153-14 73 Avenue

Queens, NY

BBL 4-06807-0002BIN 4440186Plain-text version

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0192 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 120 apartments
0276 of those issued in the last 3 years
0324 open rent-impairing violation(s)

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 115 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 120 apartments.

2018 — 116 units registered2023 — 115

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1950

Built

Floors

120

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

115

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 10 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1EIssued 2026-08-10

§ 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 HINGES IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 1E, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

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

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2GIssued 2026-07-24

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CERAMIC TILES AT FLOOR IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2G, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1EIssued 2026-07-23

§ 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 HINGE IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 1E, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

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

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1GIssued 2026-07-21

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... GRESTER THAN TEN SQUARE FEET AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1G, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH , SECTION ''EAST'' ORIGINAL VIOLATION 18751437 ISSUED 31-MAR-26 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS C PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 27-2017.3a(5)(a) or (b).

Status: Defect letter issued

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

809

All time

279

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water221

Unsanitary Condition132

Plumbing80

Paint/Plaster72

Appliance64

Door/Window62

Electric50

Water Leak46

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

275

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential243

Vehicle12

Unspecified8

Street/Sidewalk7

House of Worship3

Park2

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

147

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony49

Misdemeanor73

Violation25

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

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.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2022-10-28Apt 3Cresidential

2020-01-23Apt 2Dresidential

2018-05-03Apt 3Hresidential

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 2026-07-24

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2026-03-27

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2026-03-27

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2025-05-12

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

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