42-35 159 Street

Queens, NY

BBL 4-05390-0010BIN 4121647

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 21 apartments

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 15 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 21 apartments.

2018 — 15 units registered2023 — 15

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1928

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building4 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 HAZARDOUSApt 3AIssued 2019-06-135+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROC 30 SQUARE FEEET AT ALL WALLS AND CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3A, 3rd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1AIssued 2024-11-08

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... LESS THAN 10 S.Q F.T AT CEILING AND EAST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST ORIGINAL VIOLATION 17114462 ISSUED 07-JUL-24 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS B PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE §27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1AIssued 2024-02-26

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROXIMATELY 10 SQUARE FEET AT WEST WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 4BIssued 2023-02-23

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROX 2 SQ FT AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 4B, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH ORIGINAL VIOLATION 15441280 ISSUED 25-OCT-22 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS B PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE §27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).

Status: Defect letter issued

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water12

Water Leak3

Unsanitary Condition2

Appliance1

Paint/Plaster1

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2026-09-19 · closed

Water LeakSlow Leak2025-11-19 · 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

201

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential110

Street/Sidewalk61

Commercial12

Unspecified11

Vehicle7

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

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony29

Misdemeanor36

Violation16

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 8 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

No active DOB violations.

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 2018-04-24

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2010-12-30

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

CYPRESS AVENUE ASSOCIATES, LLC

Head officer

KATHY ROMANO

Managing agent

BILLY HAUGH

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

144-45 41 AVENUEQUEENS 155 EAST 52 STREETMANHATTAN 41-08 53 STREETQUEENS 42-25 65 PLACEQUEENS

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2008-11-10 · $2,605,000

Most recent mortgage2021-09-30 · $70,437.04

Mortgage2021-09-30$70,437.04

borrower CYPRESS AVENUE ASSOCIATES LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA

Mortgage2018-07-31$68,307.18

borrower CYPRESS AVENUE ASSOCIATES, LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Sale2008-11-10$2,605,000

FLAG MANAGEMENT LLC → CYPRESS AVENUE ASSOCIATES LLC

Mortgage2008-11-10$1,319,837.63

borrower CYPRESS AVENUE ASSOCIATES, LLC · lender THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LONG ISLAND

Sale1996-04-09no recorded price

FLAG MANAGEMENT CO → FLAG MANAGEMENT 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.

City debt & tax-lien sale