140-16 45 Avenue

Queens, NY

BBL 4-05200-0001BIN 4462463

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0114 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 2 apartments
0214 of those issued in the last 3 years
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 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

Not on the rent-stabilized list

Not found in the DOF tax-bill records nor the 2024 DHCR registered building list. Absence isn't proof a unit is unregulated — buildings can be missing or newly deregulated.

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

1930

Built

Floors

Residential units

Two-family house

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building8 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 I · NON-HAZARDOUS

§ 27-2142 ADM CODE - THE PREMISES OR APTS. HAVE BEEN VACATED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND CANNOT BE REOCCUPIED UNTIL SO ORDERED AFTER PROOF OF COMPLIANCE FOR VACATE # 260394 AT ROOM 2. DATE POSTED AND MAILED: FEBRUARY 05, 2026. EFFECTIVE DATE: FEBRUARY 06, 2026. IN THE 4th ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT SRO, 1st STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS I · NON-HAZARDOUS

§ 27-2142 ADM CODE - THE PREMISES OR APTS. HAVE BEEN VACATED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND CANNOT BE REOCCUPIED UNTIL SO ORDERED AFTER PROOF OF COMPLIANCE FOR VACATE # 260394 AT ROOM 4. DATE POSTED AND MAILED: FEBRUARY 05, 2026. EFFECTIVE DATE: FEBRUARY 06, 2026. IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT SRO, 1st STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS I · NON-HAZARDOUS

§ 27-2142 ADM CODE - THE PREMISES OR APTS. HAVE BEEN VACATED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND CANNOT BE REOCCUPIED UNTIL SO ORDERED AFTER PROOF OF COMPLIANCE FOR VACATE # 260394 AT ROOM 1. DATE POSTED AND MAILED: FEBRUARY 05, 2026. EFFECTIVE DATE: FEBRUARY 06, 2026. IN THE 5th ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT SRO, 1st STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS I · NON-HAZARDOUS

§27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE SUBJECT TO CIVIL PENALTIES, PROHIBITED FROM CERTIFYING VIOLATIONS, AND DENIED THE RIGHT TO RECOVER POSSESSION OF PREMISES FOR NONPAYMENT OF RENT UNTIL A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT IS FILED.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water8

Appliance3

General1

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

867

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential787

Unspecified45

Street/Sidewalk26

Vehicle6

Commercial3

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

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

129

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony39

Misdemeanor61

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

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated

2023–20241 infested · 1 eradicated

2022–20230 infested · 0 eradicated

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2011-07-11

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 2026-02-25

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2026-01-22

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2026-01-22

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2025-10-06

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

UNITED HELP INC./SELFHELP HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY

Head officer

Lisa Trub

Managing agent

FirstService Residential

8 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

137-39 45 AVENUEQUEENS 137-47 45 AVENUEQUEENS 138-52 ELDER AVENUEQUEENS 208-11 26 AVENUEQUEENS 333 LENOX ROADBROOKLYN

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

Speculation watch

·Changed hands in 2026 — new owners sometimes move to raise rents or deregulate units

A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2026-01-05 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2012-02-10 · $559,000

Sale2026-01-05no recorded price

CHI, CHIOU HSIEA → WANG, RACHEL, WANG, JONAS

Sale2024-04-08no recorded price

WANG, UN LIN → WANG, JONAS, WANG, RACHEL, CHI, CHIOU HSIEA

Mortgage2012-02-10$559,000

borrower CHI, CHIOU H, WANG, JONAS, WANG, RACHEL, WANG, UN L · lender CITIZENS BANK

Sale2010-06-08no recorded price

CHI, CHIOU HSIEA, WANG, UN LIN → CHI, CHIOU HSIEA, WANG, JONAS, WANG, UN LIN, WANG, RACHEL

Mortgage2003-09-23$107,698.33

borrower CHI, CHIOU HSIEA, WANG, UN LIN · lender WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK,FA

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 2020 tax-lien sale

The owner owes enough in water and sewer 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

2020

Most recent

90-day noticewater/sewer only2020-02-12

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