147-28 72 Road

Queens, NY

BBL 4-06680-0001BIN 4451453Plain-text version

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0162 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 96 apartments
0256 of those issued in the last 3 years
0314 open rent-impairing violation(s)
041 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 94 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 96 apartments.

2018 — 95 units registered2023 — 94

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1950

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building69 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. 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 8 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1GIssued 2026-09-21

§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 1G, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1GIssued 2026-08-31

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

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1GIssued 2026-02-09

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

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2024-01-22

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

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

542

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water186

Unsanitary Condition85

Paint/Plaster66

General44

Flooring/Stairs38

Door/Window29

Plumbing28

Water Leak27

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

202

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential188

Street/Sidewalk7

Unspecified5

Vehicle2

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

Felony28

Misdemeanor44

Violation8

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

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

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

No OATH/ECB violations on record for this building.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2024-01-10Apt 2Aresidential

2023-05-19Apt 2Fresidential

2022-06-23Apt 2Aresidential

2022-06-23Apt 2Dresidential

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 2025-12-29

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2025-12-16

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2025-07-23

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2025-06-26

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

KEW GARDENS HILLS, LLC

Head officer

DONALD HASTINGS

Managing agent

BRIAN GARLAND

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

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Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2014-09-08 · $216,000,000

Most recent mortgage2019-01-31 · $8,350,130.09

Mortgage2019-01-31$8,350,130.09

borrower KEW GARDENS HILLS, LLC · lender MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY

Sale2014-09-08$216,000,000

KEW GARDENS BAP LLC → KEW GARDENS HILLS, LLC

Mortgage2014-09-08$63,360,937.3

borrower KEW GARDENS HILLS, LLC · lender MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY

Mortgage2014-09-08$15,000,000

borrower KEW GARDENS HILLS, LLC · lender MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY

Mortgage2011-04-07$8,044,379.78

borrower KEW GARDENS BAP LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

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 2025 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 10-day notice). A listing can still be cured by paying or entering a payment plan.

Years listed

2025

Most recent

10-day noticewater/sewer only2025-05-01

30-day noticewater/sewer only2025-04-01

60-day noticewater/sewer only2025-03-01

90-day noticewater/sewer only2025-02-01

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