4,751 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 2,064 311 service requests, 1,995 HPD complaints, 256 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 88% 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 48.2. In ZIP 11355, 84% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 25 total — 12 class C (immediately hazardous), 10 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 1987-08-18. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
1,077 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 429 · winter 2024–25: 86 · winter 2025–26: 516 · winter 2026–27: 22). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$1,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
611 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (538) · Noise (20) · Indoor Air Quality (9) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (8) · Illegal Parking (6) · Street Condition (5).
$10,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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 (1963) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (211) |
| No | 421-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 owner(s) | NEWPORT APARTMENTS INC |
| Head officer | POWERS CHANG |
| Managing agent | JOHN B. LOVETT |
| Last registered | 2025-10-09 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $15,996,000 | $7,198,200 |
| 2026 | $15,238,000 | $6,857,100 |
| 2027 | $16,274,000 | $7,323,300 |
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 $3,941,821 a year ($17.93 per sq ft), operating expenses $1,853,293 ($8.43 per sq ft), net operating income $2,088,528. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | D — ENERGY STAR score 53/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
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 | Flushing-Main St — 7 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Kissena Blvd / Franklin Av — Q17 Q25 · 300 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 020 John Bowne 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.
42-65 Kissena Boulevard
| 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 |
| Anything else | Anything else |
611 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 538 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.
Managed by JOHN B LOVETT — 119 buildings, 12,500 units. Grades across the portfolio: A99 · B17 · C1 · D1. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 119 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $969,515 on 2013-12-12 (lender: Valley National Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-21 | RPTT&RET $400,000 — from CHAO, CHLOE A; CHAO, CALEB J to WENG, CORY ELLIOT; WENG, IAN | $400,000 | |
| 2026-07-14 | RPTT&RET $340,000 — from 120 BA ASSOCIATES to ZHANG, YU; CHAN, CHUN CHUNG | $340,000 | |
| 2026-07-01 | Sold for $340,000 | $340,000 | $1,611 |
| 2026-06-02 | Sold for $400,000 | $400,000 | $1,896 |
| 2026-05-01 | RPTT&RET $350,000 — from LAU, SANDY; EAST OF LING TSAO AKA LING LAN TSAO to LEE, RACHEL | $350,000 | |
| 2026-04-21 | Sold for $350,000 | $350,000 | $1,659 |
| 2026-02-17 | RPTT&RET $605,000 — from AGUILERA, ANGEL to WANG, FRANK | $605,000 | |
| 2026-02-12 | Sold for $605,000 | $605,000 | $2,867 |
| 2025-12-23 | RPTT&RET $348,000 — from FUNG, BERNARD; FUNG, BENJA to LOUIE, SUSAN SIU; LOUIE, DANNY CHING | $348,000 | |
| 2025-12-16 | Sold for $348,000 | $348,000 | $1,649 |
| 2025-11-25 | RPTT&RET $577,000 — from CHAO, CALEB J; CHAO, CHLOE A to FANG, JUN; HONG, JINGNA; FANG, SAMUEL | $577,000 | |
| 2025-11-20 | Sold for $577,000 | $577,000 | $2,735 |
| 2025-10-27 | RPTT&RET $400,000 — from 120 BA ASSOCIATES LLC to HSU, CHIEN | $400,000 | |
| 2025-10-16 | Sold for $400,000 | $400,000 | $1,896 |
| 2025-08-18 | RPTT&RET $505,000 — from SZEMBEK, EVE; CONWAY, CHRISTOPHER to LIU, HUI CHU; SHIE, WAI LEUNG | $505,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 6 | 277 | 14 | 0 | 297 |
| 2018 | 0 | 8 | 254 | 13 | 1 | 276 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 332 | 14 | 3 | 349 |
| 2020 | 0 | 5 | 322 | 8 | 1 | 336 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 127 | 23 | 1 | 153 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 134 | 15 | 1 | 153 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 315 | 10 | 1 | 327 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 349 | 15 | 2 | 368 |
| 2025 | 0 | 3 | 474 | 14 | 7 | 498 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 186 | 12 | 1 | 200 |
Every one of the 4,751 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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