The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 62% 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 10. In ZIP 11377, 77% of residential buildings hold an A and
4% grade D or F.
How grades work
this building
A
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
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
30 service requests in the last three years. Most common: For Hire Vehicle Complaint (20) · Illegal Parking (5) · Taxi Complaint (1) · Street Condition (1) · Consumer Complaint (1) · For Hire Vehicle Report (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 (1928)
Yes
Six or more residential units (8)
No
421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll
2 of 3 signals present. This is the classic profile of a rent-stabilized building (pre-1974, 6+ units) — many units in such buildings remain stabilized. 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)
YEN YEN REALTY CORP.
Head officer
MAN C CHIOU DE WU
Managing agent
MIRANDA WU
Last registered
2025-09-13
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
$645,000
$290,250
2026
$563,000
$253,350
2027
$607,000
$273,150
The city's market estimate has fallen
6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Kitchen/Food Prep Area) · 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.
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
52 St — 7 · 250 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Roosevelt Av / 55 St — Q32 · 300 ft
Citi Bike
53 St & Roosevelt Ave · 300 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.
30 311 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: $65,680 on
2014-09-18 (lender: Cathay Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2014-09-18
Mortgage $65,680 — from YEN YEN REALTY CORP. to CATHAY BANK
$65,680
2014-09-18
Agreement $700,000 — from CATHAY BANK to YEN YEN REALTY CORP.
$700,000
2014-09-18
AL&R $700,000 — from YEN YEN REALTY CORP. to CATHAY BANK
$700,000
2004-09-23
Mortgage $381,392 — from YEN YEN REALTY CORP. to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK FA
$381,392
2004-09-23
Agreement $768,750 — from WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK FA to YEN YEN REALTY CORP.
$768,750
1999-04-27
Mortgage $30,000 — from YEN YEN REALTY CORP to MARSEGO REALTY
$30,000
1999-02-19
Mortgage $420,000 — from YEN YEN REALTY CORP to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATI
$420,000
1984-06-26
Mortgage $83,000 — from VECHAVATANAKUL,PHORN; CANBY, MARLENE; CANBY, JEFF to VALDEZ, EMILIO
$83,000
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
23
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
1
0
1
2018
0
2
1
3
2019
0
10
1
11
2020
0
15
1
16
2021
0
13
1
14
2022
1
21
1
23
2023
0
7
1
8
2024
0
10
1
11
2025
0
14
1
15
2026
1
9
3
13
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2025-09-30311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2025-08-21311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2025-07-04311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2025-07-04311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2025-07-02311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2025-06-12HPD 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
2025-06-07311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2025-05-19311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Hydrant
2025-05-05311: For Hire Vehicle Report — Car Service Company Report
2024-12-02HPD 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
2024-11-29311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2024-11-21311: Consumer Complaint — General Vendor
2024-10-13311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2024-08-09311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2024-04-16HPD 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
2024-03-28Boiler inspection
2024-02-09311: Taxi Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2024-01-20311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2023
2023-12-24311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2023-11-24HPD 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
2023-10-07311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2023-10-07311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2023-08-28311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2023-06-30311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2023-05-18Boiler inspection
2023-03-29HPD 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
2022-12-28311: Water System — Hydrant Leaking (WC1)
2022-12-27311: Water System — Hydrant Leaking (WC1)
2022-12-19311: Consumer Complaint — Other
2022-11-21311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2022-11-16HPD 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
2022-10-18311: General Construction/Plumbing — Curb Cut/Driveway/Carport - Illegal
2022-10-18DOB complaint, category ?
2022-08-19311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2022-07-25311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2022-07-23311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2022-07-15311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2022-07-14Boiler inspection
2022-07-09311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2022-07-08311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2022-05-06311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2022-04-18Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-03-25311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2022-03-08HPD 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
2022-03-08HPD 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
2022-02-18311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2022-02-04311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2021-11-11311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2021-10-27311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Sidewalk
2021-09-02311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Sidewalk
2021-08-26Boiler inspection
2021-06-29311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2021-05-25311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2021-04-23311: Taxi Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2021-04-16HPD 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
2021-04-16HPD 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
2021-04-08311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2021-03-20311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2021-02-25311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2021-02-21311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2020
2020-12-10311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2020-11-26311: Abandoned Vehicle — With License Plate
2020-11-07311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2020-10-31311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2020-10-23311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2020-10-03311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2020-09-23311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2020-09-22Boiler inspection
2020-09-18311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2020-09-18311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2020-09-18311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2020-09-07311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2020-08-31311: Consumer Complaint — Restaurant
2020-07-25311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2020-01-30311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2020-01-11311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2019
2019-12-16311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2019-11-17311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2019-11-15311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2019-11-05311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2019-11-05311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2019-11-05311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2019-10-13311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2019-10-12311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2019-09-26Boiler inspection — defects found
2019-09-22311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2019-09-16311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2018
2018-10-24HPD 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
2018-09-24Boiler inspection
2018-04-14311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2017
2017-12-01311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2016
2016-11-22HPD 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
2016-05-26311: Street Condition — Failed Street Repair
2016-04-12FDNY inspection (RISK)
2014
2014-10-22311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2014-09-18Mortgage $65,680 — from YEN YEN REALTY CORP. to CATHAY BANK$65,680
2014-09-18Agreement $700,000 — from CATHAY BANK to YEN YEN REALTY CORP.$700,000
2014-09-18AL&R $700,000 — from YEN YEN REALTY CORP. to CATHAY BANK$700,000
2014-09-18Mortgage assigned — from JPMORGAN CHASE BANK , N.A. to CATHAY BANK
2014-09-18Mortgage assigned — from FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK , N.A.
