18-14 Linden Street

Queens, NY

BBL 4-03454-0016BIN 4082522

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

017 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 6 apartments
023 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
043 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.

HPD enforcement

Previously in HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program (AEP Round 1), discharged 2013-06-20.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 6 stabilized units with New York State for 2019 — essentially all of the building's 6 apartments.

2018 — 6 units registered2019 — 6

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1930

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

135

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 3LIssued 2025-08-08

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF KEY OPERATED LOCK INSTALLED AT DOOR TO ROOM WITH FIRE ESCAPE WINDOW IN THE 6th ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 3L, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3LIssued 2025-08-08

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE SPRING BALANCE AT FIRE ESCAPE WINDOW LOWER SASH IN THE 6th ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 3L, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-08-08

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD TREAD 15TH FROM BOTTOM UP AT STAIR BULKHEAD , 3rd STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2023-02-13

§ 27-2033 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO HAVE KEY TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM NOT POSTED AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Electric7

Unsanitary Condition5

Door/Window5

Water Leak2

Heat/Hot Water2

Plumbing2

Flooring/Stairs1

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

553

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential298

Street/Sidewalk82

Unspecified70

Commercial64

Vehicle32

House of Worship6

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

250

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony92

Misdemeanor129

Violation29

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 6 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 · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-06-20

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2018 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2008-02-06

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2007-03-05

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 2008-11-12

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2008-03-26

Comp Supplemental Cases

CLOSEDOpened 2008-03-14

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2007-12-28

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

RWK 3 LLC

Head officer

ANAND MELWANI

Managing agent

NEW YORK CIT MANAGEMENT

No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.

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.

ConstructionClass 22008-10-21$4,000 penalty

ConstructionHazardous2007-09-27$10,000 penalty

ConstructionHazardous2007-05-08$10,000 penalty

Quality of LifeHazardous2007-03-05$7,000 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2016-01-25 · $1,200,000

Most recent mortgage2020-04-14 · $273,599.23

Mortgage2020-04-14$273,599.23

borrower RWK 3 LLC, RWK LLC · lender RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK

Sale2016-01-25$1,200,000

RIDGEWOOD REALTY OF L.I.,INC → RWK 3 LLC

Mortgage2016-01-25$1,625,000

borrower RWK LLC, RWK 2 LLC, RWK 3 LLC · lender SIGNATURE BANK

Mortgage2005-08-08$1,771,792.2

borrower RIDGEWOOD REALTY OF LI, INC. · lender WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK

Sale2005-02-04$580,000

IYER, SANTHA → RIDGEWOOD REALTY OF L.I. INC.

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