# 135-45 78 Avenue, Queens, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/4065870006/135-45-78-avenue-queens).
BBL 4065870006 · BIN 4451202 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 59 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
- 9 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 18 open rent-impairing violation(s)

Scale: low, moderate, high, severe. Set from open hazardous violations relative to building size, raised by distress signals (HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, court harassment findings, evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, a sold tax lien). It describes the public record, not any one apartment.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 10 stabilized units for 2023, of about 174 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 10, 2019: 10, 2020: 10, 2021: 10, 2022: 10, 2023: 10.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1937, 2 floors, 174 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

15 open (class C immediately hazardous: 1, class B hazardous: 9, class A non-hazardous: 5); 24 on record.
This tax lot has 32 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 6 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 2 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

23 in the last 12 months; 104 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (35), UNSANITARY CONDITION (29), PLUMBING (15), PAINT/PLASTER (6), FLOORING/STAIRS (5).

## Bedbugs

50 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 2 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

6 cases on record, 0 open, 5 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: KEW GARDEN HILLS
- Agent: IMPACT REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT
- HeadOfficer: OMID Pouratian
- Officer: GREGORY COHEN
- SiteManager: VINNY PEPA

The same owner is linked to 5 other buildings (OMID Pouratian at 3030 NORTHERN BLVD).

## Sources and limits

NYC Open Data (HPD, DOB, OATH/ECB, 311, DOF, PLUTO) and NYS DHCR building lists. This is a screening signal from public records, not legal advice; records lag and contain errors. Full interactive report with violation details and maps: https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/4065870006/135-45-78-avenue-queens