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223-04 56 Avenue

763Records
7City systems
90Open violations
1289Penalty rate
Queens · ZIP 11364 · Neighborhood: Bayside
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763 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 7 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 327 311 service requests, 263 HPD complaints, 142 HPD housing violations.

BoroughQueens 11364
Built1975
Floors3
Res. units2
ClassB1
Owner (PLUTO)WONG, DICK POY
BBL4075310012
BIN4161779

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GRADE F

A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 1289. In ZIP 11364, 96% of residential buildings hold an A and 1% grade D or F. How grades work

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A
C

Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations90 total — 5 class C (immediately hazardous), 73 class B, 12 class A. Oldest open since 2020-07-04.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

15 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 6 · winter 2024–25: 9). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

6
’23–24
9
’24–25

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

$5,000 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

182 service requests in the last three years. Most common: DOOR/WINDOW (33) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (29) · PAINT/PLASTER (24) · GENERAL (16) · APPLIANCE (13) · WATER LEAK (12).

Filed construction activity

No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.

Rent-stabilization signals

NoBuilt before 1974 (1975)
NoSix or more residential units (2)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

0 of 3 signals present. None of the common signals are present — stabilization is unlikely (though never impossible). 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)DICK P WONG; FLOSSIE B WONG
Managing agentDICK P WONG
Last registered2025-07-14

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,578,000 $94,680
2026$1,865,000 $111,900
2027$1,959,000 $117,540

The city's market estimate has risen 24% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

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 2014 (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: 56 Av / 223 St — Q74 Q75 · 100 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 203 Oakland Gardens
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

223-04 56 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

182 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 7 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $50,000 on 1996-11-26 (lender: Bank Of New York). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1996-11-26Mortgage $50,000 — from WONG, BICK FUN; WONG, DICK POY to BANK OF NEW YORK $50,000

Ten-year activity

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EnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20170909
2018019019
20190606
2020237039
2021022022
2022021021
202332310234
2024077077
202511692172
202631210124
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The full timeline

Enforcement 9Housing & tenants 732Ownership & money 20Health & systems 2

Every one of the 763 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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