138-39 Jewel Avenue

Queens, NY

BBL 4-06485-0003BIN 4594068Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

0135 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 9 apartments
0214 of those issued in the last 3 years
039 open rent-impairing violation(s)
042 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 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 17 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 312 apartments.

2018 — 26 units registered2023 — 17

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1950

Built

Floors

312

Residential units

Walk-up 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 19 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-09-17

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT MATERIAL AT CEILING CELLAR STORY AT LAUNDRY ROOM

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3BIssued 2026-08-24

§ 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 LATCH ASSEMBLY SET AT DOOR IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1BIssued 2019-07-085+ YRS OLD

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1B, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 3BIssued 2026-08-242 violations

§ 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 MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st 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 MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st 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 Water27

Plumbing17

Unsanitary Condition15

General9

Paint/Plaster8

Door/Window7

Water Leak4

Electric4

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

Residential36

Unspecified7

Street/Sidewalk3

Commercial1

Vehicle1

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

Felony20

Misdemeanor18

Violation5

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 50 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.

ACTIVE · AEUHAZ1-FAIL TO CERTIFY CLASS 1 NONE2024-12-11

FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2024-09-28

EMERGENCY WORK ORDER DUE TO CRACKED/SPALLING BRICK IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS & PARAPET ON ALL EXPOSURES: NORTH, SOUTH, WEST, EAST, I,II, III,IV POSING SEVERE HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC. REMEDY: IMMEDIATELY ERECT SIDEWALK SHED ON EXPOSURES: I,II,III,IV, EAST,WEST, SOUTH,NORTH AND REPAIR DEFECTED FACADE

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

$3,650

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.

ConstructionClass 22026-10-10$1,250 due

ConstructionClass 22026-02-25$2,400 due

ConstructionClass 12025-01-17$1,250 penalty

ConstructionClass 12024-11-15$2,500 penalty

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2024-03-21—residential

2019-10-28Apt Bresidential

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

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 2024-11-07

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2024-10-21

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2019-08-27

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2010-02-17

Heat / hot water

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

JOYCE EQUITIES, INC

Head officer

DANIEL CAREY

Managing agent

MURRAY HILL MANAGEMENT

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

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1984-05-24 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2020-08-31 · $239,283.46

Mortgage2020-08-31$239,283.46

borrower JOYCE EQUITIES, INC. · lender WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Mortgage2014-12-18$600,000

borrower JOYCE EQUITIES, INC. · lender WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Mortgage2004-08-30$1,309,491

borrower JOYCE EQUITIES, INC. · lender REILLY MORTGAGE CAPITAL CORPORATION

Mortgage1993-09-13$823,073.63

borrower JOYCE EQUITIES INC · lender CITIBANK NA

Mortgage1993-06-11$151,461.29

borrower JOYCE EQUITIES · lender CITIBANK NA

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