2,204 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 677 311 service requests, 459 HPD complaints, 355 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 56% 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 5.1. 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
No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.
8 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 8).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
110 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (72) · Illegal Parking (7) · Dead/Dying Tree (6) · PLUMBING (5) · HEAT/HOT WATER (4) · DOOR/WINDOW (3).
$1,679,315 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (25 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 (1952) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (180) |
| 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 PLAZA APARTMENT CORP |
| Head officer | MICHAEL YEE |
| Managing agent | MURRAY HILL MANAGEMENT |
| Last registered | 2026-06-12 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $15,244,000 | $6,859,800 |
| 2026 | $15,313,000 | $6,890,850 |
| 2027 | $15,647,000 | $7,041,150 |
The city's market estimate has risen 3% 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 $3,699,460 a year ($21.34 per sq ft), operating expenses $1,738,781 ($10.03 per sq ft), net operating income $1,960,679. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | B — ENERGY STAR score 77/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 10) |
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 · 0.5 mi straight-line (about a 14-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Parsons Blvd / Beech Av — Q26 Q27 · 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.
144-54 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 |
110 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 4 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: $1,427,917 on 2019-04-19 (lender: Apple Bank For Savings). 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 | RPTT&RET $400,000 — from SANFORD PLAZA APARTMENT CORP. to TIAN, YINGJUN | $400,000 | |
| 2026-09-22 | Sold for $400,000 | $400,000 | $2,222 |
| 2026-08-03 | RPTT&RET $200,000 — from GRIFFITH-WORRELL,ADMINISTRATOR, JANICE; ESTATE OF EILEEN E. GRIFFITH to SANFORD PLAZA APARTMENT CORP. | $200,000 | |
| 2026-07-24 | Sold for $200,000 | $200,000 | $1,111 |
| 2026-06-25 | RPTT&RET $499,000 — from LIN, WAN PING; LIN, WAN P; WANG, JING to LIN, JACOB SHUNAN | $499,000 | |
| 2026-06-23 | RPTT&RET $220,000 — from JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIO to LAU, KEVIN KAR WAI | $220,000 | |
| 2026-06-17 | Sold for $499,000 | $499,000 | $2,772 |
| 2026-06-16 | Sold for $220,000 | $220,000 | $1,222 |
| 2026-05-06 | RPTT&RET $453,150 — from SANFORD PLAZA, LLC to LIU, JIEYING | $453,150 | |
| 2026-02-24 | RPTT&RET $298,000 — from ZHUANG, CHANG SUO to ZHANG, WILLIE | $298,000 | |
| 2026-02-09 | Sold for $298,000 | $298,000 | $1,656 |
| 2026-01-14 | RPTT&RET $385,000 — from WONG, HIN TO to XUE, ZHENGBIN | $385,000 | |
| 2026-01-14 | RPTT&RET $346,000 — from THE ESTATE OF NOGH NIO OEI to MENG, QINGYA | $346,000 | |
| 2026-01-13 | Sold for $346,000 | $346,000 | $1,922 |
| 2026-01-08 | Sold for $453,150 | $453,150 | $2,518 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 14 | 1 | 50 | 12 | 1 | 78 |
| 2018 | 10 | 1 | 60 | 16 | 0 | 87 |
| 2019 | 4 | 9 | 79 | 24 | 4 | 120 |
| 2020 | 0 | 6 | 56 | 13 | 2 | 77 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2 | 97 | 26 | 3 | 137 |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 | 124 | 23 | 0 | 152 |
| 2023 | 6 | 14 | 66 | 17 | 3 | 106 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 11 | 4 | 77 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 47 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 18 | 3 | 79 |
Every one of the 2,204 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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