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40-18 Bell Boulevard

320Records
11City systems
0Open violations
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Queens · ZIP 11361 · Neighborhood: Bayside
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320 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 11 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 99 311 service requests, 58 DOB permits, 34 DOB violations.

BoroughQueens 11361
Built1933
Floors3
Res. units0
ClassK4
Owner (PLUTO)40-18 BELL BLVD REALTY CORP
BBL4062370035
BIN4137562, 4458115

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Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

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

What 311 hears from this address

37 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (18) · Food Establishment (2) · General Construction/Plumbing (2) · Emergency Response Team (ERT) (2) · Sidewalk Condition (2) · Illegal Dumping (2).

Filed construction activity

$637,700 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (15 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.

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,622,000 $729,900
2026$1,555,000 $699,750
2027$1,549,000 $697,050

The city's market estimate has fallen 5% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Spin BagelBagels/PretzelsA—
TipsyMexicanNot yet graded—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

2 restaurants · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (1 with three or more people sick), shared by 2 restaurants
2 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Worker Hygiene, Pet/Animal), shared by 2 restaurants · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

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.

1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2026 (1 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

BusNearest boarding stop: Bell Blvd / 41 Av — Q13 Q27 Q31 · 200 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 159
Middle: M.S. 158 Marie Curie. 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

40-18 Bell Boulevard

Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

37 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.

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: $350,000 on 2002-01-17 (lender: Claritybank.com NA). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2002-01-17Mortgage $350,000 — from 40-18 BELL BLVD REALTY CORP to CLARITYBANK.COM NA $350,000
1996-01-25Mortgage $450,000 — from MANOS, CANCELLIA; MANOS, ARTHUR L to ALEXIOU, GEORGIA; ALEXIOU, PERRY $450,000
1995-01-09Mortgage $116,261 — from VAN RIPER, THOMAS B to GREENSTEIN, ANNETTE; GREENSTEIN, ZIGMUND $116,261
1991-03-08Mortgage $200,000 — from RIPER, THOMAS B VAN to FIRST WALL STREET; STERLING COMM CAPITAL $200,000
1989-11-15Mortgage $300,000 — from VAN RIPER, THOMAS B to STERLING COMMERCIALCAP/ $300,000
1986-06-30Mortgage $480,611 — from VAN RIPER, THOMAS B. to HOME SAVINGS BANK $480,611

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20171802020
2018077216
2019156214
2020008210
202101124
2022015511
2023037212
20247813230
20255214425
2026208313
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The full timeline

Construction 89Enforcement 81Housing & tenants 99Ownership & money 27Health & systems 24

Every one of the 320 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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