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61-15 160 Street

455Records
16City systems
0Open violations
3.2Penalty rate

455 recorded events, 1968–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 169 311 service requests, 64 DOB violations, 42 ECB/OATH violations.

BoroughQueens 11365
Built1966
Floors24
Res. units184
ClassD4
Owner (PLUTO)FIFTH HOUSING CO INC
BBL4067910025
BIN4440184, 4440185

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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 53% 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 3.2. In ZIP 11365, 93% of residential buildings hold an A and 1% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
B
C

Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

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.

Patterns

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

1 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.

$16,675 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

44 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Water System (9) · Noise (8) · Smoking or Vaping (6) · Damaged Tree (4) · Illegal Parking (3) · Street Condition (2).

Filed construction activity

$6,848,770 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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1966)
YesSix or more residential units (184)
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)FIFTH HOUSING CO INC
Head officerGUS SMITH
Managing agentELECTCHESTER MANAGEMENT LLC
Last registered2025-09-30

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$18,839,000 $8,477,550
2026$20,078,000 $9,035,100
2027$22,163,000 $9,973,350

The city's market estimate has risen 18% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: REDEVELOPMENT

For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $5,054,869 a year ($21.33 per sq ft), operating expenses $2,199,212 ($9.28 per sq ft), net operating income $2,855,657. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)A — ENERGY STAR score 91/100 (2022 disclosure cycle)
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (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.

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.

Getting around

BusNearest boarding stop: 164 St / 67 Av — Q65 · 900 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S./M.S. 200 - The Magnet School of Global Studies and Leadership
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

61-15 160 Street

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

44 311 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by ELECTCHESTER MANAGEMENT LLC — 5 buildings, 2,406 units. Grades across the portfolio: A3 · B2. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
65-30 160 Street QN793 B
161-25 Jewel Avenue QN684 A
161-08 Jewel Avenue QN383 B
61-11 160 Street QN362 A
61-15 160 Street QN184 A

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,900,000 on 2024-09-19 (lender: National Cooperative Bank, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2024-09-19AL&R $15,600,000 — from FIFTH HOUSING COMPANY, INC. to NATIONAL COOPERATIVE BANK, N.A. $15,600,000
2024-09-19Mortgage $15,600,000 — from FIFTH HOUSING COMPANY, INC. to NATIONAL COOPERATIVE BANK, N.A. $15,600,000
2024-09-19Mortgage $2,900,000 — from FIFTH HOUSING COMPANY, INC. to NATIONAL COOPERATIVE BANK, N.A. $2,900,000
2024-09-19AL&R $2,900,000 — from FIFTH HOUSING COMPANY, INC. to NATIONAL COOPERATIVE BANK, N.A. $2,900,000
2014-07-21Mortgage $6,000,000 — from FIFTH HOUSING COMPANY, INC. to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $6,000,000
2014-07-21Mortgage $10,000,000 — from FIFTH HOUSING COMPANY, INC. to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK $10,000,000
2012-11-07Mortgage $4,500,000 — from FIFTH HOUSING COMPANY, INC. to AMERICAN FED. OF LABOR AND CONGRESS OF I $4,500,000
2005-03-02Mortgage $2,913,000 — from FIFTH HOUSING COMPANY, INC., to AMALGAMATED BANK $2,913,000

Ten-year activity

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2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20173430010
201830150220
20193350415
202009320041
20210460010
2022015150232
202304130017
20241824279280
202564120224
202600180119
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The full timeline

Construction 54Enforcement 167Housing & tenants 197Ownership & money 20Health & systems 17

Every one of the 455 recorded events, 1968–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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