# 144-20 38 Avenue, Queens, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/4050240019/144-20-38-avenue-queens).
BBL 4050240019 · BIN 4113669 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 3 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 24 apartments
- 3 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 2 active DOB violation(s)
- 5 evictions executed in the last 3 years

Scale: low, moderate, high, severe. Set from open hazardous violations relative to building size, raised by distress signals (HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, court harassment findings, evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, a sold tax lien). It describes the public record, not any one apartment.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 71 stabilized units for 2023, of about 71 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 71, 2019: 71, 2020: 71, 2021: 71, 2022: 71, 2023: 71.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1969, 6 floors, 71 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

12 open (class C immediately hazardous: 3, class B hazardous: 3, class A non-hazardous: 6); 140 on record.
3 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

2 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 26 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 15 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

38 in the last 12 months; 150 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (40), PLUMBING (28), HEAT/HOT WATER (24), WATER LEAK (22), PAINT/PLASTER (17).

## Bedbugs

9 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 1 infested unit.

## Evictions

5 executed in the last 3 years; 17 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

3 cases on record, 0 open, 1 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: JC FLUSHING LLC
- Agent: CIAMPA MANAGEMENT CORP
- HeadOfficer: DOUGLAS CIAMPA
- Officer: JOSEPH CIAMPA
- SiteManager: JESUS FERMIN

The same owner is linked to 14 other buildings (DOUGLAS CIAMPA at 1129 NORTHERN BOULEVARD).

## Sources and limits

NYC Open Data (HPD, DOB, OATH/ECB, 311, DOF, PLUTO) and NYS DHCR building lists. This is a screening signal from public records, not legal advice; records lag and contain errors. Full interactive report with violation details and maps: https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/4050240019/144-20-38-avenue-queens