The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 79% 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 2. In ZIP 11220, 69% of residential buildings hold an A and
6% 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
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
9 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (3) · Commercial Disposal Complaint (2) · Illegal Dumping (1) · Building/Use (1) · Non (1) · Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) (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
Yes
Built before 1974 (1930)
No
Six or more residential units (5)
No
421-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)
Allen Hester Corp.
Head officer
WingFai Kwong
Managing agent
Kinyu Realty & Management Corp.
Last registered
2026-06-30
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
What the city thinks it's worth
Tax year
City market value
Assessed value
2025
$1,054,000
$474,300
2026
$1,265,000
$569,250
2027
$1,234,000
$555,300
The city's market estimate has risen
17% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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
Subway
8 Av — N · 0.4 mi straight-line (about an 11-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: 8 Av / 52 St — B70 · 250 ft
Citi Bike
55 St & 7 Ave · 1,000 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
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.
9 311 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.
2025-07-11311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2025-07-11DOB complaint, category ?
2025-05-20Boiler inspection
2024
2024-12-04Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-08-16Boiler inspection
2024-05-22311: Illegal Dumping — Removal Request
2024-04-26Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-04-03HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2024-03-13311: Commercial Disposal Complaint — Waste Left in Front of Residence
2024-03-12311: Commercial Disposal Complaint — Waste Left in Front of Residence
2023-03-20HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2022
2022-12-28Boiler inspection
2022-11-10HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2022-10-31311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2022-10-31DOB complaint, category ?
2022-10-17311: Consumer Complaint — Vendor
2022-02-18HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2022-02-18HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2021
2021-09-16311: Illegal Parking — Parking Permit Improper Use
2021-04-05HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2021-04-05HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2021-04-02311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2011-09-29Job filed: 1. PROPOSE MINOR INTERIOR RENOVATION OF AN EXISTING STORE ON 1ST FLOOR. 2. INSTALL NEW PLUMBING FIXTURES. 3. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY U$52,500
2009
2009-12-29DOB complaint, category ?
2009-01-01DOB violation LL6291:
2008
2008-08-06ECB CLASS - 3 violation: B354,16,48A,50B,15,38,50A,C.50A-NO CHECK VALVE.50B-NO CLEANOUT AT CHIMNEY BREACH.50C-REMOVE OR LEGALIZE VAULTED OIL STORAGE TANK.$200
2008-01-10DOB complaint, category ?
2008-01-10DOB complaint, category ?
2005
2005-10-19Permit SG — ISSUED
2005-06-02DOB complaint, category ?
2004
2004-04-09Permit EW — ISSUED
2004-04-09Permit EW — ISSUED
2004-03-12Job filed: Install minor partitions and HVAC system for an existing store on first floor and install minor partitions in cellar. No change in use, egress or occ$35,000
2003
2003-07-17Permit PL — ISSUED
2003-07-15Permit AL — ISSUED
2003-07-15Permit EQ — ISSUED
2003-01-30Job filed: change of commercial use on first floor, 2 familly on second floor, installation of fire escape in front of building.$6,000
2003-01-30Job filed: change of commercial use on first floor, 2 familly on second floor, installation of fire escape in front of building.$6,000
2003-01-30Job filed: change of commercial use on first floor, 2 familly on second floor, installation of fire escape in front of building.$6,000
1993
1993-01-25Mortgage satisfied — from LEUNG, SHUET KWUN KONG; LEUNG, HARRY CHIU to SCIANNA, THERESA
1977
1977-12-05Deed — from SCIANNA THERESA to LEUNG SHUET KWAIN KONG; LEUNG HARRY CHIU
1977-12-05Mortgage — from LEUNG SHUET KWUN KONG; LEUNG HARRY C HIU to SCIANNA THERESA