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32-43 48 Street

324Records
14City systems
93Open violations
571.7Penalty rate

324 recorded events, 1972–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 120 HPD housing violations, 95 HPD complaints, 49 311 service requests.

BoroughQueens 11103
Built1928
Floors3
Res. units6
ClassC2
Owner (PLUTO)CHATA, KAMAL
BBL4007340021
BIN4013626

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GRADE D

A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 98% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 571.7. In ZIP 11103, 72% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
B
C

Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations93 total — 26 class C (immediately hazardous), 37 class B, 30 class A. Oldest open since 1997-10-02.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

5 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2024–25: 3). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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’23–24
3
’24–25

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

What 311 hears from this address

20 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (6) · PLUMBING (2) · HEAT/HOT WATER (2) · DOOR/WINDOW (2) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (2) · Noise (2).

Filed construction activity

$7,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1928)
YesSix or more residential units (6)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

2 of 3 signals present. This is the classic profile of a rent-stabilized building (pre-1974, 6+ units) — many units in such buildings remain stabilized. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).

Registered with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)KAMAL CHATA
Managing agentKAMAl CHATa
Last registered2025-12-17

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,197,600 $538,920
2026$958,000 $431,100
2027$1,150,000 $517,500

The city's market estimate has fallen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

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

Subway46 St — M R · 400 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 49 St / Northern Blvd — Q104 · 400 ft
Citi Bike48 St & Broadway · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 151 Mary D. Carter
Middle: I.S. 010 Horace Greeley. 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

32-43 48 Street

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

20 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 of them about heat or hot water.

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: $109,657 on 1997-12-05 (lender: Astoria Federal Savings & Loan Association). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1997-12-05Mortgage $109,658 — from CHATA, KAMAL to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATI $109,658
1993-03-30Mortgage $10,777 — from CHATA, KAMAL to ASTORIA FED S&L ASN $10,777
1987-04-30Mortgage $40,000 — from CHATA, KAMAL to ROHOMAN, KHALIL; HAKIM, ABDOOL $40,000
1987-04-10Mortgage $76,786 — from CHATA, KAMAL to ASTORIAFEDERAL S&L ASSN $76,786
1986-01-30Mortgage $34,019 — from HAKIM, ABDOOL; ROHOMAN, KHALIL to ASTORIA FED S&L ASSN. $34,019

Ten-year activity

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2023
2024
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2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
201723308
2018045110
20190012315
202000516
202100415
202200415
20230024125
20240041142
20250075176
202600101
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The full timeline

Construction 2Enforcement 19Housing & tenants 274Ownership & money 18Health & systems 11

Every one of the 324 recorded events, 1972–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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