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37-22 85 Street

160Records
14City systems
0Open violations
1.8Penalty rate
Queens · ZIP 11372 · Neighborhood: Jackson Heights
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160 recorded events, 1994–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 82 311 service requests, 18 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 9 boiler inspections.

BoroughQueens 11372
Built1921
Floors4
Res. units24
ClassC6
Owner (PLUTO)81 87 28TH ST JACKSON HTS
BBL4014720015
BIN4036230

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 84% 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 1.8. In ZIP 11372, 71% of residential buildings hold an A and 7% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
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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

No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.

Patterns

4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 4).

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

What 311 hears from this address

53 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Blocked Driveway (15) · Damaged Tree (9) · Illegal Parking (6) · Noise (4) · Dead/Dying Tree (3) · Sidewalk Condition (3).

Filed construction activity

$85,000 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 (1921)
YesSix or more residential units (24)
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)81 & 87 28TH ST JACKSON HEIGHTS
Head officerWILLIAM W BIERWERTH
Managing agentWAGNER AND KELLY MGT. INC
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$1,647,000 $741,150
2026$1,681,000 $756,450
2027$1,730,000 $778,500

The city's market estimate has risen 5% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: COLD WAR VETERAN - DISABILITY · SENIOR CITIZEN HOMEOWNER

For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $495,305 a year ($28.73 per sq ft), operating expenses $272,047 ($15.78 per sq ft), net operating income $223,258. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

Flood exposure

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

Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.

In the city's stormwater flood map only under the extreme-storm scenario (3.66 in/hr cloudburst with 2080 sea levels) — an Ida-scale event.

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

Subway82 St-Jackson Hts — 7 · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 83 St / Roosevelt Av — Q29 · 700 ft
Citi Bike86 St & 37 Ave · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 89Q: The Jose Peralta School of Dreamers
Middle: I.S. 230. 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

37-22 85 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

53 311 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.

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

Sales, deeds & mortgages

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2026-09-18RPTT&RET $655,000 — from ROSE ANNA AND OWEN REILLY IRREVOCABLE TR; MARGOTH BIERWERTH, TRUSTEE to LUO, ANDY; THONGKHAM, ALLISON $655,000
2026-09-11Sold for $655,000 $655,000 $27,292
2024-12-30RPTT&RET $426,000 — from BIERWERTH, WILLIAM; BIERWERTH, MARGOTH to THORAVAL, BENEDICTE; SALGUERO, OSCAR $426,000
2024-12-12Sold for $426,000 $426,000 $17,750
2021-10-29RPTT&RET $578,500 — from COGSWELL-KOLB, MARGARET; KOLB, TERRY G to ROGERS, CIARA $578,500
2021-10-22Sold for $578,500 $578,500 $24,104
2020-08-31RPTT&RET $420,000 — from CRADDOCK, LYNNE to PARENT, KEITH C; KETCHAM, ERIC S $420,000
2020-08-21Sold for $420,000 $420,000 $17,500
2019-02-28RPTT&RET $305,000 — from THE ESTATE OF MADELEINE B. BERGER; BERGER, EXECUTOR, PATRICE to XIAO, SHUANG; CROWE, MICHAEL D $305,000
2019-02-19Sold for $305,000 $305,000 $12,708
2018-11-23RPTT&RET $580,000 — from THE ESTATE OF BRANISLAWA RAMAZAN; SEID RAMAZAN to BIERWERTH, MARGOTH; BIERWERTH, WILLIAM $580,000
2018-11-05Sold for $580,000 $580,000 $24,167
2018-04-25RPTT&RET $380,000 — from GARCIA, KRISTA A to PARISHKA, JUDITH $380,000
2018-04-19Sold for $380,000 $380,000 $15,833
2014-10-14RPTT&RET $225,000 — from SHERIN, AARIS to GARCIA, KRISTA A $225,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017101013
20180174113
2019011215
2020401218
20210082111
202200102113
20230172111
202400142117
202501310133
202600122216
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The full timeline

Construction 13Enforcement 12Housing & tenants 95Ownership & money 27Health & systems 13

Every one of the 160 recorded events, 1994–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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