37-04 Bowne Street

Queens, NY

BBL 4-05011-0025BIN 4113355

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0115 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 16 apartments
0210 of those issued in the last 3 years
034 open rent-impairing violation(s)
042 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 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 15 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 16 apartments.

2018 — 15 units registered2023 — 15

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1925

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building11 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

197

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 4DIssued 2024-08-13

§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE HINGES IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 4D, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4DIssued 2024-06-26

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4DIssued 2024-06-26

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4D, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4DIssued 2024-06-26

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROX 40 SQ FT AT CEILING,NORTH, SOUTH AND EAST WALLS IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 4D, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water16

General9

Paint/Plaster4

Appliance2

Unsanitary Condition2

Water Leak2

Paint/PlasterCeiling2024-06-17 · closed

Water LeakSlow Leak2024-06-17 · closed

Paint/PlasterWall2024-06-17 · closed

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

710

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Commercial455

Residential135

Unspecified51

Street/Sidewalk47

Park19

Vehicle3

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly commercial) — street life and traffic more than neighbors. 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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

492

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony113

Misdemeanor319

Violation60

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

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2026-04-24Apt 2Dresidential

2024-12-17Apt 4Eresidential

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

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 2023-07-20

Comprehensive

CLOSEDOpened 2022-12-01

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

JJW ENTERPRISE INC.

Head officer

BENJAMIN WAI

Managing agent

CHUN WAI

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

140-11 ASH AVENUEQUEENS 143-15 38 AVENUEQUEENS 143-21 38 AVENUEQUEENS 228 REAR ELIZABETH STREETMANHATTAN 251 ELIZABETH STREETMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2012-11-13 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2022-06-29 · $27,671.86

Mortgage2022-06-29$27,671.86

borrower JJW ENTERPRISES, INC. · lender WEBSTER BANK

Mortgage2017-01-26$1,464,864.77

borrower JJW ENTERPRISES, INC. · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Sale2012-11-13no recorded price

JJW ENTERPRISES INC → JJW ENTERPRISES INC

Mortgage2012-11-13$6,121,908.31

borrower JJW ENTERPRISES, INC. · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2012-11-13$68,091.69

borrower JJW ENTERPRISES, INC. · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

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