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61-53 Springfield Blvd

1,069Records
17City systems
3Open violations
9.2Penalty rate
Queens · ZIP 11364 · Neighborhood: Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills
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1,069 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 644 311 service requests, 180 HPD complaints, 89 FDNY inspections.

BoroughQueens 11364
Built1949
Floors2
Res. units96
ClassC9
Owner (PLUTO)MID QUEENS LTD
BBL4076440002
BIN4440558, 4440559, 4440560, 4440561, 4440562, 4440563, 4440564, 4440565, 4440566, 4440567, 4440568, 4440569, 4440570, 4440571, 4440572, 4440573, 4440574, 4440575, 4440576, 4440577, 4445476, 4452761, 4452762, 4452763, 4452764, 4452765, 4452766, 4452767, 4452768, 4452769, 4452770, 4452771, 4452772, 4452773, 4452774, 4452775, 4452776, 4452777, 4452778, 4452779, 4452780, 4452781, 4452782, 4452783, 4452784, 4452785, 4452786, 4452787, 4452788, 4458541

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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 66% 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 9.2. In ZIP 11364, 96% of residential buildings hold an A and 1% grade D or F. How grades work

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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 violations3 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2025-03-05.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

8 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 4 · winter 2025–26: 4). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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

What 311 hears from this address

368 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (300) · Abandoned Vehicle (20) · Noise (12) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (8) · HEAT/HOT WATER (4) · Derelict Vehicles (4).

Filed construction activity

$19,850 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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 (96)
Yes421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

3 of 3 signals present. Buildings receiving 421-a or J-51 benefits are generally required to register their units as rent-stabilized for the duration of the benefit. 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)MID QUEENS LP
Head officerABRAHAM BILLER
Managing agentMID QUEENS LP
Last registered2025-07-01

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$11,207,000 $5,043,150
2026$9,235,000 $4,155,750
2027$9,856,000 $4,435,200

The city's market estimate has fallen 12% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: J51

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.

2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2015 (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: Horace Harding Expwy / Springfield Blvd — Q30 · 450 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 046 Alley Pond
Middle: J.H.S. 074 Nathaniel Hawthorne. 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

61-53 Springfield Blvd

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

368 311 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by MID QUEENS LP — 4 buildings, 676 units. Grades across the portfolio: A3 · B1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
224-01 69 Avenue QN224 A
223-01 65 Avenue QN180 A
224-65 64 Avenue QN176 B
61-53 Springfield Blvd QN96 A

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $23,148,000 on 2022-04-25 (lender: Newpoint Real Estate Capital LLC), covering 4 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
2026-07-10RPTT&RET $278,000 — from LEE, MIN-AI; LEE, TONY to LAU, SIEW MEE $278,000
2026-07-07Sold for $278,000 $278,000 $2,896
2022-04-25Mortgage $23,148,000 — from MID QUEENS LINITED PARTNERSHIP to NEWPOINT REAL ESTATE CAPITAL LLC $23,148,000
2022-04-25Agreement $88,148,000 — from MID QUEENS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to NEWPOINT REAL ESTATE CAPITAL LLC $88,148,000
2012-07-10Agreement $65,000,000 — from MID QUEENS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to BEECH STREET CAPITAL, LLC $65,000,000
2012-07-10Mortgage $36,259,285 — from MID QUEENS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to BEECH STREET CAPITAL, LLC $36,259,285
2004-06-04Mortgage $11,000,000 — from MID QUEENS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to GMAC COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE BANK $11,000,000
1999-03-03Mortgage $12,500,000 — from MID QUEENS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to GMAC COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION $12,500,000
1994-11-22Mortgage $15,936,410 — from MID QUEENS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to JAMAICA SAVINGS BANK $15,936,410

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201700400242
201801320235
201901260229
202001310234
202101690272
202201654272
202319290241
202435690279
202502011403137
20260922723241
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The full timeline

Construction 10Enforcement 107Housing & tenants 880Ownership & money 46Health & systems 26

Every one of the 1,069 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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