41-40 Parsons Boulevard

Queens, NY

BBL 4-05049-0027BIN 4114710

Concern level3 of 4

High

017 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 7 apartments
026 of those issued in the last 3 years
032 open rent-impairing violation(s)
048 active DOB violation(s)
051 eviction 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 47 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 48 apartments.

2018 — 49 units registered2023 — 47

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.

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Rent regulation

The building

1954

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator 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

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 HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-12-12RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING CONSISTING OF AN UNACCEPTABLE ELECTROMAGNETIC LOCKING DEVICE INSTALLED AT VESTIBULE DOOR LEADING TO PUBLIC HALL , 1st STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2025-06-16

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES AT COMPACTOR CLOSET, 1st STORY

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-07-17RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING CONSISTING OF AN UNACCEPTABLE ELECTROMAGNETIC LOCKING DEVICE AT VETIBULE DOOR TO PUBLIC HALL , 1st STORY

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1CIssued 2024-07-16

§ 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 HINGES AT DOOR IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 1C, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

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

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

114

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water53

Unsanitary Condition41

Door/Window4

Water Leak4

Elevator3

Plumbing3

Paint/Plaster2

General2

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

773

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential457

Vehicle214

Street/Sidewalk55

Unspecified29

Commercial17

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

157

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony63

Misdemeanor65

Violation29

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 6 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 REQUIRED2017-02-24

VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2015 INSPECTION REPORT

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2026-08-14Apt 4Hresidential

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

No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

WAI REALTY CORP

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

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.

ConstructionClass 22026-04-14$1,250 penalty

ElevatorsNon-Hazardous2007-10-02$350 penalty

ElevatorsNon-Hazardous1993-02-02$100 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2015-02-03 · $10,750,000

Most recent mortgage2022-06-29 · $810,669.01

Mortgage2022-06-29$810,669.01

borrower WAI REALTY CORP. · lender WEBSTER BANK

Sale2015-02-03$10,750,000

BRIGHT & SUNNY CORP. → WAI REALTY CORP.

Mortgage2015-02-03$5,650,000

borrower WAI REALTY CORP. · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2007-11-07$440,757.33

borrower BRIGHT & SUNNY CORP. · lender COUNTRYWIDE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FINANCE, INC

Mortgage2002-10-22$442,940.94

borrower BRIGHT & SUNNY CORP · lender CHINESE AMERICAN 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.

City debt & tax-lien sale