132-25 Pople Avenue

Queens, NY

BBL 4-05102-0052BIN 4115104Plain-text version

Concern level1 of 4

Low

011 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 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 13 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 13 apartments.

2019 — 13 units registered2023 — 13

421-a tax benefit · expires ~2026

A 421-a building's rent stabilization is tied to this tax benefit and generally ends when it expires — here, around 2026 (approximate, from DOF exemption records). Confirm your unit's status with NYS HCR.

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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The building

2009

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

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.

No open HPD violations.

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Appliance1

Electric1

Heat/Hot Water1

Plumbing1

PlumbingWater Supply2023-05-04 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2023-04-26 · closed

ElectricNo Lighting2021-02-07 · 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

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

215

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential156

Unspecified23

Street/Sidewalk22

Vehicle8

Commercial6

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

243

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony102

Misdemeanor121

Violation20

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 7 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

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.

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

$-2,500

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.

ElevatorsClass 22022-09-19$625 penalty

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2024-03-13Apt 2Bresidential

2023-05-08Apt 3Bresidential

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

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

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

EAST SUMMIT REALTY LLC

Head officer

CHIH FENG LAI

Managing agent

TZU LING LAI

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

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2012-03-06 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2022-01-26 · $625,000

Mortgage2022-01-26$625,000

borrower EAST SUMMIT REALTY LLC · lender AMERASIA BANK

Mortgage2017-03-03$562,930.94

borrower EAST SUMMIT REALTY LLC · lender AMERASIA BANK

Sale2012-03-06no recorded price

SHUNTAI LLC → EAST SUMMIT REALTY LLC

Mortgage2010-03-29$150,000

borrower SHUNTAI LLC. · lender AMERASIA BANK

Sale2010-02-12no recorded price

SHUN CHERNG CONSTRUCTION CORP. → SHUNTAI LLC

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.