143-15 38 Avenue

Queens, NY

BBL 4-05013-0001BIN 4113402

Concern level3 of 4

High

012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 28 apartments
022 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
048 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 41 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 56 apartments.

2018 — 41 units registered2023 — 41

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1928

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

120

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 2AIssued 2024-02-16

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2A, 2nd STORY, SECTION ''143-19''

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

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2AIssued 2024-02-16

§ 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 TO EAST YARD IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST AT NORTH LOCATED AT APT 2A, 2nd STORY, SECTION ''143-19''

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

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-12-23RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK OVER CEILING AT BULKHEAD AT PUBLIC HALL STAIRS, 4th STORY

Status: Certified late

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 2AIssued 2024-06-03

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR WEST WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2A, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST , SECTION ''143-19''

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

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water5

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2026-03-01 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2026-01-21 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-01-23 · 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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

352

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential198

Unspecified52

Street/Sidewalk47

Commercial30

Park20

Vehicle4

House of Worship1

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

458

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony103

Misdemeanor303

Violation52

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 NONE2021-04-29

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

ACTIVE · BENCH-FAILURE TO BENCHMARK NONE2019-05-02

FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2018-04-06

VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2016 INSPECTION REPORT

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 2018-11-07

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2016-08-22

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2014-06-20

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2014-05-28

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

JJW ENTERPRISES 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 143-21 38 AVENUEQUEENS 228 REAR ELIZABETH STREETMANHATTAN 251 ELIZABETH STREETMANHATTAN 37-04 BOWNE 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 sale2012-11-13 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2022-06-29 · $859,777.14

Mortgage2022-06-29$859,777.14

borrower JJW ENTERPRISES, INC. · lender WEBSTER BANK

Mortgage2017-01-26$2,789,952.7

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

Sale2012-11-13no recorded price

JJW ENTERPRISES INC → JJW ENTERPRISES INC

Mortgage2012-11-13$6,121,908.3

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

Mortgage2012-11-13$1,998,091.7

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