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27-20 40 Avenue

231Records
12City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate

231 recorded events, 1974–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 72 311 service requests, 45 DOB permits, 37 FDNY inspections.

BoroughQueens 11101
Built2000
Floors2
Res. units0
ClassK4
Owner (PLUTO)PAYNTAR STREET ASSOCIATES
BBL4004050026
BIN4531204, 4608539

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Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

What 311 hears from this address

8 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (5) · Dirty Condition (1) · Noise (1) · Abandoned Vehicle (1).

Filed construction activity

$85,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (7 filings with a declared cost) — a rough measure of how actively the owner maintains the building. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$479,000 $215,550
2026$489,000 $220,050
2027$548,000 $246,600

The city's market estimate has risen 14% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
John Brown BBQBarbecueAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

Flood exposure

Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).

Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.

Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.

No street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints on record at this address.

Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.

Getting around

SubwayQueens Plaza — E F R · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Queensboro Plaza — 7 N W · 1,050 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Northern Blvd / 41 Av — Q101 Q102 · 1,050 ft
Citi Bike40 Ave & Crescent St · 500 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
Bike facilityPainted bike lane mapped within 75 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 112 Dutch Kills
Middle: I.S. 204 Oliver W. Holmes. Confirm with the DOE's school search.

Distances are straight-line, not walking routes. Transit locations from the MTA and Citi Bike, bike facilities from NYC DOT, school zones from the DOE's 2024–25 maps.

Report a problem to 311

27-20 40 Avenue

Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

8 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.

311 will ask for the address, the apartment if the problem is inside, and what's wrong. Contact details are optional for most complaints; food-poisoning reports can be anonymous. Complaints appear in the city's public 311 data, usually within a day or two, and then in the Live from 311 box on this page.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $100,000 on 1998-03-04 (lender: Handwerker, Andrew and Handwerker, Barbara). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1998-03-04Mortgage $100,000 — from TOURDOT, PHILIPPE to HANDWERKER, ANDREW; HANDWERKER, BARBARA $100,000

Ten-year activity

100500
2017
2018
51
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
2017871016
2018362011
201941136051
202016209
2021238013
202221407
2023164213
202400224
202510315
202630317
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The full timeline

Construction 76Enforcement 62Housing & tenants 72Ownership & money 13Health & systems 8

Every one of the 231 recorded events, 1974–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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