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147-04 72 Avenue

975Records
16City systems
58Open violations
10.7Penalty rate
Queens · ZIP 11367 · Neighborhood: Kew Gardens Hills
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975 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 364 311 service requests, 278 HPD complaints, 138 HPD housing violations.

BoroughQueens 11367
Built1949
Floors2
Res. units46
ClassC6
Owner (PLUTO)QUEENS GARDENS OWNERS INC
BBL4066790001
BIN4455348, 4455349, 4455350, 4455351, 4455352, 4455353, 4455354, 4455355, 4455356, 4455357, 4455358, 4455359, 4455360, 4455361, 4455362, 4455363, 4455364, 4455365, 4455366, 4455367, 4455368, 4455369, 4455370

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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 63% 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 10.7. In ZIP 11367, 91% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% 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 violations58 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 49 class B, 5 class A. Oldest open since 2000-08-12.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

7 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2025–26: 5). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

2
’23–24
5
’25–26

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

What 311 hears from this address

45 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (10) · Overgrown Tree/Branches (7) · Missed Collection (4) · HEAT/HOT WATER (3) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (3) · Water System (2).

Filed construction activity

$444,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (8 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 (1949)
YesSix or more residential units (46)
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)QUEENS GARDENS OWNERS
Head officerMITCH HOCHHAUSER
Managing agentQUEENS QUALITY MANAGEMENT
Last registered2026-07-08

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$3,674,000 $1,653,300
2026$4,300,000 $1,935,000
2027$4,647,000 $2,091,150

The city's market estimate has risen 26% 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 $896,835 a year ($21.25 per sq ft), operating expenses $357,468 ($8.47 per sq ft), net operating income $539,367. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

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.

5 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2017 (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

BusNearest boarding stop: Main St / 72 Av — Q20 · 900 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 165 Edith K. Bergtraum
Middle: I.S. 250 The Robert F. Kennedy Community Middle School. 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

147-04 72 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

45 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 3 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 QUEENS QUALITY MANAGEMENT — 30 buildings, 1,973 units. Grades across the portfolio: A26 · B4. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
139-10 28 Road QN252 B
25-11 Union Street QN192 A
15-40 Bell Boulevard QN168 A
150 Cross Bay Boulevard QN131 B
209-25 18 Avenue QN120 A
83-60 Vietor Avenue QN99 A
35-20 73 Street QN96 A
15-04 212 Street QN96 A
211-77 15 Road QN88 A
65-10 108 Street QN80 A
212-19 16 Avenue QN60 A
144-42 71 Road QN56 A
5603A Utopia Parkway QN54 A
175-32 56 Avenue QN52 A
147-04 72 Avenue QN46 A
100-26 67 Road QN43 A
16-41 212 Street QN38 A
143-41 84 Drive QN35 A
212-02 16 Avenue QN34 A
14-48 212 Street QN32 A
144-16 Vleigh Place QN26 A
144-36 71 Avenue QN26 A
175-10 56 Avenue QN26 A
180 Wexford Terrace QN24 B
147-03 71 Avenue QN24 B
503 East 13 Street MN18 A
184-06 58 Avenue QN16 A
5627A 184 Street QN16 A
1830A 58 Avenue QN14 A
147-37 71 Avenue QN11 A

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,041,642 on 2016-03-11 (lender: Astoria Bank), covering 6 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2026-08-17RPTT&RET $465,000 — from FONG, LI KIAN; LEE, KAR WAI to OTERO, JANETTE $465,000
2026-08-11Sold for $465,000 $465,000 $10,109
2024-09-24RPTT&RET $400,000 — from YAM, NGOR YING to WU, YONG YUN; WANG, SHENG WEI $400,000
2024-09-23Sold for $400,000 $400,000 $8,696
2024-08-22RPTT&RET $408,000 — from KATZ, CHARLES; KATZ, LINDA BARON to HUANG, JIAHUI $408,000
2024-08-15Sold for $408,000 $408,000 $8,870
2023-07-19RPTT&RET $440,000 — from ISRAILOV, ILYA; ISRAILOV, BASANDA to KATZ, CHARLES; KATZ, LINDA BARON $440,000
2023-07-19Sold for $440,000 $440,000 $9,565
2023-06-07RPTT&RET $410,000 — from CZECHURA, ZOFIA to LIU, WEIQIANG; LAW, YVONNE ON-YUE $410,000
2023-06-01Sold for $410,000 $410,000 $8,913
2023-05-12RPTT&RET $435,000 — from ROSENTHAL, MORDECHAI; ROSENTHAL, DEBRA to MALAYEVA, PANINA $435,000
2023-05-05Sold for $435,000 $435,000 $9,457
2023-04-18RPTT&RET $388,000 — from LEUNG, OI YEE to RUBINOV, LEONID; RUBIN, ROSE $388,000
2023-04-11Sold for $388,000 $388,000 $8,435
2022-02-14RPTT&RET $410,000 — from YU, JIAN GUO; TU, HUI DI to WANG, WANYU; LU, CHUNMEI $410,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201700442147
201805192127
2019031914036
202000292031
20211015910181
202230594470
202304388353
202401104217
202500332237
202601252230
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The full timeline

Construction 22Enforcement 28Housing & tenants 783Ownership & money 125Health & systems 17

Every one of the 975 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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