216-01 Hillside Avenue

Queens, NY

BBL 4-10685-0044BIN 4228942

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0118 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 8 apartments
025 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 DOB 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 8 stabilized units with New York State for 2021 — essentially all of the building's 8 apartments.

2018 — 8 units registered2021 — 8

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1949

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

218

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.

CLASS I · NON-HAZARDOUS

§27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE SUBJECT TO CIVIL PENALTIES, PROHIBITED FROM CERTIFYING VIOLATIONS, AND DENIED THE RIGHT TO RECOVER POSSESSION OF PREMISES FOR NONPAYMENT OF RENT UNTIL A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT IS FILED.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2NDFLOIssued 2020-10-265+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005, 2007, 204.1 HMC CODE: ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS .. IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 2NDFLO, 2nd STORY, SECTION ''21601B''

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 21601BIssued 2020-06-155+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS , IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 21601B, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1BIssued 2020-02-105+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS AT WEST 1 AND WEST 2 ENTRANCE DOOR LOCATED AT APT 1B, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

235

All time

Last 12 months

Electric114

Heat/Hot Water95

Appliance10

Door/Window8

Safety4

General2

Plumbing2

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Much lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential51

Vehicle4

Unspecified2

Street/Sidewalk2

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

Much lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony23

Misdemeanor20

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.

Neighborhood crime

Bedbug history

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 4 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2017-03-20Apt 01Bresidential

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

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 2018-11-16

False Certification Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2017-02-03

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2017-01-19

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2015-12-21

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

ARCH INVESTORS

Head officer

TONY RAMBRICH

Managing agent

ARCH INVESTORS

No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "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.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2015-03-23 · $1,280,000

Most recent mortgage2006-12-26 · $487,000

Sale2015-03-23$1,280,000

ESTATE OF VINROY FORD, DECEASED, DEIRDRE FORD, ADMINISTRATRIX, VINROY VANCLIFF FORD, DECEASED, VINROY V. FORD, DECEASED → ARCH INVESTORS CORP.

Mortgage2006-12-26$487,000

borrower FORD, VINROY · lender GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC.

Sale2002-07-18no recorded price

SHILLINGFORD, LENOX, FORD, VINROY → FORD, VONROY

Mortgage1999-06-08$160,000

borrower FORD, VINROY, SHILLINGFORD, LENOX · lender FHB FUNDING CORP

Sale1999-03-01no recorded price

L.V.G. MANAGEMENT INC → FORD, VINROY, SHILLINGFORD, LENOX

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.

City debt & tax-lien sale