1,528 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 383 311 service requests, 305 HPD housing violations, 236 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 64% of 100+-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 100+-unit residential buildings is 3.7 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 8.7. In ZIP 11373, 73% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 267 total — 33 class C (immediately hazardous), 192 class B, 42 class A. Oldest open since 1990-01-12. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
6 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2025–26: 4). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
5 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
72 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (20) · Water System (15) · Illegal Parking (9) · WATER LEAK (7) · HEAT/HOT WATER (3) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (3).
$824,834 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (8 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 (1951) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (169) |
| 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) | Elmhurst Gardens Inc. |
| Head officer | Hui Wong |
| Managing agent | Gem Property Group |
| Last registered | 2026-01-20 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $14,593,000 | $6,566,850 |
| 2026 | $14,770,000 | $6,646,500 |
| 2027 | $15,346,000 | $6,905,700 |
The city's market estimate has risen 5% 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 2021 estimate: gross income $2,926,177 a year ($20.19 per sq ft), operating expenses $1,224,675 ($8.45 per sq ft), net operating income $1,701,502. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 42/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (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.
6 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2011 (0 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 · 450 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Broadway / Whitney Av — Q53-SBS · 400 ft · Select Bus Service |
| Citi Bike | Whitney Ave & Ketcham Pl · 400 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.
44-05 MacNish 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 |
72 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 3 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 GEM PROPERTY GROUP — 10 buildings, 947 units. Grades across the portfolio: A7 · B3. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44-05 MacNish Street | QN | 169 | B |
| 42-42 Colden Street | QN | 162 | A |
| 42-45 Kissena Boulevard | QN | 144 | A |
| 44-10 MacNish Street | QN | 126 | B |
| 92-29 Lamont Avenue | QN | 78 | B |
| 42-95 Main Street | QN | 77 | A |
| 133-36 41 Road | QN | 64 | A |
| 140-21 32 Avenue | QN | 61 | A |
| 136-39 41 Avenue | QN | 58 | A |
| 42-05 66 Street | QN | 8 | A |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,478,994 on 2018-07-12 (lender: New York Community Bank), covering 2 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-09 | RPTT&RET $395,000 — from JOYCE LIAO, AS CO-ADMINISTRATOR; NANCY LIAO, AS CO-ADMINISTRATOR; ESTATE OF RURON N. LIAO to NIEMAN, MIRANDA ANN | $395,000 | |
| 2026-08-19 | Sold for $395,000 | $395,000 | $2,337 |
| 2026-07-20 | RPTT&RET $458,000 — from LEE, HEAN LANG; LEE, KEEN to CHOW, MAEROS DELA PENA; CHOW, JEFFREY GEE CHONG; JIMENEZ, MAEROS DELA PENA | $458,000 | |
| 2026-07-08 | Sold for $458,000 | $458,000 | $2,710 |
| 2026-05-05 | RPTT&RET $355,000 — from CAO, WU to CHEN, QINGYUN; LIN, DANNY | $355,000 | |
| 2026-04-23 | Sold for $355,000 | $355,000 | $2,101 |
| 2026-04-17 | RPTT&RET $310,000 — from CHEN, FENG to LUO, JINCI; WANG, ZHIQIANG | $310,000 | |
| 2026-04-14 | Sold for $310,000 | $310,000 | $1,834 |
| 2026-04-13 | RPTT&RET $333,000 — from CHEN, RUI DA to DONG, XIU YING; XIAO, FANG YU | $333,000 | |
| 2026-03-31 | RPTT&RET $445,000 — from TSEKYI, TENZIN; LHUNDUP, KUNGA to DASEL, TENZIN | $445,000 | |
| 2026-03-31 | Sold for $333,000 | $333,000 | $1,970 |
| 2026-03-23 | Sold for $445,000 | $445,000 | $2,633 |
| 2026-02-05 | RPTT&RET $305,000 — from CHEN, HUANG to CHEN, QIUDA; YE, DONGCHEN | $305,000 | |
| 2026-01-28 | Sold for $305,000 | $305,000 | $1,805 |
| 2026-01-22 | RPTT&RET $248,000 — from CHAKRABORTY, KUSH C to QIU, MEIZHEN; QIU, JIHUI | $248,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 11 | 69 | 7 | 0 | 88 |
| 2018 | 2 | 7 | 123 | 12 | 2 | 146 |
| 2019 | 2 | 12 | 87 | 14 | 2 | 117 |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 35 |
| 2021 | 7 | 16 | 45 | 14 | 31 | 113 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 2 | 49 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 57 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 26 | 3 | 97 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 14 | 2 | 63 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 41 |
Every one of the 1,528 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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