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68-26 Forest Avenue · Queens · BBL 4034840004 · generated 2026-10-20 · FREE

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Where the penalty points come from

ComponentWhat it coversPoints
Housing codeHPD violations by class, complaints, emergency repairs, litigation, vacate orders, AEP0
Structural & safetyDOB violations, ECB/OATH violations by class0
PestsBedbug filings, failed rodent inspections, rodent 311s0
DisplacementMarshal evictions executed0
GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 100% 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 0. In ZIP 11385, 73% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% 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

5 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (4) · Blocked Driveway (1).

Filed construction activity

$110,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (8 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 (1901)
NoSix or more residential units (4)
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)Zdzislaw and Alicja Kulesza Trust
Head officerZdzislaw Kulesza
Managing agentAlicja Kulesza
Last registered2025-08-22

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,040,000 $468,000
2026$1,194,000 $537,300
2027$1,433,000 $644,850

The city's market estimate has risen 38% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Wan's GardenChineseA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

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.

2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2019 (0 in the last three years).

Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.

Getting around

SubwayForest Av — M · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Forest Av / 68 Rd — Q39 · 50 ft
Citi BikeCatalpa Ave & Woodward Ave · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 088 Seneca
Middle: Joseph F. Quinn Intermediate School 77. 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

68-26 Forest Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $16,282 on 2010-02-01 (lender: Polish & Slavic Federal Credit Union). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2010-02-01AL&R $114,000 — from KULESZA, ALICJA; KULESZA, ZDZISLAW to POLISH & SLAVIC FEDERAL CREDIT UNION $114,000
2010-02-01Agreement $114,000 — from KULESZA, ZDZISLAW; KULESZA, ALICJA to POLISH & SLAVIC FEDERAL CREDIT UNION $114,000
2010-02-01Mortgage $16,283 — from KULESZA, ALICJA; KULESZA, ZDZISLAW to POLISH & SLAVIC FEDERAL CREDIT UNION $16,283
2004-09-10Agreement $310,000 — from KULESZA, ALICJA; KULESZA, ZDZISLAW to POLISH & SLAVIC FEDERAL CREDIT UNION $310,000
2004-09-10Mortgage $20,069 — from KULESZA, ALICJA; KULESZA, ZDZISLAW to POLISH & SLAVIC FEDERAL CREDIT UNION $20,069
2002-06-05Mortgage $318,500 — from KULESZA, ZDZISLAW; KULESZA, ALICJA to POLISH & SLAVIC FEDERAL CREDIT UNION $318,500
1992-12-10Mortgage $11,711 — from DUMITRASCU, VASILE; DUMITRASCU, ELENA to GREEN POINT SAVS BANK $11,711
1987-09-10Mortgage $159,947 — from DUMITRASCU, ELENA; DUMITRASCU,VASILE to ASTORIA FED S&L ASSN. $159,947
1984-03-02Mortgage $63,000 — from DUMITRASCU, VASILE; DUMITRASCU, ELENA to ASTORIA FED S&L ASSN $63,000

Ten-year activity

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2019
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2023
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2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017001012
2018002002
201910040014
2020011002
2021007007
2022001012
2023002013
2024001102
2025006017
2026000000
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The last 12 months — 2 records

DateRecord
2025-12-23Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-11-29311: Blocked Driveway — No Access

