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229-01 Grand Central Pkwy

544Records
14City systems
7Open violations
0.4Penalty rate
Queens · ZIP 11364 · Neighborhood: Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills
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544 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 214 311 service requests, 180 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 39 DOF property sales.

BoroughQueens 11364
Built1950
Floors2
Res. units68
ClassC6
Owner (PLUTO)ALLEY POND OWNERS CORP
BBL4078470001
BIN4444233, 4444272, 4444273, 4444274, 4539259, 4539260, 4539261, 4539262, 4539263, 4539264, 4539265, 4539266, 4539267, 4539268, 4539269, 4539270, 4539271, 4539272, 4539273, 4539274, 4539275, 4539276, 4539277, 4539278, 4539279, 4539280, 4539281, 4539282, 4539283, 4539284, 4539285, 4539286, 4539287, 4539288

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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 93% 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 0.4. In ZIP 11364, 96% of residential buildings hold an A and 1% 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 violations7 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 5 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2002-09-14.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

2 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

100 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Abandoned Vehicle (25) · Illegal Parking (24) · Water System (19) · Sewer (5) · Derelict Vehicles (5) · Damaged Tree (4).

Filed construction activity

$40,000 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 (1950)
YesSix or more residential units (68)
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)ALLEY POND OWNERS CORP
Head officerMICHAEL BORGES
Managing agentALLEY POND OWNERS CORP
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$6,173,000 $2,777,850
2026$6,238,000 $2,807,100
2027$6,466,000 $2,909,700

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

Tax exemptions on the roll: COLD WAR VETERAN - DISABILITY · DISABLED HOMEOWNER · 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 $1,453,014 a year ($26.24 per sq ft), operating expenses $670,579 ($12.11 per sq ft), net operating income $782,435. 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.

6 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2016 (4 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: Union Tpke / Cloverdale Blvd — Q46 Q48 · 450 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 188 Kingsbury
Middle: Irwin Altman Middle School 172. 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

229-01 Grand Central Pkwy

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

100 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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 ALLEY POND OWNERS CORP — 5 buildings, 550 units. Grades across the portfolio: A5. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
78-14 Cloverdale Boulevard QN198 A
224-06 Springfield Blvd QN120 A
224-01 Springfield Blvd QN120 A
229-01 Grand Central Pkwy QN68 A
230-07 Grand Central Pkwy QN44 A

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $12,000,000 on 2025-04-24 (lender: National Consumer Cooperative Bank), covering 5 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
2026-06-29RPTT&RET $420,000 — from KALKANIS, CHRISTEN to KANG, SOON HO; GHANG, SABBY $420,000
2026-06-11Sold for $420,000 $420,000 $6,176
2026-02-26RPTT&RET $290,000 — from QU, FEIYI; HO, FIFI to KIM, CHOON H $290,000
2026-02-24Sold for $290,000 $290,000 $4,265
2025-11-12RPTT&RET $320,000 — from CARDI, DENNIS J to WANN, LI-CHEN; TAM, WILLIE $320,000
2025-10-21Sold for $320,000 $320,000 $4,706
2025-04-24AL&R $12,000,000 — from ALLEY POND OWNERS CORP to NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK $12,000,000
2025-04-24Mortgage $12,000,000 — from ALLEY POND OWNERS CORP to NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK $12,000,000
2024-09-23RPTT&RET $357,500 — from JOHN QUINN AS ADMINISTRATOR; ESTATE OF PATRICIA J. QUINN to NAGLIERI, SUE JEAN; FREEMAN, JAMES $357,500
2024-09-09Sold for $357,500 $357,500 $5,257
2024-08-30RPTT&RET $270,000 — from CHENG, TAO FEN to SOHAN, AMANDA $270,000
2024-08-28Sold for $270,000 $270,000 $3,971
2024-03-25RPTT&RET $240,000 — from LI, PING to YANG, ZU RU $240,000
2024-03-12Sold for $240,000 $240,000 $3,529
2024-02-13RPTT&RET $373,000 — from PADRONE, LAURA to LI, TING YI $373,000

Ten-year activity

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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017488020
201821013126
2019179118
2020074112
20214104119
202221312128
20231133118
202403210244
20251339245
20260345140
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The full timeline

Construction 8Enforcement 54Housing & tenants 250Ownership & money 219Health & systems 13

Every one of the 544 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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