# 44-19 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Queens, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/4158537501/44-19-rockaway-beach-boulevard-queens).
BBL 4158537501 · BIN 4602735 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 39 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
- 33 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 22 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 4 active DOB violation(s)
- 13 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 101 stabilized units for 2023, of about 102 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2019: 100, 2021: 101, 2022: 101, 2023: 101.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 2016, 8 floors, 102 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

199 open (class C immediately hazardous: 39, class B hazardous: 136, class A non-hazardous: 24); 726 on record.
33 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
22 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

4 active (1 issued in the last 3 years); 9 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 2 on record; 0 decided by default; $2,500 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

78 in the last 12 months; 701 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (174), HEAT/HOT WATER (118), PAINT/PLASTER (114), WATER LEAK (75), DOOR/WINDOW (63).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

13 executed in the last 3 years; 13 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

12 cases on record, 0 open, 11 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: BGN WORKFORCE, LLC
- Agent: NHE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, LLC
- HeadOfficer: ERIC BLUESTONE
- Officer: IRA LICHTIGER
- SiteManager: LEON DAVIS

The same owner is linked to 19 other buildings (ERIC BLUESTONE at 90-11 160TH).

## 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/4158537501/44-19-rockaway-beach-boulevard-queens