81-40 Lefferts Boulevard

Queens, NY

BBL 4-03332-0013BIN 4079568

Concern level3 of 4

High

017 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 5 apartments
024 of those issued in the last 3 years
033 open rent-impairing violation(s)
042 active DOB 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 27 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 34 apartments.

2018 — 10 units registered2023 — 27

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1924

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 1LIssued 2026-07-15RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2029 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FOR THE APARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1L, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH , SECTION AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3JIssued 2026-07-15RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2070 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES GAS RANGE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 3J, 3rd STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-07-15

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

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3LIssued 2026-07-15RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2070 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES AT RANGE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 3L, 3rd STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

No 311 housing complaints on record for this building.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

352

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential262

Unspecified31

Street/Sidewalk24

Vehicle23

Commercial10

House of Worship1

Helicopter1

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

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony21

Misdemeanor29

Violation25

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

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 8 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · EGRADE-FAILURE TO POST ENERGY GRADE/SCORE NONE2021-12-01

FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2011-06-29

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

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 2024-06-12

Harassment case

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

LEFFERTS, LLC

Head officer

JOHN BELANICH

Managing agent

BELL REALTY

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

213-03 41 AVENUEQUEENS 213-09 41 AVENUEQUEENS 214-32 43 AVENUEQUEENS 28-22 ASTORIA BOULEVARDQUEENS 29-17 148 STREETQUEENS

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.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1995-11-14 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2026-05-14 · $5,700,000

Mortgage2026-05-14$5,700,000

borrower LEFFERTS, LLC · lender MASPETH FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION

Mortgage2017-12-20$2,076,755.91

borrower LEFFERTS, LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2014-05-20$1,466,964.11

borrower LEFFERTS, LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2010-09-15$1,789,911.15

borrower LEFFERTS, LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2004-03-29$1,190,910.54

borrower LEFFERTS LLC. · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY 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