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 2023-07-06
Tenant action
CLOSEDOpened 2023-07-06
Heat / hot water
CLOSEDOpened 2019-09-16
Harassment case
CLOSEDOpened 2019-09-16
Harassment case
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.
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 69 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 69 apartments.
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19
20
21
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23
2018 — 69 units registered2023 — 69
J-51 tax benefit
Rent stabilization here may be tied to a tax benefit and can end when the benefit expires.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.
Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.
Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.
OATH/ECB violations and fines
No OATH/ECB violations on record for this building.
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.
1
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.
The building
1950
Built
3
Floors
69
Residential units
Walk-up apartments
Type
DOB building violations
8
Active
13
On record
2
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 · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2025-11-14
VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2024-09-23
VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2023 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-06-30
VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2020 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
Bedbug history
0
Infested, latest filing
38
Annual filings
2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated
2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated
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.
Neighborhood crime
Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
83
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
7
≈ per month
Felony27
Misdemeanor47
Violation9
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.
Concern level4 of 4
Severe
0131 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
0224 of those issued in the last 3 years
035 open rent-impairing violation(s)
048 active DOB violation(s)
052 evictions 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.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
8
Open now
57
On record
4
Open Class C
3
Open Class B
1
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 6 buildings; these counts are for this building only.
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3EIssued 2026-02-06
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3E, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1GIssued 2025-10-17
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 WEST AT NORTH
Status: Defect letter issued
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3EIssued 2024-05-13RENT-IMPAIRING
§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING CONSISTING OF LOCKABLE SLIDEBOLT INSTALLED AT DOOR IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 3E, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3EIssued 2024-04-30
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3E, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix
Neighborhood noise
Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
193
Noise reports · last 12 mo
16
≈ per month
90
% from neighbors
Residential174
Unspecified10
Vehicle5
Street/Sidewalk3
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.
311 complaints from tenants
322
All time
65
Last 12 months
Heat/Hot Water127
Unsanitary Condition40
Plumbing32
Paint/Plaster31
Door/Window22
Appliance21
Water Leak20
General16
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
Flooring/StairsFloor2026-10-26 · open
Unsanitary ConditionPests2026-10-26 · open
ApplianceElectric/Gas Range2026-10-23 · open
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.
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.