120-08 97 Avenue

Queens, NY

BBL 4-09460-0001BIN 4199725Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

019 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 5 apartments
027 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 active DOB violation(s)
042 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.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 35 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 46 apartments.

2018 — 35 units registered2023 — 35

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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The building

1924

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

This building and the landlord's others

This building2 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.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-10-023 violations

§ 27-2033 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO HAVE KEY TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM MISSING AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY · Nov Certified On Time
§ 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 AT DOOR TO SOUTH YARD-1ST DOOR FROM EAST AT SOUTH WALL AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY · Awaiting HPD re-inspection

1 more from the same inspection

§ 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 AT DOOR TO SOUTH YARD-2ND DOOR FROM EAST AT SOUTH WALL AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY · Awaiting HPD re-inspection

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 11DIssued 2026-08-274 violations

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 11D, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH , SECTION AT EAST · Notice issued, not yet certified
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 11D, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH , SECTION AT EAST · Notice issued, not yet certified

2 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2043.1 HMC INSTALL THE MISSING OR REPAIR/REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE WINDOW GUARD(S) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE NEW YORK CITY HEALTH CODE SECTION 24 RCNY CHAPTER 12. WG TO INSTALL = 3, WG TO REPLACE = 0, WG TO REPAIR = 0 IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 11D, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH , SECTION AT EAST · Awaiting HPD re-inspection
§ 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 LATCH SET AT APARTMENT ENTRANCE DOOR IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 11D, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH , SECTION AT EAST · HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1BIssued 2017-02-135+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PRESUMED LEAD PAINT THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) SOUTH WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 1B, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Certification Postponment Granted

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1BIssued 2016-12-295+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1B, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH , SECTION ''west''

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water29

Door/Window2

Paint/Plaster2

Unsanitary Condition2

Electric1

Appliance1

Water Leak1

ElectricNo Lighting2026-08-20 · closed

ApplianceRefrigerator2026-08-20 · closed

Paint/PlasterWall2026-08-20 · closed

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

291

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential215

Street/Sidewalk32

Commercial19

Unspecified16

Vehicle9

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

113

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony36

Misdemeanor53

Violation24

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

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 8 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

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.

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2021-09-10

WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. NOTED: AT TIME OF INSPEC OBSERVED IN APT 9A NEW ELECTRICAL CABLES INSTALLED IN WALLS/ CEILING FOR LIGHTS, SWITCHES/ OUTLETS ALSO A NEW ELECT PANEL BOX WAS INSTALLED WORK 85% COMPLETE NO PERMIT WAS ISSUED. STOP ALL ELECTRICAL WORK IN APT 9A/MAKE SITE SAFE

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

No OATH/ECB violations on record for this building.

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2025-12-08Apt BASEMENTresidential

2018-07-05Apt 1Bresidential

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 2015-01-02

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.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

97TH AVENUE ASSOCIATES LLC

Head officer

CHARLES GEDINSKY

Managing agent

AM/PM PROPERTY MANAGEMENT INC.

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

129 WEST 128 STREETMANHATTAN 34-13 41 STREETQUEENS

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1975-05-13 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2019-11-27 · $661,302.48

Mortgage2019-11-27$661,302.48

borrower 97TH AVENUE ASSOCIATES , LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N.A.

Mortgage2013-07-30$1,783,518.98

borrower 97TH AVENUE ASSOCIATES, LLC · lender GREYSTONE FUNDING CORPORATION

Mortgage2003-07-25$2,462,620.38

borrower 97TH AVENUE ASSOCIATES, LLC · lender WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA

Mortgage1993-04-14$850,000

borrower WEITZ, BERTA · lender BAYSIDE FED SVGS BK

Sale1975-05-13no recorded price

TONAB REALTY CORP → BERTA WEITZ

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

Not on the city's tax-lien sale list (2019–2025). The owner has not fallen far enough behind on property tax or water charges to be flagged for a lien sale.