211-10 18 Avenue

Queens, NY

BBL 4-05872-0002BIN 4443723Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

0110 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 31 apartments
026 of those issued in the last 3 years
032 open rent-impairing 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 23 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 310 apartments.

2018 — 30 units registered2023 — 23

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1961

Built

Floors

310

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 5 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-10-052 violations

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE DEVICE PREVENTING DOOR FROM BEING SELF-CLOSING KICK DOWN STOPPER INSTALLED AT LAUNDRY ROOM DOOR BASEMENT STORY AT PUBLIC HALL
§ 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 LAUNDRY ROOM DOOR BASEMENT STORY AT PUBLIC HALL

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2009-10-075+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM LOCKED DOOR TO CELLAR.

Status: Certified late

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 6DIssued 2026-07-29

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... LESS THAN 10 SQ FEET AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 6D, 6th STORY, 4th APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH ORIGINAL VIOLATION 18749008 ISSUED 30-MAR-26 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS B PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 6DIssued 2026-03-316 violations

§ 27-2005 HMC: REFIT LOWER WINDOW SASH AT SOUTH WALL WINDOWS IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 6D, 6th STORY, 4th APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
§ 27-2005 HMC: REFIT LOWER WINDOW SASH AT SOUTH WINDOW IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 6D, 6th STORY, 4th APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

4 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2045(B)(1)(B) HMC, § 12-06, § 12-07, § 12-09 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND RULES DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 6D, 6th STORY, 4th APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
§ 27-2045(B)(1)(A) HMC, § 12-01, § 12-03 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL SMOKE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS RULES AND REGULATIONS DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 6D, 6th STORY, 4th APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR ALL WALLS AND CEILING IN THE 5th ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 6D, 6th STORY, 4th APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
§ 27-2005 HMC: REFIT LOWER WINDOW SASH AT WINDOWS TO FIRE ESCAPE IN THE 5th ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 6D, 6th STORY, 4th APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water25

Unsanitary Condition15

Appliance8

Paint/Plaster7

Plumbing7

Door/Window6

Water Leak5

Electric2

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

Much lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential73

Unspecified15

Street/Sidewalk7

Vehicle2

Park1

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

Much lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony12

Misdemeanor5

Violation11

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 36 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.

No active DOB violations.

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.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

No marshal-executed evictions on record for this building. Eviction cases filed in court but not carried out aren't included.

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 2021-10-14

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

BELL APTS. OWNERS CORP

Head officer

DAVID BARON

Managing agent

Metro Management Development Inc

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

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2017-09-29 · $2,300,000

Most recent mortgage2020-04-28 · $2,000,000

Mortgage2020-04-28$2,000,000

borrower BELL APARTMENTS OWNERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP · lender NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERTIVE BANK

Mortgage2020-04-28$20,000,000

borrower BELL APARTMENTS OWNER CORP. · lender NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERTIVE BANK

Sale2017-09-29$2,300,000

CORD MEYER DEVELOPMENT LLC → BELL APARTMENTS OWNERS CORP.

Mortgage2011-08-05$1,981,527.19

borrower BELL APARTMENT OWNERS CORP. · lender THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

Mortgage1987-01-27$2,579,626.7

borrower BELL APTMTS OWNERS CORP · lender WESTERN & SOUTHERN LIFE

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