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41-49 Benham Street

102Records
13City systems
4Open violations
—Penalty rate
Queens · ZIP 11373 · Neighborhood: Elmhurst
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102 recorded events, 1976–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 34 311 service requests, 21 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 9 DOB job filings.

BoroughQueens 11373
Built1940
Floors2
Res. units0
ClassN9
Owner (PLUTO)BIRCH FAMILY SERVICES, INC.
BBL4015630001
BIN4039042, 4520080

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Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations4 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 2006-06-23.

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Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

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

What 311 hears from this address

13 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Obstruction (5) · Blocked Driveway (2) · Noise (1) · Dirty Condition (1) · Illegal Dumping (1) · Sewer (1).

Filed construction activity

$22,500 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (5 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.

Registered with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE
Head officerBEVERLY M RIDDICK
Managing agentUrban Resource Institute
Last registered2024-12-10

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$836,000 $376,200
2026$848,000 $381,600
2027$869,000 $391,050

The city's market estimate has risen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: CHARITABLE · MENTAL-MORAL IMPROVE

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.

11 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2010 (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.

Getting around

SubwayJunction Blvd — 7 · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Junction Blvd / Roosevelt Av — Q72 · 1,000 ft
Citi BikeCase St & 94 St · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 019 Marino Jeantet
Middle: I.S. 061 Leonardo Da Vinci. 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

41-49 Benham Street

Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

13 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.

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 URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE — 25 buildings, 710 units. Grades across the portfolio: A15 · B3 · C1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
951 Olmstead Avenue BX161 B
2170 Prospect Avenue BX63 A
2351 Walton Avenue BX61 A
926 Southern Boulevard BX56 A
1535 Taylor Avenue BX41 A
1270 Pacific Street BK39 A
1011 Ocean Avenue BK36 A
2250 Adam C Powell Blvd MN35 B
1630 St Johns Place BK34 A
1317 New York Avenue BK34 A
1604 St Johns Place BK33 A
1620 St Johns Place BK33 A
810 Howard Avenue BK24 A
157 Edgecombe Avenue MN19 A
153 West 133 Street MN17 A
151 West 133 Street MN17 A
133-04 41 Avenue QN4 C
155-23 Linden Boulevard QN2 B
3302 Avenue D BK1 A
673 East 231 Street BX0 —
145-43 Ferndale Avenue QN0 —
671 East 231 Street BX0 —
41-49 Benham Street QN0 —
2332 Adam C Powell Blvd MN0 —
539 West 152 Street MN0 —

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,600,000 on 2024-11-29 (lender: TD Bank, N.A.), covering 3 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.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2024-11-29Mortgage $1,600,000 — from BIRCH FAMILY SERVICES, INC. to TD BANK, N.A. $1,600,000
2024-11-29AL&R $1,600,000 — from BIRCH FAMILY SERVICES, INC. to TD BANK, N.A. $1,600,000
2024-11-29Deed $1,500,000 — from URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE to BIRCH FAMILY SERVICES, INC. $1,500,000
2024-11-25Sold for $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000
1993-07-27Mortgage $517,500 — from URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE to FACILITIES DEVLP CORP $517,500
1989-09-08Mortgage $353,700 — from URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE to CROSSLAND SAVINGS BANK $353,700
1989-09-08Mortgage $136,300 — from URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE to CROSSLAND SAVINGS BANK $136,300
1987-02-27Mortgage $275,000 — from YAU, FU CHI; CHEN, MEI LING to CITIBANK NA $275,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017000011
2018501017
2019021014
2020002013
2021001012
2022014016
2023004015
20240068115
20250181010
2026002002
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The full timeline

Construction 16Enforcement 6Housing & tenants 45Ownership & money 22Health & systems 13

Every one of the 102 recorded events, 1976–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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