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40-29 21 Street

479Records
14City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate

479 recorded events, 1973–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 107 DOB permits, 97 DOB job filings, 97 311 service requests.

BoroughQueens 11101
Built1922
Floors6
Res. units0
ClassO5
Owner (PLUTO)40-21 CORNERS, LLC
BBL4004100009
BIN4004968

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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

54 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Food Establishment (13) · Abandoned Vehicle (8) · Illegal Parking (6) · Derelict Vehicles (5) · Illegal Dumping (4) · Food Poisoning (3).

Filed construction activity

$15,212,147 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (70 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$12,428,000 $5,592,600
2026$12,666,000 $5,699,700
2027$12,284,000 $5,527,800

The city's market estimate has fallen 1% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)B — ENERGY STAR score 78/100 (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNATURALGAS

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Little CaesarsPizzaA—
Taco BellTex-MexAMice evidence
Wendy'sHamburgersA—
Wing StopChickenA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

4 restaurants · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

3 food-poisoning reports to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick), shared by 4 restaurants
13 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Toilet Facility, Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food, Food Contains Foreign Object), shared by 4 restaurants · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

Flood exposure

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

Hurricane evacuation zone 4 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.

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

Subway21 St-Queensbridge — M · 200 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Queensboro Plaza — 7 N W · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 21 St / 41 Av — B62 Q66 Q69 Q100 +1 more · 200 ft
Citi Bike21 St & Queens Plaza N · 750 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 111 Jacob Blackwell
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

40-29 21 Street

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

54 311 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: $5,021,336 on 2022-10-06 (lender: Signature Bank), covering 5 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2022-10-06AL&R $20,000,000 — from 40-21 CORNERS, LLC to SIGNATURE BANK $20,000,000
2022-10-06Agreement $20,000,000 — from 40-21 CORNERS, LLC to SIGNATURE BANK $20,000,000
2022-10-06Mortgage $5,021,337 — from 40-21 CORNERS, LLC to SIGNATURE BANK $5,021,337
2020-02-06AL&R $5,000,000 — from ELMS REALTY CORP. to SIGNATURE BANK $5,000,000
2020-02-06Mortgage $5,000,000 — from ELMS REALTY CORP. to SIGNATURE BANK $5,000,000
2015-05-27Agreement $10,000,000 — from ELMS REALTY CORP to SIGNATURE BANK $10,000,000
2015-05-27Mortgage $9,298,007 — from ELMS REALTY CORP to SIGNATURE BANK $9,298,007
2015-05-27AL&R $10,000,000 — from ELMS REALTY CORP to SIGNATURE BANK $10,000,000
2003-06-28Agreement $2,500,000 — from ELMS REALTY CORP. to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK $2,500,000
2003-06-28Mortgage $820,756 — from ELMS REALTY CORP. to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK $820,756
1999-05-24Mortgage $1,418,000 — from ELMS REALTY CORP to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK $1,418,000
1994-10-26Mortgage $582,000 — from ELMS REALTY CORP to FIFTH AVENUE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES $582,000
1988-03-14Mortgage $123,882 — from FIFTH AVE. MANGEMN/ASSOC to CROSSLAND SAVS BANK $123,882

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017032027
20189640019
201941060020
202024053133
202113422122
202281937138
202338250247
2024400104155
2025210171443
2026176260453
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The full timeline

Construction 212Enforcement 93Housing & tenants 97Ownership & money 52Health & systems 25

Every one of the 479 recorded events, 1973–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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