# 153-27 73 Avenue, Queens, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/4068030002/153-27-73-avenue-queens).
BBL 4068030002 · BIN 4455534 · Generated 2026-11-02

## Concern level: severe

- 54 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
- 49 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 21 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 9 evictions executed in the last 3 years

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 119 stabilized units for 2023, of about 119 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 119, 2019: 119, 2020: 119, 2021: 119, 2022: 119, 2023: 119.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1950, 3 floors, 119 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

9 open (class C immediately hazardous: 1, class B hazardous: 6, class A non-hazardous: 2); 68 on record.
1 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
This tax lot has 10 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 20 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

2 active of 5 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

235 in the last 12 months; 594 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (125), UNSANITARY CONDITION (117), PAINT/PLASTER (75), PLUMBING (57), GENERAL (52).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

9 executed in the last 3 years; 21 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

23 cases on record, 0 open, 19 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2025 (60-day notice), water/sewer debt only.

## Landlord

- HeadOfficer: DONALD HASTINGS
- CorporateOwner: KEW GARDENS HILLS LLC
- Agent: BRIAN GARLAND

The same owner is linked to 69 other buildings (DONALD HASTINGS at 40 WEST 57TH STREET).

## 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/4068030002/153-27-73-avenue-queens