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142-05 Franklin Avenue

433Records
20City systems
9Open violations
17.7Penalty rate
Queens · ZIP 11355 · Neighborhood: Flushing-Willets Point
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433 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 144 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 91 311 service requests, 37 HPD housing violations.

BoroughQueens 11355
Built1969
Floors6
Res. units73
ClassD4
Owner (PLUTO)THE FRANKLIN OWNERS CORP
BBL4051810001
BIN4117034

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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 55% 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 17.7. In ZIP 11355, 84% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
B
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 violations9 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 3 class B, 4 class A. Oldest open since 2023-07-26.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 4).

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: Illegal Parking (7) · Blocked Driveway (7) · Street Condition (2) · Noise (2) · HEAT/HOT WATER (2) · PAINT/PLASTER (1).

Filed construction activity

$502,300 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (6 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 (1969)
YesSix or more residential units (73)
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)FRANKLIN OWNERS CORP
Head officerBRIAN GRIFFITH
Managing agentELITE MANAGEMENT INC
Last registered2025-10-09

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$5,316,000 $2,392,200
2026$5,645,000 $2,540,250
2027$5,673,000 $2,552,850

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 $1,361,471 a year ($19.16 per sq ft), operating expenses $667,235 ($9.39 per sq ft), net operating income $694,237. 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 51/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNATURALGAS
Facade (Local Law 11)SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (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.

3 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2015 (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 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Sanford Av / Bowne St — Q26 Q27 Q65 · 550 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.

Report a problem to 311

142-05 Franklin 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

27 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 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 ELITE MANAGEMENT, INC — 11 buildings, 533 units. Grades across the portfolio: A6 · B2 · C3. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
89-12 170 Street QN167 B
137-40 45 Avenue QN79 A
142-05 Franklin Avenue QN73 A
99-44 67 Road QN56 A
35-55 29 Street QN55 A
77 Cooper Street MN44 B
202-15 42 Avenue QN26 A
81-09 41 Avenue QN22 A
1230 64 Street BK4 C
1231 65 Street BK4 C
56-37 Van Cleef Street QN3 C

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $250,000 on 2024-02-08 (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
2026-06-17RPTT&RET $330,000 — from LIU, JIN HUI to JIANG, JENNY $330,000
2026-06-03Sold for $330,000 $330,000 $4,521
2026-05-12RPTT&RET $436,000 — from AHMED, SHEIKH SAYEED; AHMED, JEWEL to LUO, LAN; LIN, BILIN $436,000
2026-05-06Sold for $436,000 $436,000 $5,973
2025-08-20RPTT&RET $460,000 — from ZHU, QI LIANG to GAO, LIKAI $460,000
2025-08-14Sold for $460,000 $460,000 $6,301
2025-07-03RPTT&RET $315,000 — from HO, TZE-PU to LIU, JIN HUI $315,000
2025-04-25RPTT&RET $434,000 — from CHEN, AIZHU; ZHANG, XIANJUN to GUO, WEI $434,000
2025-04-16Sold for $434,000 $434,000 $5,945
2025-01-31RPTT&RET $205,000 — from CHU, GRACE Y to E, GUANDONG $205,000
2025-01-24Sold for $205,000 $205,000 $2,808
2024-12-27RPTT&RET $280,000 — from THORNTON, FREDERICK L; THORNTON, WANDA; MANIGAULT, WANDA L to LIU, QIAO YUN $280,000
2024-12-20Sold for $280,000 $280,000 $3,836
2024-08-27RPTT&RET $450,000 — from SUN, MEI-LIN to RAHI, HASINA; RAHI, AHMED $450,000
2024-08-27Sold for $450,000 $450,000 $6,164

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201703217022
20181119113
20191254214
20200126312
20214224113
202201126120
202300104115
202401920131
202504347348
202661124225
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The full timeline

Construction 31Enforcement 53Housing & tenants 152Ownership & money 178Health & systems 19

Every one of the 433 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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