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45 Kew Gardens Road

1,259Records
20City systems
1Open violations
5.9Penalty rate
Queens · ZIP 11415 · Neighborhood: Kew Gardens
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1,259 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 385 311 service requests, 338 HPD complaints, 142 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.

BoroughQueens 11415
Built1940
Floors6
Res. units96
ClassD4
Owner (PLUTO)45 KEW GARDEN OWNERS INC
BBL4033580040
BIN4080154

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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 72% 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 5.9. In ZIP 11415, 81% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work

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Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations1 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2015-02-27.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

12 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4 · winter 2024–25: 6 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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’23–24
6
’24–25
2
’25–26

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

What 311 hears from this address

24 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (6) · Dead/Dying Tree (4) · Illegal Parking (4) · SAFETY (2) · Noise (2) · New Tree Request (1).

Filed construction activity

$3,180,794 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (40 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 (1940)
YesSix or more residential units (96)
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)45 KEW GARDENS OWNERS, INC.
Head officerJOSEPH SIMPSON
Managing agentCENTURY MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.
Last registered2025-08-23

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$7,383,000 $3,322,350
2026$7,405,000 $3,332,250
2027$7,560,000 $3,402,000

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 $1,976,686 a year ($22.03 per sq ft), operating expenses $1,107,231 ($12.34 per sq ft), net operating income $869,455. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)C — ENERGY STAR score 58/100 (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNATURALGAS
Facade (Local Law 11)SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 9)

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.

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

SubwayKew Gardens-Union Tpke — E F · 500 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Kew Gardens Rd / 82 Rd — Q80 · 400 ft
Citi Bike78 Ave & Queens Blvd S · 0.2 mi · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 099 Kew Gardens
Middle: J.H.S. 190 Russell Sage. 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

45 Kew Gardens Road

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

24 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 6 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 CENTURY MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC — 132 buildings, 16,364 units. Grades across the portfolio: A119 · B11 · C1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
80 Gold Street MN1641 A
350 West 42 Street MN551 A
7 West 14 Street MN430 A
422 2 Avenue MN384 A
1445 1 Avenue MN369 A
116 Pinehurst Avenue MN353 A
4523 Broadway MN350 A
305 East 45 Street MN338 C
436 East 86 Street MN315 A
306 Gold Street BK302 A
225 East 36 Street MN286 A
380 Amsterdam Avenue MN272 A
130 East 18 Street MN271 A
1239 Madison Avenue MN251 A
1213 Avenue Z BK250 B
380 Rector Place MN244 A
77 Bleecker Street MN243 A
377 Rector Place MN237 A
440 East 79 Street MN219 A
429 Kent Avenue BK216 A
233 East 69 Street MN204 A
509 East 77 Street MN192 A
508 East 78 Street MN192 A
966 1 Avenue MN189 A
132 East 35 Street MN187 A
21 South End Avenue MN181 A
2427 East 29 Street BK169 A
4 Lexington Avenue MN166 A
212 Warren Street MN166 A
2 South End Avenue MN163 A
529 West 42 Street MN160 A
23 Greenwich Avenue MN150 A
339 East 74 Street MN149 A
160 3 Avenue MN147 A
2575 Palisade Avenue BX143 A
122 East 23 Street MN140 A
1966 Newbold Avenue BX139 B
157 East 72 Street MN139 A
1041 Pugsley Avenue BX133 A
2860 Broadway MN133 B
303 East 33 Street MN129 A
1237 Avenue Z BK128 B
67-76 Booth Street QN128 A
315 East 70 Street MN124 A
30 East 29th Street MN123 A
311 East 87 Street MN122 A
1720 Mayflower Avenue BX120 A
422 Avenue of the Americas MN119 A
153 Madison Avenue MN118 A
31-85 Crescent Street QN116 A
2546 East 13 Street BK115 B
5601 Riverdale Avenue BX115 A
91 Leonard Street MN111 A
90 Furman Street BK106 A
310 East 49 Street MN102 A
43 Avenue A MN100 B
172 West 79 Street MN97 A
45 Kew Gardens Road QN96 A
1 Grand Army Plaza BK94 A
102 East 22 Street MN92 A

showing 60 of 132 buildings

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $500,000 on 2019-07-05 (lender: National Consumer Cooperative Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2026-04-01RPTT&RET $336,500 — from ZHENG, XIANG; NG, MABEL to ODOR-UNGAR, SUSANNA JOHANNA $336,500
2026-03-31Sold for $336,500 $336,500 $3,505
2025-11-07RPTT&RET $240,420 — from COBURN, MARK; WILLIAM COLLINS 2022 IRREVOCABLE TRUST to MUARO, BELLA; ZEV, TOM $240,420
2025-10-23Sold for $240,420 $240,420 $2,504
2025-08-26RPTT&RET $621,132 — from 45 KGR EQUITIES LLC to FRANCO, ASHLEY; HUERFANO, STEVE $621,133
2025-08-21Sold for $621,133 $621,133 $6,470
2025-02-26RPTT&RET $185,000 — from RONASHIL A. DOUD, AS ADMINISTRATOR; ESTATE OF ARLENE M. APARECE to IVY, ROBERT $185,000
2025-02-19Sold for $185,000 $185,000 $1,927
2025-02-10RPTT&RET $245,000 — from JAIN, ALOK to PORTANOVA, PETER $245,000
2025-01-29Sold for $245,000 $245,000 $2,552
2024-11-22RPTT&RET $303,000 — from HUNT, DONNA to HAVILAND, BRIAN $303,000
2024-11-19Sold for $303,000 $303,000 $3,156
2023-09-28RPTT&RET $275,000 — from FILLMAN, ANGELA to KHAN, JAMES $275,000
2023-08-16RPTT&RET $176,000 — from COLUMBUS, DEVIN A to REICHENBACH, ANDREA $176,000
2023-08-04Sold for $176,000 $176,000 $1,833

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017049871110
201854607278
2019733512259
2020166188149
202192713132
20225167322
2023180116237
202440272134
2025641410438
20263034515
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The full timeline

Construction 98Enforcement 87Housing & tenants 874Ownership & money 176Health & systems 24

Every one of the 1,259 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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