2014-05-01311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2014-04-04FDNY inspection (RISK)
2013
2013-07-31311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2012
2012-12-28311: HEATING — HEAT
2012-12-28Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2012-07-28311: Derelict Vehicle — With License Plate
2012-04-19311: Noise — Noise: Alarms (NR3)
2012-01-22311: Water System — No Water/Low Pressure (WA5)
2012-01-22311: ELECTRIC — LIGHTING
2012-01-22311: PLUMBING — WATER-SUPPLY
2012-01-22Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — LIGHTING
2012-01-22Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2012-01-21311: Water System — No Water/Low Pressure (WA5)
2011
2011-03-14311: Consumer Complaint — Debt Not Owed
2011-01-29311: Vending — Unlicensed
2010
2010-06-14Permit EW — ISSUED
2010-06-01Job filed: INSTALLATION OF KITCHEN FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR O CCUPANCY.$3,000
2010-06-01Job filed: INSTALLATION OF KITCHEN FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR O CCUPANCY.$3,000
2007
2007-01-26Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2007-01-20Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005
2005-11-21DOB violation C:
2005-11-21ECB Hazardous violation: WORK WITHOUT PERMIT. UPON INSPECTION A STELL STRUCTURE CB ANTENNA HAS BEEN ERECTED ON ROOF OF 2 STORY BLD. A, 15'FT CAGE STELL TOW
2005-11-17Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-08-26DOB complaint, category ?
2005-08-26DOB complaint, category ?
2005-07-15DOB complaint, category ?
2005-06-01Permit PL — ISSUED
2005-04-22Permit AL — ISSUED
2005-02-07Job filed: Convert an existing first floor apartmen t into a store; No change in eg and/or square footage.$10,000
2005-02-07Job filed: Convert an existing first floor apartmen t into a store; No change in eg and/or square footage.$10,000
2004
2004-09-23Mortgage $381,392 — from YEN YEN REALTY CORP. to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK FA$381,392
2004-09-23Mortgage assigned — from ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA
2004-09-23Agreement $768,750 — from WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK FA to YEN YEN REALTY CORP.$768,750
2004-09-23TL&R — from YEN YEN REALTY CORP. to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA
2004-06-10DOB complaint, category ?
2004-05-18Permit AL — ISSUED
2004-05-07Job filed: REPAIR EXTERIOR WALL, NO CHANGE EGRESS AND OCCUPANCY.$8,000
2004-05-07Job filed: REPAIR EXTERIOR WALL, NO CHANGE EGRESS AND OCCUPANCY.$8,000
2004-03-19DOB complaint, category ?
2004-02-25ECB Hazardous violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN EXTERIOR BUILDING WALL'S HAZARDOUS NOTED (1) PARAPET WALL ( SOUTH WEST CONRNER) HAS A 2'FT BY 3'FT SECTION OF $800
1991-10-07Mortgage satisfied — from 54TH STREET BLDG CORP to MASPETH FEDL S/L ASSN
1991-07-08Mortgage satisfied — from VECHAVATANAKUL, P, ETAL to VALDEZ, EMILIO ETAL
1989
1989-06-12DOB violation C: JD
1989-04-05DOB complaint, category ?
1984
1984-06-26Mortgage $83,000 — from VECHAVATANAKUL,PHORN; CANBY, MARLENE; CANBY, JEFF to VALDEZ, EMILIO$83,000
1975
1975-11-03Deed — from 54TH STREET BUILDING CORP to MARSEGO REALTY CORP
1975-08-27Mortgage assigned — from GRABEL JACK; BIRNHAK CHARLES (INDIVIDUALLY AND EXECUT; REED GARY; BIRNHAK JACK (EXECUTOR O to LILLY BEECHER; IRA DAVIS
1975-07-07Mortgage assigned — from BIRNHAK JACK; BIRNHAK JACK O EXTR OF to CHARLES BIRNHAK
1973
1973-06-26SAGE — from REED GARY; BIRNHAK JACK; GRABEL JACK; MASPETH FED S & L ASSN
1973-06-26Mortgage — from 54TH STREET BUILDING CORP to MASPETH FED S&L ASSN
1973-06-26Deed — from SCHULMAN SAUL; COLAPINTO MARIO to 54TH STREET BLDG CORP
1972
1972-09-13Mortgage — from SCHULMAN SAUL; COLAPINTO MARIO to JACK BIRNHAK; JACK GRABEL; GARY REED
1972-09-13Deed — from BIRNHAK JACK; REED GARY; GRABEL JACK to MARIO COLAPINTO; SAUL SCHULMAN
1969
1969-11-19Deed — from BRIGHTER REALTY CO INC to JACK GRABEL; JACK BIRNHAK; GARY REED