108 recorded events, 1970–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 38 311 service requests, 14 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 11 DOB permits.
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A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 97% 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 70. 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 | 3 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2024-02-05. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
3 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 3).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
9 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Street Condition (3) · Derelict Vehicles (2) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1) · Litter Basket Complaint (1) · Dumpster Complaint (1) · Noise (1).
$76,250 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 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 (2) |
| 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) | 5910 MYRTLE LLC |
| Head officer | GIOVANNI MISTRETTA |
| Managing agent | GASPARE M MISTRETTA |
| Last registered | 2025-10-16 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,374,000 | $142,440 |
| 2026 | $2,366,000 | $141,960 |
| 2027 | $2,465,000 | $147,900 |
The city's market estimate has risen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe & John's Pizzeria | Pizza | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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 | Forest Av — M · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Halsey St — L · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Myrtle Av / Forest Av — Q55 · 50 ft |
| Citi Bike | 71 Ave & Myrtle Ave · 150 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.
59-10 Myrtle 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
9 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $475,000 on 2015-06-30 (lender: Maspeth Federal Savings And Loan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-28 | Agreement $378,127 — from MASPETH FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA to 5910 MYRTLE, LLC | $378,127 | |
| 2015-06-30 | AL&R $475,000 — from 5910 MYRTLE LLC to MASPETH FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA | $475,000 | |
| 2015-06-30 | Mortgage $475,000 — from 5910 MYRTLE LLC to MASPETH FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA | $475,000 | |
| 2004-10-23 | AL&R $200,000 — from GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC. to MISTRETTA, MARIA; VARVARO, MARIA; MISTRETTA, GIOVANNI; VARVARO, GIUSEPPE C | $200,000 | |
| 2004-10-23 | Mortgage $200,000 — from VARVARO, MARIA; VARVARO, GIUSEPPE C; MISTRETTA, MARIA; MISTRETTA, GIOVANNI to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC. | $200,000 | |
| 1989-01-18 | Mortgage $45,000 — from VARVARO, MARIA; VARVARO, GIUSEPPE C; MISTRETTA, GIOVANNI; MISTRETTA, MARIA to HOME SAVINGS BANK | $45,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
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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