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144-40 38 Avenue

1,207Records
19City systems
88Open violations
3Penalty rate

1,207 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 265 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 226 311 service requests, 210 HPD complaints.

BoroughQueens 11354
Built1950
Floors6
Res. units168
ClassD4
Owner (PLUTO)LINCOLN GARDENS OWNERS INC
BBL4050240024
BIN4113672, 4445464, 4445465, 4445479

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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 54% of 100+-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 100+-unit residential buildings is 3.7 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 3. In ZIP 11354, 86% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
B
C

Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations88 total — 11 class C (immediately hazardous), 64 class B, 13 class A. Oldest open since 1988-09-27.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

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

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’24–25
6
’25–26

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

$625 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

24 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (9) · HEAT/HOT WATER (5) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (3) · Animal (2) · Lead (1) · WATER LEAK (1).

Filed construction activity

No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. 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 (1950)
YesSix or more residential units (168)
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)LINCOLN GARDENS OWNERS CORP
Head officerXUI WANG
Managing agentJALEN MANAGEMENT.COMPANY
Last registered2025-11-12

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$12,097,000 $5,443,650
2026$11,683,000 $5,257,350
2027$12,330,000 $5,548,500

The city's market estimate has risen 2% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: COLD WAR VETERAN - DISABILITY · 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 $3,101,755 a year ($20.53 per sq ft), operating expenses $1,581,849 ($10.47 per sq ft), net operating income $1,519,905. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)B — ENERGY STAR score 75/100 (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNO2FUEL

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

SubwayFlushing-Main St — 7 · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 12-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 41 Av / 147 St — Q15 · 800 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 032 State Street
Middle: J.H.S. 189 Daniel Carter Beard. 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

144-40 38 Avenue

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 — 5 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 JALEN MANAGEMENT COMPANY — 43 buildings, 2,278 units. Grades across the portfolio: A30 · B11 · C2. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
8847 Bay 16 Street BK192 B
144-40 38 Avenue QN168 A
2665 Homecrest Avenue BK157 A
2616 Homecrest Avenue BK140 B
52-05 39 Road QN115 A
2330 Voorhies Avenue BK105 B
1350 East 5 Street BK96 A
2580 Ocean Parkway BK90 A
80 Avenue P BK83 A
7609 4 Avenue BK82 A
8718 Ridge Boulevard BK78 A
3144 Emmons Avenue BK75 A
525 Ocean Parkway BK62 A
111-39 76 Road QN61 A
243 78 Street BK60 A
8721 Bay Parkway BK60 A
8320 Bay Parkway BK53 B
9921 4 Avenue BK52 A
8701 Ridge Boulevard BK43 A
570 Ocean Parkway BK43 A
7814 4 Avenue BK40 A
672 45 Street BK40 B
7802 4 Avenue BK39 A
452 Park Place BK39 B
182 Hull Street BK32 A
7913 Bay Parkway BK31 A
609 West 186 Street MN26 B
263 74 Street BK26 A
40 Wyckoff Street BK25 B
6901 Shore Road BK24 A
430 78 Street BK23 A
7201 Ft Hamilton Parkway BK21 A
364 90 Street BK17 A
472 41 Street BK16 A
1441 67 Street BK11 A
1327 67 Street BK11 A
950 70 Street BK9 A
129 Mac Donough Street BK8 B
249 Hull Street BK8 B
614 67 Street BK6 B
1023 72 Street BK6 A
134-34 Blossom Avenue QN3 C
134-30 Blossom Avenue QN2 C

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $750,000 on 2021-11-09 (lender: National Consumer Cooperative Bank), covering 2 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
2026-09-24Sold for $205,000 $205,000 $1,220
2026-09-18RPTT&RET $305,000 — from LAU, SUSAN Y.H.; YANG, XIUMING; LAU, SUSAN Y to GAO, LANJI $305,000
2026-09-14Sold for $305,000 $305,000 $1,815
2026-02-05RPTT&RET $450,000 — from TAI, ELBERT to YANG, HUANG $450,000
2026-01-23Sold for $450,000 $450,000 $2,679
2026-01-02RPTT&RET $383,000 — from LIANG, ENRONG; YU, WENCONG; YU, WEN CONG to ZHAO, YINGSHUN; ZHAO, YUE $383,000
2025-12-29RPTT&RET $140,000 — from THE E/O WILLIAMTOMASELLO F/B/O EMILIATOM; RONALD COULTER, AS TRUSTEE; MICHAEL WIND, AS TRU to HUANG, HENRY $140,000
2025-12-15RPTT&RET $172,000 — from PHOENIX WANG, AS EXECUTOR; THE ESTATE OF CHIH-KANG WANG to TSAO, HUI FEN $172,000
2025-12-15Sold for $140,000 $140,000 $833
2025-12-11Sold for $172,000 $172,000 $1,024
2025-12-04Sold for $383,000 $383,000 $2,280
2025-07-22RPTT&RET $345,000 — from TAI, LI WANG to CHEN, LING QUN $345,000
2025-07-17Sold for $345,000 $345,000 $2,054
2025-07-10RPTT&RET $351,000 — from ZHAO, XIAO YUN to HU, LILAN $351,000
2025-07-09Sold for $351,000 $351,000 $2,089

Ten-year activity

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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20171863182101
201862627362
20195727443
202041012228
202172025254
202201128241
202333411250
202411030243
202523613354
2026038516
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The full timeline

Construction 22Enforcement 198Housing & tenants 591Ownership & money 368Health & systems 28

Every one of the 1,207 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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