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132-37 88 Street

54Records
11City systems
3Open violations
6.7Penalty rate
Queens · ZIP 11417 · Neighborhood: Ozone Park
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54 recorded events, 1976–2026, from 11 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 8 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 8 311 service requests, 8 bedbug filings.

BoroughQueens 11417
Built1977
Floors3
Res. units6
ClassC2
Owner (PLUTO)BALSAM VILLAGE 1 LLC
BBL4113510120
BIN4245205

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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 69% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 6.7. In ZIP 11417, 85% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% grade D or F. How grades work

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B
C

Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations3 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 1989-07-19.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 4).

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

What 311 hears from this address

4 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (2) · Derelict Vehicles (1) · Street Condition (1).

Filed construction activity

$19,200 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

NoBuilt before 1974 (1977)
YesSix or more residential units (6)
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)BALSAM VILLAGE 1 LLC
Head officerLAWRENCE BERNSTEIN
Managing agentBALSAM VILLAGE MANAGEMENT LLC
Last registered2025-07-16

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$569,000 $256,050
2026$683,000 $307,350
2027$820,000 $369,000

The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Flood exposure

Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).

Hurricane evacuation zone 5 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.

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

Subway88 St — A · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Sutter Av / 89 St — Q112 · 450 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 063 Old South
Middle: J.H.S. 202 Robert H. Goddard. 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

132-37 88 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

4 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 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 BALSAM VILLAGE MANAGEMENT LLC — 45 buildings, 268 units. Grades across the portfolio: A32 · B11 · C1 · D1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
87-06 Pitkin Avenue QN6 A
87-08 Pitkin Avenue QN6 A
87-20 Pitkin Avenue QN6 B
132-39 88 Street QN6 A
87-30 Pitkin Avenue QN6 A
88-17 133 Avenue QN6 A
87-10 Pitkin Avenue QN6 B
88-13 133 Avenue QN6 A
87-32 Pitkin Avenue QN6 A
89-03 133 Avenue QN6 C
87-24 Pitkin Avenue QN6 A
87-17 Dumont Avenue QN6 B
88-15 133 Avenue QN6 A
132-49 88 Street QN6 A
132-35 88 Street QN6 B
87-16 Pitkin Avenue QN6 A
87-11 Dumont Avenue QN6 B
87-07 Dumont Avenue QN6 B
86-24 Dumont Avenue QN6 A
89-11 133 Avenue QN6 A
89-01 133 Avenue QN6 B
132-41 88 Street QN6 A
87-21 Dumont Avenue QN6 A
87-15 Dumont Avenue QN6 A
88-19 133 Avenue QN6 B
132-37 88 Street QN6 A
87-22 Pitkin Avenue QN6 B
89-09 135 Avenue QN6 A
133-25 87 Street QN6 A
89-09 133 Avenue QN6 D
87-14 Pitkin Avenue QN6 A
87-05 Dumont Avenue QN6 A
132-43 88 Street QN6 B
133-21 87 Street QN6 A
86-18 Dumont Avenue QN6 A
89-04 Gold Road QN6 A
132-45 88 Street QN6 A
87-12 Pitkin Avenue QN6 A
87-06 Dumont Avenue QN6 A
89-10 Gold Road QN6 A
89-07 133 Avenue QN6 A
87-26 Pitkin Avenue QN6 A
87-03 Dumont Avenue QN6 A
86-14 Dumont Avenue QN6 B
87-28 Pitkin Avenue QN4 A

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $499,000 on 2019-09-03 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.), covering 32 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
2019-09-03Agreement $23,199,000 — from JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. to BALSAM VILLAGE 1 LLC $23,199,000
2019-09-03Mortgage $499,000 — from BALSAM VILLAGE 1 LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. $499,000
2017-06-16Mortgage $22,700,000 — from BALSAM VILLAGE 2 LLC; BALSAM VILLAGE 1 LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. $22,700,000
2017-06-16Deed $28,088,889 — from GREENVIEW ARMS, INC.; BALSAM VILLAGE, INC.; OZONE ESTATES to BALSAM VILLAGE 1 LLC $28,088,889

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017410308
2018002013
2019011215
2020003014
2021000000
2022002002
2023031015
2024012014
2025016018
2026003014
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The full timeline

Construction 4Enforcement 9Housing & tenants 25Ownership & money 9Health & systems 7

Every one of the 54 recorded events, 1976–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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