144-50 38 Avenue

Queens, NY

BBL 4-05024-0024BIN 4445465Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

0111 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 15 apartments
0211 open rent-impairing violation(s)
031 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 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 17 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 168 apartments.

2018 — 23 units registered2023 — 17

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1950

Built

Floors

168

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

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. This tax lot has 4 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-12-08

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LATCH SET AT DOOR AT COMPACTOR CLOSET, 6th STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 2EIssued 2018-01-082 violations5+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE RADIATOR AIR VALVE IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 2E, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT SOUTH
§ 27-2026 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL OBSTRUCTIONS AND REPAIR ALL DEFECTS IN WASTE LINE UNDER THE SINK IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2E, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt C6Issued 2017-06-275+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2024 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HOT WATER FOR THE FIXTURES BATHTUB AND WASHBASIN IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT C6, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 6CIssued 2017-05-262 violations5+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE CEILING AND SOUTH WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED AT APT 6C, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE CEILING AND EAST WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT 6C, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition8

Heat/Hot Water5

General3

Water Leak3

Paint/Plaster2

Door/Window1

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2025-12-09 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-12-09 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-12-05 · 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

853

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential391

Vehicle311

Street/Sidewalk113

Unspecified32

Commercial6

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly residential) — 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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

170

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony53

Misdemeanor80

Violation37

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 19 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

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.

ACTIVE · BENCH-FAILURE TO BENCHMARK NONE2012-05-03

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

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.

ElevatorsNon-Hazardous1993-09-18$100 penalty

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2019-08-05Apt 4Aresidential

2017-06-06Apt 3Cresidential

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 2013-12-13

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2011-05-19

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

LINCOLN GARDENS OWNERS CORP

Head officer

Min Xiong

Managing agent

JALEN MANAGEMENT

No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1990-05-23 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2021-10-27 · $750,000

Mortgage2021-10-27$750,000

borrower LIN GARDENS OWNERS, INC. · lender NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK

Mortgage2021-10-27$3,500,000

borrower LIN GARDENS OWNERS, INC. · lender NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK

Mortgage2011-11-01$3,500,000

borrower LINCOLN GARDENS OWNERS, INC. · lender NCB, NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK

Mortgage2002-07-03$500,000

borrower LINCOLN GARDENS OWNERS INC · lender NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK

Mortgage2001-10-18$33,553.79

borrower LINCOLN GARDENS OWNERS, INC. · lender NCB SAVINGS BANK, FSB

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

Flagged for the 2019 tax-lien sale

The owner owes enough in property taxes (and possibly water charges) to be listed for the city's tax-lien sale (most recently a 90-day notice). A listing can still be cured by paying or entering a payment plan.

Years listed

2019

Most recent

90-day noticeincl. property tax2019-04-17

From DOF lien-sale lists (2019–2025). Financial distress is not proof of neglect, but owners behind on what they owe the city more often let repairs slide. Debt may since have been paid.

City debt & tax-lien sale