1,261 recorded events, 1970–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 385 311 service requests, 295 HPD complaints, 276 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 77% 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 92.9. In ZIP 11355, 84% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 196 total — 49 class C (immediately hazardous), 113 class B, 34 class A. Oldest open since 1986-12-08. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
55 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 33 · winter 2025–26: 22). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
57 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (27) · Noise (12) · Rodent (3) · PLUMBING (2) · Illegal Parking (2) · Water Maintenance (2).
$251,500 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (7 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 (1928) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (54) |
| 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) | SANFORD APARTMENT CORP |
| Head officer | CHRISTINE CHAN |
| Managing agent | MURRAY HILL MANAGEMENT |
| Last registered | 2025-08-23 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,748,000 | $2,136,600 |
| 2026 | $4,904,000 | $2,206,800 |
| 2027 | $4,995,000 | $2,247,750 |
The city's market estimate has risen 5% 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 $1,153,574 a year ($21.17 per sq ft), operating expenses $542,185 ($9.95 per sq ft), net operating income $611,389. 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 41/100, 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.
5 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2019 (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.
| Subway | Flushing-Main St — 7 · 0.5 mi straight-line (about a 13-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Sanford Av / 147 St — Q65 · 400 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 022 Thomas Jefferson 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.
144-44 Sanford Avenue
| 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 |
57 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 27 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 MURRAY HILL MANAGEMENT — 39 buildings, 2,726 units. Grades across the portfolio: A22 · B13 · C4. See the whole portfolio
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $250,000 on 2017-10-17 (lender: National Consumer Cooperative 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | Sold for $298,000 | $298,000 | $5,519 |
| 2026-06-30 | RPTT&RET $298,000 — from SU, WU XIAN to WAMG, XUDONG; MO, XUEJUAN | $298,000 | |
| 2026-06-18 | Sold for $298,000 | $298,000 | $5,519 |
| 2024-12-05 | RPTT&RET $310,000 — from GAO, ZHEN; ZHENG, QI to WU, ANGELA HU; HUANG, GUO MI | $310,000 | |
| 2024-11-26 | Sold for $310,000 | $310,000 | $5,741 |
| 2024-01-09 | RPTT&RET $380,000 — from TSAI, FREDERICK HUNG; TSAI, WINNIE to FANG, ADA YINGRONG; FANG, JASON | $380,000 | |
| 2023-12-14 | Sold for $380,000 | $380,000 | $7,037 |
| 2023-06-22 | RPTT&RET $280,000 — from XU, XIAO FENG; DU, JIANG CHUAN to ZHENG, JIAN YUN | $280,000 | |
| 2023-06-19 | Sold for $280,000 | $280,000 | $5,185 |
| 2023-03-27 | RPTT&RET $270,000 — from NARANG, MADHUBALA; NARANG, MALIK SINGH to CHEN, HENG KUN | $270,000 | |
| 2023-03-16 | Sold for $270,000 | $270,000 | $5,000 |
| 2022-10-25 | RPTT&RET $293,000 — from CHEN, KUO I; CHEN, PI YUN to HUANG, JIANZHEN | $293,000 | |
| 2022-10-20 | Sold for $293,000 | $293,000 | $5,426 |
| 2022-06-08 | RPTT&RET $240,000 — from WENG, YI LI to WEI, HUI | $240,000 | |
| 2022-05-25 | Sold for $240,000 | $240,000 | $4,444 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 17 | 0 | 45 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 27 |
| 2019 | 0 | 38 | 178 | 0 | 15 | 231 |
| 2020 | 0 | 4 | 102 | 0 | 2 | 108 |
| 2021 | 0 | 5 | 57 | 6 | 1 | 69 |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | 85 | 6 | 1 | 98 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 31 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 81 | 4 | 2 | 91 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 42 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 72 |
Every one of the 1,261 recorded events, 1970–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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