108 recorded events, 1970–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 32 311 service requests, 25 HPD housing violations, 17 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 303.5. In ZIP 11385, 73% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 22 total — 15 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 6 class A. Oldest open since 2022-03-04. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$6,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
4 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Sidewalk Condition (1) · Water System (1) · Snow or Ice (1) · Noise (1).
$736,000 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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1931) |
| No | Six or more residential units (4) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | FOREST GARDENS LLC |
| Head officer | DEREK BESTREICH |
| Managing agent | LANGSAM PROP. SER. CORP. |
| Last registered | 2020-11-15 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $604,000 | $271,800 |
| 2026 | $658,000 | $296,100 |
| 2027 | $737,000 | $331,650 |
The city's market estimate has risen 22% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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 | Halsey St — L · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Forest Av — M · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Forest Av / Summerfield St — Q39 · 250 ft |
| Citi Bike | Forest Ave & Summerfield St · 350 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 068 Cambridge Middle: Joseph F. Quinn Intermediate School 77. 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.
72-18 Forest 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 |
4 311 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.
Managed by LANGSAM PROPERTY SERVICES CORP — 215 buildings, 8,744 units. Grades across the portfolio: A42 · B80 · C57 · D26 · F9. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 215 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $137,170 on 2021-02-12 (lender: Woori America Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-02-12 | Deed $1,950,000 — from FOREST GARDENS LLC to KIM, YOUNG EUN; JIN KIM, ALLEN SUNG | $1,950,000 | |
| 2021-02-12 | Agreement $900,000 — from KIM, YOUNG EUN; KIM, ALLEN SUNG to WOORI AMERICA BANK | $900,000 | |
| 2021-02-12 | Mortgage $137,171 — from KIM, YOUNG EUN; KIM, ALLEN SUNG to WOORI AMERICA BANK | $137,171 | |
| 2021-01-21 | Sold for $1,950,000 | $1,950,000 | $487,500 |
| 2015-10-28 | Mortgage $847,500 — from FOREST GARDENS, LLC to CARVER FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK | $847,500 | |
| 2015-10-28 | Deed $1,133,275 — from COLLICA, MARIA; RAPISARDI, LINDA; RONALD VANNELLO, TRUSTEE; VANNELLO, RONALD; MICHAEL VANN to FOREST GARDENS, LLC | $1,133,275 | |
| 2015-10-28 | AL&R $847,500 — from FOREST GARDENS, LLC to CARVER FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK | $847,500 | |
| 1999-01-04 | Mortgage $50,000 — from VANNELLO, MARGARET to CFS BANK | $50,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Every one of the 108 recorded events, 1970–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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