140-16 34 Avenue

Queens, NY

BBL 4-04994-0017BIN 4112947Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 151 apartments
026 evictions executed in the last 3 years

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 OATH/ECB 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 9 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 151 apartments.

2018 — 10 units registered2023 — 9

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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The building

1985

Built

Floors

151

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

This building and the landlord's others

This building18 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

151

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. HPD writes a separate violation for each room or spot, so one inspection can produce several near-identical entries; those are grouped below by apartment and date.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 510

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 510, 5th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 510

§ 27-2045(B)(1)(A) HMC, § 12-01, § 12-03 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL SMOKE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS RULES AND REGULATIONS MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 510, 5th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 901Issued 2026-10-132 violations

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ELECTRICAL OUTLET AT SOUTH WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 901, 9th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 901, 9th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSApt 510

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT CENTER LOCATED AT APT 510, 5th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

306

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water91

General78

Unsanitary Condition43

Door/Window20

Plumbing19

Flooring/Stairs19

Water Leak13

Appliance10

Unsanitary ConditionPests2026-10-18 · closed

Water LeakDamp Spot2026-10-18 · open

Unsanitary ConditionMold2026-10-18 · open

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

335

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential211

Unspecified47

Street/Sidewalk32

Park20

Vehicle13

Commercial12

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

180

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony59

Misdemeanor73

Violation48

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

2023–20240 infested · 0 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

Violations issued by the Department of Buildings that the owner must correct. Most don't carry a fine on their own; summonses that go to a hearing and can be fined are listed separately under OATH/ECB.

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "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.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2025-06-30Apt 314residential

2025-06-30Apt 504residential

2025-06-10Apt 1205residential

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: repair & harassment cases

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 2025-04-22

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2024-09-13

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2024-08-01

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2023-08-16

Tenant action

These are cases HPD is a party to, mostly tenants suing to force repairs or stop harassment. Eviction cases landlords file against tenants are not in the city's open data, so they don't appear here; the Evictions section shows only evictions a marshal carried out.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

THE BENNINGTON LLC

Head officer

JOSEPH CIAMPA

Managing agent

CIAMPA MANAGEMENT CORP

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

136-14 NORTHERN BOULEVARDQUEENS 136-37 37 AVENUEQUEENS 137-02 NORTHERN BOULEVARDQUEENS 139-81 35 AVENUEQUEENS 14-56 31 DRIVEQUEENS

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2013-04-03 · $24,370,000

Most recent mortgage2025-11-19 · $15,000,000

Mortgage2025-11-19$15,000,000

borrower THE BENNINGTON, LLC · lender CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Mortgage2017-12-08$5,000,000

borrower THE BENNINGTON, LLC · lender CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Sale2013-04-03$24,370,000

CIAMPA NORTH LLC, CIAMPA NORTH CO. → THE BENNINGTON, LLC

Mortgage2013-03-22$2,809,019.87

borrower CIAMPA NORTH LLC · lender CAPITAL ONE NA

Mortgage2006-08-09$1,952,002.29

borrower CIAMPA NORTH LLC · lender NORTH FORK 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.