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18-20 123 Street

154Records
11City systems
0Open violations
486Penalty rate
Queens · ZIP 11356 · Neighborhood: College Point
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154 recorded events, 1981–2025, from 11 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 44 311 service requests, 39 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 33 HPD complaints.

BoroughQueens 11356
Built1920
Floors2.5
Res. units2
ClassB2
Owner (PLUTO)SHEN, QIN JUN
BBL4041280028
BIN4098843, 4480680

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GRADE F

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 486. In ZIP 11356, 85% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
C

Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.

Patterns

28 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 28).

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

What 311 hears from this address

27 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (10) · GENERAL (10) · Blocked Driveway (2) · APPLIANCE (2) · General Construction/Plumbing (1) · Building/Use (1).

Filed construction activity

$257,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (4 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 (1920)
NoSix or more residential units (2)
No421-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 with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)QIN JUN SHEN
Last registered2025-07-29

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$869,000 $52,140
2026$918,000 $55,080
2027$948,000 $56,880

The city's market estimate has risen 9% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

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

BusNearest boarding stop: College Point Blvd / 18 Av — Q26 · 300 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 029 Queens
Middle: J.H.S. 185 Edward Bleeker. 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

18-20 123 Street

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

27 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 10 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $400,000 on 2022-04-11 (lender: Cathay Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2022-04-11Mortgage $400,000 — from SHEN, QIN JUN to CATHAY BANK $400,000
2022-04-11Deed $880,000 — from MEI LONG WEI REALTY INC to SHEN, QIN JUN $880,000
2022-03-29Sold for $880,000 $880,000 $440,000
2017-07-13AL&R $490,000 — from MEI LONG WEI REALTY INC. to CATHAY BANK $490,000
2017-07-13Mortgage $490,000 — from MEI LONG WEI REALTY INC. to CATHAY BANK $490,000
2017-07-13Deed $850,000 — from BEGUM, ROKEYA; ANSARI, MOHAMMED to MEI LONG WEI REALTY INC. $850,000
2017-06-27Sold for $850,000 $850,000 $425,000
2013-09-26Mortgage $370,000 — from BEGUM, ROKEYA; ANSARI, MOHAMMED to WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. $370,000
2004-10-12Mortgage $90,000 — from BEGUM, ROKEYA to NATIONAL CITY BANK $90,000
2004-02-09Mortgage $413,100 — from BEGUM, ROKEYA to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK,FA $413,100
2003-09-11Mortgage $397,845 — from BEGUM, ROKEYA to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SERVICE; FIRST RESIDENTIAL SERVICES OF NY $397,845
2003-09-11Deed $442,050 — from U.S. DEPT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPME to BEGUM, ROKEYA $442,050
2000-02-02Mortgage $245,150 — from VANEGAS, GUILLERMO; BENITEZ, ALBERTO to ISLAND MORTGAGE NETWORK INC $245,150
1987-11-12Mortgage $145,000 — from DIPIETRANTONIO, ROSA; DIPIETRANTONIO, ANTONIO to PARENTE, THEODORE J $145,000
1984-02-21Mortgage $50,000 — from PARENTE, THEODORE J. to QUEENS COUNTY SAVINGS BK $50,000

Ten-year activity

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2021
2022
2023
71
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2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & money
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyTotal
201700178
201800303
20190018018
202001203
202100000
2022430512
202321407
20240269071
202510001
202600000
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The full timeline

Construction 7Enforcement 7Housing & tenants 99Ownership & money 41

Every one of the 154 recorded events, 1981–2025, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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