-01-28$2,500 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1989-10-01 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2017-03-01 · $433,716.66

Mortgage2017-03-01$433,716.66

borrower MYDL OWNERS, INC. · lender ASTORIA BANK

Mortgage2007-05-02$250,000

borrower MYDL OWNERS, INC. · lender NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK

Mortgage2007-02-28$277,468.93

borrower MYDL OWNERS INC. · lender NCB, FSB

Mortgage1998-09-15$202,232.53

borrower MYDL OWNERS, INC · lender NCB CAPITAL CORPORATION

Mortgage1995-03-14$267,364.2

borrower MYDL OWNERS, INC · lender QUEENS COUNTY SAVINGS BANK

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