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242-15 Church Street

168Records
10City systems
22Open violations
100.7Penalty rate
Queens · ZIP 11363 · Neighborhood: Douglaston-Little Neck
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168 recorded events, 1978–2026, from 10 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 66 311 service requests, 42 HPD complaints, 22 HPD housing violations.

BoroughQueens 11363
Built1940
Floors2
Res. units4
ClassC3
Owner (PLUTO)VALCAMRE2 LLC
BBL4081080076
BIN4453375, 4453376

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GRADE D

A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 98% 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 100.7. In ZIP 11363, 96% of residential buildings hold an A and 0% grade D or F. How grades work

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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 violations22 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 18 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 2013-08-23.
Pending HPD litigation2 case(s) pending in housing court

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 2).

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

What 311 hears from this address

14 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (4) · PLUMBING (3) · ELECTRIC (2) · Rodent (1) · Building/Use (1) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1).

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

YesBuilt before 1974 (1940)
NoSix or more residential units (4)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. 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)ValcamRE2 LLC
Head officerPatrick Wolfe
Managing agentPatrick H Wolfe
Last registered2026-06-04

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$780,000 $351,000
2026$892,000 $401,400
2027$1,070,000 $481,500

The city's market estimate has risen 37% 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.

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: Northern Blvd / Douglaston Pkwy — Q12 · 500 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 098 The Douglaston School
Middle: J.H.S. 067 Louis Pasteur. 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

242-15 Church 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

14 311 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,365,000 on 2023-12-19 (lender: Wall Street Mortgage Bankers, Ltd DBA Power Expres) (recorded via MERS). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2023-12-19Deed $1,820,000 — from CASEY, AS TRUSTEE, MOIRA; THE MARION F. CASEY REVOCABLE TRUST to VALCAMRE2 LLC $1,820,000
2023-12-19Mortgage $1,365,000 — from VALCAMRE2 LLC to MERS; WALL STREET MORTGAGE BANKERS, LTD DBA PO $1,365,000
2023-12-01Sold for $1,820,000 $1,820,000 $455,000
2004-09-01Agreement $244,991 — from CASEY, MARION to CITIMORTGAGE, INC $244,991
2004-09-01Mortgage $1,062 — from CASEY, MARION to CITIMORTGAGE, INC $1,062
2002-07-25Mortgage $12,980 — from MARION CASEY REVOCABLE TRUST to CITIBANK, NA $12,980
1987-02-13Mortgage $50,000 — from CASEY, THOMAS J; CASEY, MARION F to HENDERSON & CASEY $50,000
1987-01-02Mortgage $412,500 — from CASEY, MARION F.; CASEY, THOMAS J. to CITIBANK N A $412,500
1986-10-07Mortgage $225,000 — from CULLEN, JANE E. to LONG ISLAND SAVS BK $225,000

Ten-year activity

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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201700101
201813105
201912003
202000000
202110001
202221003
2023253010
202424028
202521003
20260230023
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The full timeline

Enforcement 12Housing & tenants 133Ownership & money 21Health & systems 2

Every one of the 168 recorded events, 1978–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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