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42-95 Main Street

714Records
20City systems
68Open violations
7.6Penalty rate
Queens · ZIP 11355 · Neighborhood: Flushing-Willets Point
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714 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 169 311 service requests, 135 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 104 HPD complaints.

BoroughQueens 11355
Built1959
Floors6
Res. units77
ClassD4
Owner (PLUTO)CHERRY LANE OWNERS CORP
BBL4051360050
BIN4115881

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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 68% 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 7.6. In ZIP 11355, 84% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% grade D or F. How grades work

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C

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 violations68 total — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 51 class B, 14 class A. Oldest open since 1982-07-13.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

12 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2025–26: 8). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

2
’23–24
8
’25–26

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

What 311 hears from this address

29 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Blocked Driveway (7) · HEAT/HOT WATER (6) · Illegal Parking (3) · Street Condition (2) · Consumer Complaint (2) · Homeless Person Assistance (1).

Filed construction activity

$127,050 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (14 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 (1959)
YesSix or more residential units (77)
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)CHERRY LANE OWNERS CORP
Head officerWENDY DING
Managing agentGEM PROPERTY GROUP
Last registered2025-08-28

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$5,160,000 $2,322,000
2026$5,258,000 $2,366,100
2027$5,532,000 $2,489,400

The city's market estimate has risen 7% 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 $1,222,700 a year ($22.31 per sq ft), operating expenses $574,356 ($10.48 per sq ft), net operating income $648,343. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)D — ENERGY STAR score 22/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNATURALGAS
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (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.

1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2013 (0 in the last three years).

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 · 0.5 mi straight-line (about a 13-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Main St / Elder Av — Q20 Q44-SBS · 600 ft · Select Bus Service
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 120 Queens
Middle: I.S. 237. 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

42-95 Main 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

29 311 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 GEM PROPERTY GROUP — 10 buildings, 947 units. Grades across the portfolio: A7 · B3. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
44-05 MacNish Street QN169 B
42-42 Colden Street QN162 A
42-45 Kissena Boulevard QN144 A
44-10 MacNish Street QN126 B
92-29 Lamont Avenue QN78 B
42-95 Main Street QN77 A
133-36 41 Road QN64 A
140-21 32 Avenue QN61 A
136-39 41 Avenue QN58 A
42-05 66 Street QN8 A

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,650,000 on 2021-10-18 (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
2026-09-17RPTT&RET $420,000 — from CHEN, RONG; LI, ZHI JIAN to JIANG, DA QIN $420,000
2026-08-26Sold for $420,000 $420,000 $5,455
2025-09-11RPTT&RET $435,000 — from ZHANG, JING QIU to LAM, KEUNG BING $435,000
2025-09-11RPTT&RET $396,000 — from LEUNG, CONNIE C to CHEN, SHENG XING $396,000
2025-08-14Sold for $435,000 $435,000 $5,649
2025-08-13Sold for $396,000 $396,000 $5,143
2025-08-07RPTT&RET $350,000 — from PATEL, SUMAN; PATEL, SIMA to ZHANG, FA YI $350,000
2025-08-04Sold for $350,000 $350,000 $4,545
2025-06-25RPTT&RET $490,000 — from LIANG, RUI PING; LIANG, RU XIN to ZHU, HUI $490,000
2025-06-04Sold for $490,000 $490,000 $6,364
2024-12-23RPTT&RET $415,000 — from FUNG, SZELEE; LIANG, YE to CHEN, SHANSHAN $415,000
2024-12-04Sold for $415,000 $415,000 $5,390
2024-02-27RPTT&RET $368,000 — from CHOW NG, AMY M to GUO, XIN WEN; CHEN, MEI YU $368,000
2024-01-29Sold for $368,000 $368,000 $4,779
2024-01-09RPTT&RET $250,000 — from ESTATE OF DIP HING WONG; JERRY LEUNG to LIU, WENJIE; ZHANG, DE $250,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017031412130
2018061612640
201965210335
2020137194245
2021021110225
2022011612332
20230162110
202402166226
202500188127
202600122115
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The full timeline

Construction 51Enforcement 94Housing & tenants 378Ownership & money 165Health & systems 26

Every one of the 714 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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