The full timeline

2025
2025-12-23Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-11-29311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2025-10-11311: Illegal Parking — Unauthorized Bus Layover
2025-10-04311: Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
2025-09-21311: Illegal Parking — Unauthorized Bus Layover
2025-07-18311: Illegal Parking — Unauthorized Bus Layover
2025-05-14Restaurant inspection: WAN'S GARDEN — grade A
2024
2024-12-29Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-12-03DEED, LE — from KULESZA, ZDZISLAW; KULESZA, ALICJA to ZDZISLAW AND ALICJA KULESZA TRUST; ADRIAN KULESZA, TRUSTEE
2023
2023-12-11Restaurant inspection: WAN'S GARDEN — grade A
2023-12-02Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023-01-02Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022
2022-11-11311: Illegal Parking — Unauthorized Bus Layover
2022-08-22Restaurant inspection: WAN'S GARDEN — grade A
2021
2021-12-27Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-08-22311: Sewer — Sewer Backup (Use Comments) (SA)
2021-06-26311: Illegal Parking — Unauthorized Bus Layover
2021-06-13311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2021-03-29311: Food Establishment — Food Spoiled
2021-03-13Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-01-04Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2020
2020-07-31311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-03-11DOB complaint, category ?
2019
2019-12-10Permit Plumbing — Signed-off
2019-11-15Job filed: Replacement/relocation of plumbing fixtures.$5,000
2019-10-28Permit EW — ISSUED
2019-10-24Job filed: RENOVATION OF APARTMENT 3F. MINOR PARTITION ALTERATION. REMOVAL OF EXISTING INTERIOR CLOSETS AND INSTALLATION OF NEW CLOSETS. REMOVAL OF PLASTER FROM $15,000
2019-10-24Job filed: RENOVATION OF APARTMENT 3F. MINOR PARTITION ALTERATION. REMOVAL OF EXISTING INTERIOR CLOSETS AND INSTALLATION OF NEW CLOSETS. REMOVAL OF PLASTER FROM $15,000
2019-10-24Job filed: RENOVATION OF APARTMENT 3F. MINOR PARTITION ALTERATION. REMOVAL OF EXISTING INTERIOR CLOSETS AND INSTALLATION OF NEW CLOSETS. REMOVAL OF PLASTER FROM $15,000
2019-10-24Job filed: RENOVATION OF APARTMENT 3F. MINOR PARTITION ALTERATION. REMOVAL OF EXISTING INTERIOR CLOSETS AND INSTALLATION OF NEW CLOSETS. REMOVAL OF PLASTER FROM $15,000
2019-10-24Job filed: RENOVATION OF APARTMENT 3F. MINOR PARTITION ALTERATION. REMOVAL OF EXISTING INTERIOR CLOSETS AND INSTALLATION OF NEW CLOSETS. REMOVAL OF PLASTER FROM $15,000
2019-10-24Job filed: RENOVATION OF APARTMENT 3F. MINOR PARTITION ALTERATION. REMOVAL OF EXISTING INTERIOR CLOSETS AND INSTALLATION OF NEW CLOSETS. REMOVAL OF PLASTER FROM $15,000
2019-10-24Job filed: RENOVATION OF APARTMENT 3F. MINOR PARTITION ALTERATION. REMOVAL OF EXISTING INTERIOR CLOSETS AND INSTALLATION OF NEW CLOSETS. REMOVAL OF PLASTER FROM $15,000
2019-09-30311: Sewer — Sewer Backup (Use Comments) (SA)
2019-09-07311: Illegal Parking — Unauthorized Bus Layover
2019-03-16311: Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
2019-01-18Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2018
2018-07-07311: Air Quality — Air: Odor/Fumes, Restaurant (AD2)
2018-04-15311: Street Sign - Dangling — No Parking, Standing, Stopping
2017
2017-10-18311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2017-06-12Rodent inspection: Passed
2016
2016-06-08Rodent inspection: Passed
2015
2015-07-08Mortgage satisfied — from KULESZA, ALICJA; KULESZA, ZDZISLAW to POLISH & SLAVIC FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
2015-07-08TL&R — from KULESZA, ALICJA; KULESZA, ZDZISLAW to POLISH & SLAVIC FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
2015-02-27HPD class I: SECTION27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE ?27-2097 AND IS THER
2010
2010-02-01AL&R $114,000 — from KULESZA, ALICJA; KULESZA, ZDZISLAW to POLISH & SLAVIC FEDERAL CREDIT UNION$114,000
2010-02-01Agreement $114,000 — from KULESZA, ZDZISLAW; KULESZA, ALICJA to POLISH & SLAVIC FEDERAL CREDIT UNION$114,000
2010-02-01Mortgage $16,283 — from KULESZA, ALICJA; KULESZA, ZDZISLAW to POLISH & SLAVIC FEDERAL CREDIT UNION$16,283
2004
2004-09-21Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2004-09-21Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK
2004-09-21Tenant complaint: APPLIANCE — REFRIGERATOR
2004-09-10Agreement $310,000 — from KULESZA, ALICJA; KULESZA, ZDZISLAW to POLISH & SLAVIC FEDERAL CREDIT UNION$310,000
2004-09-10Mortgage $20,069 — from KULESZA, ALICJA; KULESZA, ZDZISLAW to POLISH & SLAVIC FEDERAL CREDIT UNION$20,069
2002
2002-07-18Mortgage assigned — from CARDENAS, ROSA to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK
2002-06-05Mortgage $318,500 — from KULESZA, ZDZISLAW; KULESZA, ALICJA to POLISH & SLAVIC FEDERAL CREDIT UNION$318,500
2002-06-05Deed — from DUMITRASCU, ELENA; DUMITRASCU, VASILE to KULESZA, ZDZISLAW; KULESZA, ALICJA
1993
1993-09-29DOB complaint, category ?
1993-08-23Permit PL — ISSUED
1993-08-12Permit PL — RE-ISSUED
1993-07-23Permit EW — ISSUED
1993-07-23Permit AL — ISSUED
1992
1992-12-10Mortgage $11,711 — from DUMITRASCU, VASILE; DUMITRASCU, ELENA to GREEN POINT SAVS BANK$11,711
1992-12-10Agreement — from RIDGEWOOD SAVS BANK to DUMITRASCU, ELENE; DUMITRASCU, VASILE
1992-12-10Mortgage assigned — from ASTORIA FED S&L ASSOC to RIDGEWOOD SAVS BANK
1987
1987-09-10Mortgage $159,947 — from DUMITRASCU, ELENA; DUMITRASCU,VASILE to ASTORIA FED S&L ASSN.$159,947
1984
1984-03-02Mortgage $63,000 — from DUMITRASCU, VASILE; DUMITRASCU, ELENA to ASTORIA FED S&L ASSN$63,000
1984-03-02Mortgage satisfied — from MAGGIORE, VINCENT ETAL to BRIELMAN, EDWARD ETAL
1984-03-02Deed — from MAGGIORE, VINCENT; MAGGIORE, PETER to DUMITRASCU, VASILE; DUMITRASCU, ELENA
1978
1978-12-12Deed — from BRIELMAN EDWARD to VINCENT MAGGIORE; PETER MAGGIORE
1978-12-12Mortgage — from MAGGIORE VINCENT; MAGGIORE PETER to EDWARD BRIELMAN; LILLIAN BRIELMAN

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