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18-15 Everdell Avenue

1,857Records
20City systems
34Open violations
342.6Penalty rate
Queens · ZIP 11691 · Neighborhood: Far Rockaway-Bayswater
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1,857 recorded events, 1973–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 622 HPD complaints, 516 HPD housing violations, 498 311 service requests.

BoroughQueens 11691
Built1964
Floors4
Res. units24
ClassC1
Owner (PLUTO)GIFROCK LLC
BBL4155670014
BIN4298336

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GRADE D

A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 95% 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 342.6. In ZIP 11691, 77% of residential buildings hold an A and 8% 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 violations34 total — 10 class C (immediately hazardous), 17 class B, 7 class A. Oldest open since 2015-08-06.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

35 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 19 · winter 2024–25: 8 · winter 2025–26: 8). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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’23–24
8
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8
’25–26

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

$15,030 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

212 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (54) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (38) · PAINT/PLASTER (28) · HEAT/HOT WATER (17) · PLUMBING (12) · DOOR/WINDOW (11).

Filed construction activity

$10,000 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 (1964)
YesSix or more residential units (24)
Yes421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

3 of 3 signals present. Buildings receiving 421-a or J-51 benefits are generally required to register their units as rent-stabilized for the duration of the benefit. 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)Gifrock LLC
Head officerSherman Dropkin
Managing agentArden Management
Last registered2025-08-20

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,868,000 $840,600
2026$1,928,000 $867,600
2027$1,907,000 $858,150

The city's market estimate has risen 2% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: J51

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

Flood exposure

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

Hurricane evacuation zone 1 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

SubwayFar Rockaway-Mott Av — A · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Beach 19 St / Gateway Blvd — Q22 · 500 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 197 The Ocean School
Middle: 53, 319. 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

18-15 Everdell Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

212 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 17 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 ARDEN MANAGEMENT — 7 buildings, 228 units. Grades across the portfolio: C4 · D3. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
109 West Tremont Avenue BX67 C
22-88 Mott Avenue QN60 C
131 Beach 119 Street QN48 C
18-15 Everdell Avenue QN24 D
11-27 Nameoke Street QN17 C
11-36 McBride Street QN6 D
11-38 McBride Street QN6 D

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $970,994 on 2021-01-05 (lender: Greystone Servicing Company LLC), covering 5 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
2022-11-03ASPM $20,000,000 — from CENTURION FAMILY HOLDINGS, LLC; HF ROCKAWAY LLC; GIFROCK LLC to CITIBANK, N.A , AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGIS $20,000,000
2022-11-03Deed $26,000,000 — from HF ROCKAWAY LLC to GIFROCK LLC; CENTURION FAMILY HOLDINGS, LLC $26,000,000
2022-10-26Sold for $26,000,000 $26,000,000 $1,083,333
2021-01-05Agreement $20,000,000 — from HF ROCKAWAY LLC to GREYSTONE SERVICING COMPANY LLC $20,000,000
2021-01-05Mortgage $970,995 — from HF ROCKAWAY LLC to GREYSTONE SERVICING COMPANY LLC $970,995
2021-01-05Deed $5,340,000 — from GALGAL REALTY LLC; SAMSON EQUITIES LLC to HF ROCKAWAY LLC $5,340,000
2020-12-14Sold for $5,340,000 $5,340,000 $222,500
2015-11-16AL&R $4,500,000 — from GALGAL REALTY LLC to CUSTOMERS BANK $4,500,000
2015-11-16Agreement $4,500,000 — from GALGAL REALTY LLC to CUSTOMERS BANK $4,500,000
2015-11-16Mortgage $2,794,347 — from GALGAL REALTY LLC to CUSTOMERS BANK $2,794,347
2014-02-26AL&R $1,762,000 — from GALGAL REALTY LLC to SUFFOLK COUNTY NATIONAL BANK $1,762,000
2014-02-26Agreement $1,762,000 — from GALGAL REALTY LLC to SUFFOLK COUNTY NATIONAL BANK $1,762,000
2014-02-26Mortgage $191,119 — from GALGAL REALTY LLC to SUFFOLK COUNTY NATIONAL BANK $191,119
2014-02-26Deed $2,350,000 — from YAKAR XVIII LLC to GALGAL REALTY LLC $2,350,000
2013-01-18Agreement $1,600,000 — from YAKAR XVIII LLC to SOVEREIGN BANK, N.A. $1,600,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201713780284
201800730174
20190115401156
202000522155
20210310081112
20220111440119
202301910395
20240319302198
20250020503208
20260314401148
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The full timeline

Construction 29Enforcement 37Housing & tenants 1,690Ownership & money 84Health & systems 17

Every one of the 1,857 recorded events, 1973–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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