612 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 205 311 service requests, 163 HPD complaints, 83 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 55% 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 31.8. 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 | 5 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 3 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2018-02-24. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 4).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$2,400 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
25 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (7) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (4) · DOOR/WINDOW (2) · Noise (2) · HEAT/HOT WATER (2) · Dirty Condition (2).
$263,725 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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 (1964) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (38) |
| 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) | VENUS APTS |
| Head officer | BENJAMIN WERBER |
| Managing agent | WERBER MANAGEMENT |
| Last registered | 2026-07-31 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,835,000 | $1,275,750 |
| 2026 | $2,693,000 | $1,211,850 |
| 2027 | $2,649,000 | $1,192,050 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 7% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
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.
| Subway | Elmhurst Av — M R · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 90 St-Elmhurst Av — 7 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Hampton St / Britton Av — Q29 · 550 ft |
| Citi Bike | Judge St & Britton Ave · 550 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. 73 - The Frank Sansivieri 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.
86-19 Elmhurst Avenue
| 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 |
25 311 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 WERBER MANAGEMENT — 13 buildings, 752 units. Grades across the portfolio: A6 · B4 · C2 · D1. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 37-46 72nd Street | QN | 154 | A |
| 42-72 80 Street | QN | 103 | D |
| 75-06 Woodside Avenue | QN | 75 | C |
| 40 Gold Street | MN | 56 | A |
| 40-19 72 Street | QN | 54 | B |
| 41-90 Frame Place | QN | 50 | A |
| 40-52 75 Street | QN | 47 | B |
| 41-05 74 Street | QN | 47 | A |
| 41-25 50 Street | QN | 40 | B |
| 41-24 50 Street | QN | 40 | B |
| 254 Front Street | MN | 40 | A |
| 86-19 Elmhurst Avenue | QN | 38 | A |
| 1495 1 Avenue | MN | 8 | C |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $523,585 on 2019-12-03 (lender: Capital One, National Association). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-03 | AL&R $3,500,000 — from VENUS APARTMENTS, LLC to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $3,500,000 | |
| 2019-12-03 | Agreement $3,500,000 — from VENUS APARTMENTS, LLC to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $3,500,000 | |
| 2019-12-03 | Mortgage $523,586 — from VENUS APARTMENTS, LLC to CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $523,586 | |
| 2015-03-12 | Agreement $3,075,000 — from VENUS APARTMENTS LLC to ASTORIA BANK | $3,075,000 | |
| 2015-03-12 | Mortgage $1,188,057 — from VENUS APARTMENTS LLC to ASTORIA BANK | $1,188,057 | |
| 2012-03-05 | Agreement $2,000,000 — from VENUS APARTMENTS, LLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA | $2,000,000 | |
| 2012-03-05 | Mortgage $57,005 — from VENUS APARTMENTS, LLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA | $57,005 | |
| 2008-11-13 | Deed $576,000 — from WERBER , DAVID; WERBER , BRACHA; WERBER , MARTIN; WERBER , ELSIE; POWERHOUSE REALTY, LLC to WERBER 1996 GRANDCHILD'S TRUST F/B/O BEN; WERBER 1996 GRANDCHILD'S TRUST F/B/O SUZ; WER | $576,000 | |
| 2008-10-21 | AL&R $1,400,000 — from POWERHOUSE REALTY LLC; VENUS APARTMENTS LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK | $1,400,000 | |
| 2008-10-21 | Agreement $1,400,000 — from SOVEREIGN BANK to POWERHOUSE REALTY LLC; VENUS APARTMENTS LLC | $1,400,000 | |
| 2008-10-21 | Mortgage $34,712 — from POWERHOUSE REALTY LLC; VENUS APARTMENTS LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK | $34,712 | |
| 2008-10-21 | Mortgage $600,000 — from VENUS APARTMENTS LLC; POWERHOUSE REALTY LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK | $600,000 | |
| 2008-06-20 | Deed $144,000 — from ESTATE OF JACOB WERBER; DAVID WERBER, AS EXECUTOR to POWERHOUSE REALTY, LLC | $144,000 | |
| 2004-04-07 | Mortgage $747,445 — from VENUS APARTMENTS, LLC to INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK | $747,445 | |
| 2004-04-07 | AL&R $1,500,000 — from INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK to VENUS APARTMENTS, LLC | $1,500,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 91 |
| 2018 | 0 | 5 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 64 |
| 2019 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 43 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4 | 87 | 0 | 2 | 96 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 30 |
| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 50 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Every one of the 612 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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