1,315 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 318 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 316 311 service requests, 299 HPD complaints.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 58% 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 14.8. In ZIP 11373, 73% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 118 total — 9 class C (immediately hazardous), 78 class B, 31 class A. Oldest open since 1992-02-21. |
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5 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$31,875 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
59 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Derelict Vehicles (18) · Dirty Condition (9) · Noise (7) · Illegal Parking (6) · Sewer (2) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (2).
$2,527,650 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (9 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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1926) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (89) |
| No | 421-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 owner(s) | LAYTON OWNERS CORP |
| Head officer | MUNLAI CHANG |
| Managing agent | 4 SEASONS INTERNATIONAL MGMT INC |
| Last registered | 2025-09-05 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5,801,000 | $2,610,450 |
| 2026 | $5,825,000 | $2,621,250 |
| 2027 | $5,896,000 | $2,653,200 |
The city's market estimate has risen 2% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: 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 $1,730,498 a year ($22.37 per sq ft), operating expenses $994,824 ($12.86 per sq ft), net operating income $735,675. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | B — ENERGY STAR score 75/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | UNSAFE — unsafe conditions reported (cycle 8) |
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.
2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2023 (2 in the last three years).
Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.
| Subway | Elmhurst Av — M R · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 82 St-Jackson Hts — 7 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Broadway / 78 St — Q53-SBS · 650 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | 79 St & Woodside Ave · 550 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 007 Louis F. Simeone Middle: I.S. 5 - The Walter Crowley Intermediate School. 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.
42-02 Layton Street
| Heat or hot water | Heat or hot water |
| Apartment maintenance | Apartment maintenance |
| Bed bugs | Bed bugs |
| Residential pests | Residential pests |
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Anything else | Anything else |
59 311 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.
Managed by 4 SEASONS INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT INC — 38 buildings, 988 units. Grades across the portfolio: A23 · B7 · C3 · D3 · F1. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 140-35 Beech Avenue | QN | 101 | C |
| 42-02 Layton Street | QN | 89 | A |
| 50-17 Queens Boulevard | QN | 75 | A |
| 136-17 Maple Avenue | QN | 68 | A |
| 123-05 Lax Avenue | QN | 61 | A |
| 42-37 Union Street | QN | 53 | B |
| 123-10 Powells Cove Blvd | QN | 52 | A |
| 46-06 88 Street | QN | 46 | A |
| 121-39 5 Avenue | QN | 39 | A |
| 141-05 Cherry Avenue | QN | 36 | A |
| 949 60th Street | BK | 32 | A |
| 37-17 111 Street | QN | 30 | A |
| 136-46 41 Avenue | QN | 28 | B |
| 85-19 Broadway | QN | 26 | A |
| 43-18 Robinson Street | QN | 24 | B |
| 32-36 Union Street | QN | 23 | A |
| 134-40 Cherry Avenue | QN | 21 | A |
| 140-37 Cherry Avenue | QN | 21 | A |
| 42-11 Parsons Boulevard | QN | 20 | C |
| 132-59 41 Road | QN | 18 | A |
| 127 Mott Street | MN | 18 | B |
| 35-17 146 Street | QN | 16 | D |
| 132-18 41 Avenue | QN | 16 | A |
| 231 Avenue Z | BK | 9 | A |
| 83-15 Vietor Avenue | QN | 8 | A |
| 40-59 College Point Blvd | QN | 7 | A |
| 43-12 104 Street | QN | 7 | B |
| 1447 Ocean Avenue | BK | 6 | B |
| 153 Gelston Avenue | BK | 6 | B |
| 1557 2 Avenue | MN | 6 | A |
| 1634 Madison Street | QN | 6 | D |
| 125 28 Avenue | BK | 5 | A |
| 32-17 47 Street | QN | 4 | A |
| 32-15 47 Street | QN | 4 | D |
| 59-44 159 Street | QN | 3 | A |
| 75-12 Metropolitan Avenue | QN | 2 | C |
| 106 Rivington Street | MN | 2 | F |
| 4012920055 | — | — |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $288,308 on 2024-03-15 (lender: National Cooperative Bank, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-06 | RPTT&RET $250,000 — from SARRION, RICARDO to ELMHURST SUMMER LLC | $250,000 | |
| 2025-12-29 | Sold for $250,000 | $250,000 | $2,809 |
| 2025-09-23 | RPTT&RET $320,000 — from WANG, NAI FEN to ELMHURST SUMMER LLC | $320,000 | |
| 2025-09-23 | Sold for $320,000 | $320,000 | $3,596 |
| 2025-06-27 | RPTT&RET $220,000 — from ELMHURST SUMMER LLC to CHEN, WEI ZHENG | $220,000 | |
| 2025-06-12 | Sold for $220,000 | $220,000 | $2,472 |
| 2025-04-04 | RPTT&RET $210,000 — from NY LAYTON LLC to TAN, JASON | $210,000 | |
| 2025-04-01 | Sold for $210,000 | $210,000 | $2,360 |
| 2024-11-08 | RPTT&RET $125,000 — from LASHER, SARA C to ELMHURST SUMMER LLC | $125,000 | |
| 2024-10-31 | Sold for $125,000 | $125,000 | $1,404 |
| 2024-03-15 | Mortgage $288,309 — from LAYTON OWNERS INC. to NATIONAL COOPERATIVE BANK, N.A. | $288,309 | |
| 2024-03-15 | Agreement $2,200,000 — from LAYTON OWNERS INC. to NATIONAL COOPERATIVE BANK, N.A. | $2,200,000 | |
| 2024-03-15 | AL&R $2,200,000 — from LAYTON OWNERS INC. to NATIONAL COOPERATIVE BANK, N.A. | $2,200,000 | |
| 2024-02-07 | RPTT&RET $345,000 — from ROSALES-MURRAY, DIANA to CIRCE REALTY LLC | $345,000 | |
| 2024-01-26 | Sold for $345,000 | $345,000 | $3,876 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 38 |
| 2018 | 1 | 5 | 46 | 210 | 1 | 263 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 56 |
| 2020 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 41 |
| 2021 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 35 |
| 2022 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 41 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 188 | 0 | 3 | 191 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 39 |
| 2025 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 23 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 42 |
Every one of the 1,315 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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