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53-31 Skillman Avenue

394Records
13City systems
18Open violations
500Penalty rate
Queens · ZIP 11377 · Neighborhood: Woodside
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394 recorded events, 1971–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 120 311 service requests, 113 HPD complaints, 110 HPD housing violations.

BoroughQueens 11377
Built1924
Floors3
Res. units6
ClassC2
Owner (PLUTO)ALI AZOM DREAM HOUSE INC
BBL4012380045
BIN4028428

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GRADE D

A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 97% 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 500. In ZIP 11377, 77% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work

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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 violations18 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 8 class B, 6 class A. Oldest open since 2024-09-10.
Pending HPD litigation1 case(s) pending in housing court

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

28 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 8 · winter 2024–25: 10 · winter 2025–26: 10). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

8
’23–24
10
’24–25
10
’25–26

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

What 311 hears from this address

52 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (14) · Real Time Enforcement (5) · Snow or Ice (5) · PAINT/PLASTER (5) · Residential Disposal Complaint (4) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (3).

Filed construction activity

No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. 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 (1924)
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)ALI AZOM DREAM HOUSE INC.
Head officerALi AZOm
Managing agentALI AZOM DREAM HOUSe
Last registered2025-11-25

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,097,000 $493,650
2026$1,310,000 $589,500
2027$1,048,000 $471,600

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

Subway52 St — 7 · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Roosevelt Av / 55 St — Q32 · 350 ft
Citi BikeSkillman Ave & 54 St · 150 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 011 Kathryn Phelan
Middle: I.S. 125 Thom J. McCann Woodside. 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

53-31 Skillman Avenue

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

52 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 14 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

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2023-10-30Deed $1,480,000 — from TERESA DA ROCHA TRUSTEE; JOSE CAL TRUSTEE; TERESA DA ROCHA 2021 REVOCABLE TRUST to ALI AZOM DREAM HOUSE INC $1,480,000
2023-10-18Sold for $1,480,000 $1,480,000 $246,667

Ten-year activity

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2024
72
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EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201704004
201806017
20190310132
20200450146
2021172010
20221200223
20238182129
20244420147
20251700172
20260660167
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The full timeline

Enforcement 18Housing & tenants 355Ownership & money 10Health & systems 11

Every one of the 394 recorded events, 1971–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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