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217-84 Hempstead Avenue

194Records
12City systems
23Open violations
140Penalty rate
Queens · ZIP 11429 · Neighborhood: Queens Village
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194 recorded events, 1978–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 88 311 service requests, 40 HPD complaints, 27 HPD housing violations.

BoroughQueens 11429
Built1930
Floors2
Res. units2
ClassS2
Owner (PLUTO)FAVE REALTY INC.
BBL4111060031
BIN4239319

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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 140. In ZIP 11429, 89% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
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 violations23 total — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 18 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2022-12-28.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2).

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

What 311 hears from this address

51 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (40) · PAINT/PLASTER (4) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (3) · PLUMBING (2) · WATER LEAK (1) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1).

Filed construction activity

$17,300 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 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 (1930)
NoSix or more residential units (2)
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).

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$686,000 $41,160
2026$822,000 $49,320
2027$887,000 $53,220

The city's market estimate has risen 29% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Cookerz BlendCaribbeanA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

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: Hempstead Av / 217 Ln — Q82 · 50 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 034 John Harvard
Middle: Jean Nuzzi Intermediate 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

217-84 Hempstead Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

51 311 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: $468,000 on 2019-11-07 (lender: Newtek Small Business Finance LLC). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2019-11-07Mortgage $468,000 — from FAVE REALTY INC. to NEWTEK SMALL BUSINESS FINANCE LLC $468,000
2019-11-07Deed $450,000 — from MARY MITCHELL'S LAUNDERETTE, INC. to FAVE REALTY INC. $450,000
2019-10-31Sold for $450,000 $450,000 $225,000
1987-07-30Mortgage $100,000 — from MARY MITCHELL'S LAUND/IN to CITIBANK N.A $100,000

Ten-year activity

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2023
67
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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
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2019000303
202001160017
20214250011
202211380141
202306140121
202402650067
2025024017
2026002013
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The full timeline

Construction 5Enforcement 20Housing & tenants 155Ownership & money 10Health & systems 4

Every one of the 194 recorded events, 1978–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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