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2-61 Fernside Place

261Records
9City systems
43Open violations
20Penalty rate
Queens · ZIP 11691 · Neighborhood: Far Rockaway-Bayswater
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261 recorded events, 1978–2025, from 9 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 84 311 service requests, 82 HPD complaints, 57 HPD housing violations.

BoroughQueens 11691
Built1940
Floors1
Res. units2
ClassB2
Owner (PLUTO)SOUTH HOMES INC.
BBL4157820040
BIN4301306

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GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 87% 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 20. In ZIP 11691, 77% of residential buildings hold an A and 8% 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 violations43 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 35 class B, 4 class A. Oldest open since 2002-05-04.

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

5 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (2) · Blocked Driveway (1) · Obstruction (1) · Standing Water (1).

Filed construction activity

No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. 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 (1940)
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).

Registered with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)SOUTH HOMES INC.
Head officerFARHAD BASAL
Managing agentSOUTH HOMES INC.
Last registered2026-01-30

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$615,000 $36,900
2026$732,000 $43,920
2027$664,000 $39,840

The city's market estimate has risen 8% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

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

SubwayBeach 25 St — A · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Seagirt Blvd / Crest Rd — Q22 QM17 · 600 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 043
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

2-61 Fernside Place

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

5 311 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by SOUTH HOMES INC. — 14 buildings, 24 units. Grades across the portfolio: A5 · B1 · C4 · D3 · F1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
143-16 Lakewood Avenue QN2 D
107-35 Sutphin Boulevard QN2 A
2-61 Fernside Place QN2 C
116-04 Merrick Boulevard QN2 C
198-21 Hollis Avenue QN2 A
342 Beach 70 Street QN2 A
173-41 104 Avenue QN2 A
116-14 168 Street QN2 A
160-18 119 Road QN2 B
162-14 109 Avenue QN2 D
3-05 Beach 84 Street QN1 F
106-33 Guy R Brewer Blvd QN1 C
145-42 130 Avenue QN1 C
116-06 Merrick Boulevard QN1 D

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $477,000 on 2007-10-26 (recorded via MERS, the industry registry; the lender is not named on the record). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2015-06-11Deed $182,500 — from CITIMORTGAGE, INC. to SOUTH HOMES INC. $182,500
2013-10-04Deed $160,000 — from BEERMAN, ALEN R to CITIMORTGAGE, INC. $160,000
2007-10-26Mortgage $477,000 — from BLACKWOOD, LLOYD to MERS $477,000
2007-10-26Deed $530,000 — from CLARKE, FELICETA to BLACKWOOD, LLOYD $530,000
2007-03-08Mortgage $332,000 — from CLARKE, FELICETA to MERS $332,000
2006-12-11Mortgage $392,500 — from CLARKE, FELICETA to MERS $392,500
2005-11-28Deed $293,620 — from VEERASAWMY, JOAN; VEERASAWMY, DECEASED, ALLAN to CLARKE, FELICETA $293,620
2005-11-28Mortgage $261,765 — from CLARKE, FELICETA to MERS $261,765
1997-12-03Mortgage $43,536 — from VEERASAWMY, ALLAN; VEERASAWMY, JOAN to FORD CONSUMER FINANCE COMPANY, INC $43,536
1996-03-14Mortgage $75,000 — from VEERASAWMY, ALLAN; VEERASAWMY, JOAN to FHB FUNDING CORP $75,000
1990-08-09Mortgage $125,600 — from LEE, LILLETH to CITIBANK NA $125,600
1990-05-25Mortgage $55,000 — from LEE, PEARLINE to CONTINENTAL CAPITALCORP $55,000

Ten-year activity

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2019
63
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Housing & tenants
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YearHousing & tenantsTotal
201711
20185151
20191717
20206363
202155
20222121
202311
202411
202555
202600
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The full timeline

Enforcement 5Housing & tenants 226Ownership & money 30

Every one of the 261 recorded events, 1978–2025, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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