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218-54 Hempstead Avenue

150Records
14City systems
15Open violations
6.7Penalty rate
Queens · ZIP 11429 · Neighborhood: Queens Village
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150 recorded events, 1972–2025, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 53 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 24 DOB violations, 21 311 service requests.

BoroughQueens 11429
Built1935
Floors2
Res. units2
ClassK4
Owner (PLUTO)218-54 HEMPSTEAD AVE LLC
BBL4111100005
BIN4239385

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GRADE B

A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 81% 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 6.7. 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 violations15 total — 15 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2002-05-09.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

No 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

1 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Sanitation Worker or Vehicle Complaint (1).

Filed construction activity

$53,855 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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 (1935)
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$393,000 $176,850
2026$401,000 $180,450
2027$431,000 $193,950

The city's market estimate has risen 10% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Belvedere RestaurantCreoleAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 1 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: Springfield Blvd / Hempstead Av — Q2 Q27 · 100 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

218-54 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

1 311 service request from this address in the last three years.

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: $97,900 on 2022-03-25 (lender: Bpl Mortgage Trust, LLC). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2022-03-25Agreement $522,900 — from 218-54 HEMPSTEAD AVE LLC to BPL MORTGAGE TRUST, LLC $522,900
2022-03-25Mortgage $97,900 — from 218-54 HEMPSTEAD AVE LLC to BPL MORTGAGE TRUST, LLC $97,900
2020-11-12Mortgage $50,000 — from ALEXIS, RALPH; BIEN-AIME, JULIA to PESACH, MINDY $50,000
2020-01-02AL&R $375,000 — from BIEN-AIME, JULIA; ALEXIS, RALPH to PESACH, MINDY; WERDYGER, JACQUES $375,000
2020-01-02Mortgage $375,000 — from ALEXIS, RALPH; BIEN-AIME, JULIA to PESACH, MINDY; WERDYGER, JACQUES $375,000
2006-05-12Mortgage $388,500 — from BIEN-AMIE, JULIA to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. $388,500
2005-12-27AL&R $300,000 — from KB FUNDING, LLC to BIEN-AIME, JULIA $300,000
2005-12-27Mortgage $300,000 — from BIEN-AIME, JULIA to WILLIAMS, LEEBERT $300,000
2005-12-27Deed $375,000 — from BLACKWOOD, GLORIA; WILLIAMS , LEEBERT to BIEN-AIME, JULIA $375,000
2000-10-03Mortgage $161,726 — from BLACKWOOD, GLORIA; WILLIAMS, LEEBERT to BENEFICIAL HOMEOWNERSERVICE CORPORATION $161,726
1996-12-16Mortgage $139,650 — from WILLIAMS, LEEBERT; BLACKWOOD, GLORIA to IVY MORTGAGE CORP $139,650
1995-12-27Mortgage $70,000 — from MAJEED, ABDUL to ATLANTIC BANK OF NEWYORK $70,000
1990-12-03Mortgage $60,000 — from ATHANASIOU, SEVASTIANOS to PRINCE, STEVEN $60,000
1989-07-03Mortgage $131,000 — from ATHANASIOU ,SEVASTIANOS to ATLANTIC BANK OF NY $131,000
1987-06-26Mortgage $200,000 — from ATHANASIOU, SEVASTIANOS; CONMAS RLTY CORP. to LIVANOS, JOHN $200,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017010001
201801220023
2019010102
2020000707
2021013015
20220108211
2023240118
2024011024
2025010012
2026000000
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The full timeline

Construction 3Enforcement 34Housing & tenants 50Ownership & money 55Health & systems 8

Every one of the 150 recorded events, 1972–2025, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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