# 73-20 Austin Street, Queens, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/4032910001/73-20-austin-street-queens).
BBL 4032910001 · BIN 4078759 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: moderate

- 1 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 95 apartments
- 1 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 3 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 5 stabilized units for 2023, of about 95 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 5, 2019: 5, 2020: 5, 2021: 5, 2022: 5, 2023: 5.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1930, 6 floors, 95 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

2 open (class C immediately hazardous: 1, class B hazardous: 1, class A non-hazardous: 0); 32 on record.
1 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

3 active (2 issued in the last 3 years); 59 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 27 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

11 in the last 12 months; 23 on record.
Most common: APPLIANCE (11), GENERAL (3), HEAT/HOT WATER (3), PLUMBING (3), WATER LEAK (1).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

1 executed in the last 3 years; 2 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

2 cases on record, 0 open, 2 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: TILDEN ARMS TENANTS CORP.
- Agent: CHAIM BABAD
- HeadOfficer: CHAIM BABAD
- SiteManager: JOE BERISHA

The same owner is linked to 36 other buildings (CHAIM BABAD at 1531 57 STREET).

## 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/4032910001/73-20-austin-street-queens