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54-23 153 Street

111Records
8City systems
14Open violations
468Penalty rate
Queens · ZIP 11355 · Neighborhood: Queensboro Hill
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111 recorded events, 1968–2025, from 8 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 33 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 26 311 service requests, 23 HPD complaints.

BoroughQueens 11355
Built1925
Floors2.5
Res. units2
ClassB2
Owner (PLUTO)XU, YANHUA
BBL4051790038
BIN4116909

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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 468. In ZIP 11355, 84% 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

Open HPD violations14 total — 6 class C (immediately hazardous), 5 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 2024-12-06.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

14 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 14).

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

What 311 hears from this address

20 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (7) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (5) · ELECTRIC (3) · PAINT/PLASTER (2) · APPLIANCE (1) · Building/Use (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 (1925)
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)Yanhua Xu
Last registered2025-10-21

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,097,000 $65,820
2026$1,136,000 $68,160
2027$1,047,000 $62,820

The city's market estimate has fallen 5% 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: Kissena Blvd / Rose Av — Q17 Q25 · 450 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 024 Andrew Jackson
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

54-23 153 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

20 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 7 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: $150,000 on 2024-05-08 (lender: Shay, Steve Xiang-Hui). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2024-05-08Mortgage $150,000 — from XU, YANHUA to SHAY, STEVE XIANG-HUI $150,000
2024-05-08Deed $1,080,000 — from LIN, BO to XU, YANHUA $1,080,000
2024-04-24Sold for $1,080,000 $1,080,000 $540,000
2023-11-01M&CON $587,935 — from LIN, BO to FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION $587,935
2019-07-17Mortgage $620,000 — from LIN, BO to SUMMIT MORTGAGE BANKERS, INC; MERS $620,000
2006-05-01Mortgage $300,000 — from ZENG, XIU RONG; LIN, SHI CHANG to CITIBANK, NA $300,000
2003-08-18Mortgage $7,044 — from LIN, SHI CHANG; ZENG, XIU RONG to HSBC MORTGAGE CORPORATION (USA) $7,044
1999-08-13Mortgage $170,000 — from LIN, SHI CHANG; ZENG, XIU RONG to REPUBLIC CONSUMER LENDING GROUP, INC $170,000
1998-05-13Mortgage $1,724 — from WANG, CHEN-HSIN TUNG; WANG, AI-HUA to REPUBLIC CONSUMER LENDING GROUP INC $1,724
1998-05-13Mortgage $10,000 — from WANG, CHEN-HSIN TUNG; WANG, AI-HUA to REPUBLIC CONSUMER LENDING GROUP,INC $10,000
1992-05-14Mortgage $116,900 — from WANG, AI HUA; WANG, CHEN HSIN TUNG to MANHATTAN SAVINGS BANK $116,900

Ten-year activity

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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyTotal
20170011
20180000
20190145
20200101
20210000
20220101
20231124
2024030434
2025237039
20260000
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The full timeline

Enforcement 3Housing & tenants 73Ownership & money 35

Every one of the 111 recorded events, 1968–2025, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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