No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.
Unpaid city fines
No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.
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.
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.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.
Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.
No 311 housing complaints on record for this building.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
2
Open now
7
On record
0
Open Class C
0
Open Class B
2
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 A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2015-03-135+ YRS OLD
SECTION 26-1103 ADMIN. CODE: POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER NOTICE ON WALL OF THE ENTRANCE STORY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH ON THE AVAILABILITY OF THE AGENCY?S HOUSING INFORMATION GUIDE. A SAMPLE NOTICE CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.NYC.GOV/HPD., 1st STORY
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2015-03-135+ YRS OLD
SECTION 329, M/D LAW AND DEPT. RULES AND REGS. PROVIDE A COMPLETED CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION VISITS IN A PROPER FRAME AT OR NEAR MAILBOXES, BOTTOM EDGE OF FRAME BETWEEN 48-62 INCHES ABOVE FLOOR MISSING FRAME , 1st STORY
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
Neighborhood crime
Much lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
20
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
2
≈ per month
Felony7
Misdemeanor12
Violation1
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.
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.
DOB building violations
0
Active
3
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
No active DOB violations.
Neighborhood noise
Much lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
19
Noise reports · last 12 mo
2
≈ per month
74
% from neighbors
Residential14
Street/Sidewalk2
Vehicle2
Unspecified1
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.
Evictions
No executed evictions on record for this building.
Concern level1 of 4
Low
012 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.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
154-17 15TH AVE. WHITESTONE, INC
Head officer
GAREFALO FOUNTOULIS
Managing agent
GAREFALO FOUNTOULIS
1 other building share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
borrower 154-17 15TH AVENUE, WHITESTONE, INC. · lender MASPETH FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
Mortgage2012-10-24$201,487.38
borrower 154-17 15TH AVENUE WHITESTONE INC · lender MASPETH FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
Mortgage1999-04-28$175,000
borrower 154-17 15TH AVENUE WHITESTONE, INC · lender MASPETH FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION
Mortgage1987-09-11$150,000
borrower 15417 15 AVE WHTSTNINC · lender ROOSEVELT SAVS BANK
Sale1987-08-18no recorded price
KAOURIS, SUZANNE → 15417 15 AVE WHTSTNINC
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.