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218-74 Hempstead Avenue

228Records
12City systems
0Open violations
0Penalty rate
Queens · ZIP 11429 · Neighborhood: Queens Village
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228 recorded events, 1974–2026, from 12 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 58 311 service requests, 47 ECB/OATH violations, 24 DOB permits.

BoroughQueens 11429
Built1925
Floors2
Res. units2
ClassS2
Owner (PLUTO)HEMPSPRING LLC
BBL4111530025
BIN4240513

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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 100% 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 0. In ZIP 11429, 89% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% 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

No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.

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

20 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Dirty Condition (6) · Traffic (3) · Food Establishment (2) · Street Condition (2) · Illegal Posting (2) · Illegal Parking (2).

Filed construction activity

$153,382 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (6 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 (1925)
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$703,000 $42,180
2026$758,000 $45,480
2027$903,000 $54,180

The city's market estimate has risen 28% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Halal Bros GrillChickenAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

2 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Contains Foreign Object, Rodents/Insects/Garbage) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

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.

16 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2010 (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: Hempstead Av / Springfield Blvd — Q82 · 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

218-74 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

20 311 service requests 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: $345,000 on 2012-06-04 (lender: Intervest National Bank), covering 2 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
2012-06-04Mortgage $345,000 — from HEMPSPRING LLC to INTERVEST NATIONAL BANK $345,000
2012-05-22Deed $520,000 — from DOROTHY GRAHAM AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ; THE ESTATE OF CALVIN GRAHAM to HEMPSPRING LLC $520,000
2009-03-25CORRM $100,000 — from GRAHAM, CALVIN to HEBRON REALTY ASSOCIATES, LLC $100,000
2007-07-18Mortgage $383,500 — from GRAHAM, CALVIN to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. $383,500
2006-09-22Mortgage $100,000 — from GRAHAM, CALVIN to HEBRON REALTY ASSOCIATES, LLC $100,000
1996-10-10Mortgage $200,000 — from GRAHAM, CALVIN to BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO $200,000
1982-10-29Mortgage $4,200,000 — from WINSTON NETWORK, INC. to METROMEDIA, INC. $4,200,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20170950014
2018012003
20199300113
20208820119
2021011013
2022013116
2023011046
202402100214
2025007018
2026013015
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The full timeline

Construction 35Enforcement 97Housing & tenants 65Ownership & money 19Health & systems 12

Every one of the 228 recorded events, 1974–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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