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40-05 59 Street

1,286Records
18City systems
15Open violations
39.9Penalty rate
Queens · ZIP 11377 · Neighborhood: Woodside
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1,286 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 649 311 service requests, 263 HPD complaints, 128 HPD housing violations.

BoroughQueens 11377
Built1931
Floors6
Res. units42
ClassD7
Owner (PLUTO)WRL CEM, LLC
BBL4013310041
BIN4031219

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 60% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 39.9. In ZIP 11377, 77% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work

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C

Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations15 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 10 class B, 5 class A. Oldest open since 1989-09-26.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

28 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 10 · winter 2025–26: 18). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

10
’24–25
18
’25–26

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

What 311 hears from this address

358 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (278) · HEAT/HOT WATER (14) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (13) · PLUMBING (11) · Vendor Enforcement (6) · Elevator (5).

Filed construction activity

$65,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (4 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 (1931)
YesSix or more residential units (42)
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)CEM AFFILIATES
Head officerDENNIS BUTLER
Managing agentWAGNER & KELLY MANAGEMENT
Last registered2025-11-18

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$3,921,000 $1,764,450
2026$3,395,000 $1,527,750
2027$3,280,000 $1,476,000

The city's market estimate has fallen 16% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)F — did not submit required benchmarking data, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNO2FUEL

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
ChowkAmericanB—
Dear Han CafeCoffee/TeaA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

2 restaurants · 0 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

Subway61 St-Woodside — 7 · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Roosevelt Av / 58 St — Q32 · 250 ft
Citi BikeWoodside Ave & 60 St · 200 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

40-05 59 Street

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

358 311 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by WAGNER & KELLY MANAGEMENT — 17 buildings, 214 units. Grades across the portfolio: A12 · B2 · C2 · D1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
40-05 59 Street QN42 A
37-25 61 Street QN31 B
37-22 85 Street QN24 A
37-65 61 Street QN23 A
35-16 79 Street QN15 A
41-11 52 Street QN12 A
43-31 47 Street QN8 A
40-21 61 Street QN8 A
43-17 47 Street QN8 A
41-20 53 Street QN6 A
43-37 47 Street QN6 A
43-25 47 Street QN6 A
39-39 65 Street QN6 D
37-49 64 Street QN6 B
43-13 47 Street QN6 A
53-25 Roosevelt Avenue QN4 C
70-47 45 Avenue QN3 C

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
201703609
20180420125
201901240254
20200412117
202121518237
2022015861102
20230217423
2024041632169
20250141854203
2026001054109
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The full timeline

Construction 28Enforcement 166Housing & tenants 1,057Ownership & money 10Health & systems 25

Every one of the 1,286 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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