A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 97% 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 70. 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
Open HPD violations
3 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2024-02-05.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
Patterns
3 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 3).
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: Street Condition (3) · Derelict Vehicles (2) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1) · Litter Basket Complaint (1) · Dumpster Complaint (1) · Noise (1).
Filed construction activity
$76,250 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (3 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
Yes
Built before 1974 (1931)
No
Six or more residential units (2)
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)
5910 MYRTLE LLC
Head officer
GIOVANNI MISTRETTA
Managing agent
GASPARE M MISTRETTA
Last registered
2025-10-16
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
$2,374,000
$142,440
2026
$2,366,000
$141,960
2027
$2,465,000
$147,900
The city's market estimate has risen
4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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
Forest Av — M · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Halsey St — L · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Myrtle Av / Forest Av — Q55 · 50 ft
Citi Bike
71 Ave & Myrtle Ave · 150 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 — 1 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.
Sales, deeds & mortgages
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $475,000 on
2015-06-30 (lender: Maspeth Federal Savings And Loan Association). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2025-04-28
Agreement $378,127 — from MASPETH FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA to 5910 MYRTLE, LLC
$378,127
2015-06-30
AL&R $475,000 — from 5910 MYRTLE LLC to MASPETH FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA
$475,000
2015-06-30
Mortgage $475,000 — from 5910 MYRTLE LLC to MASPETH FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA
$475,000
2004-10-23
AL&R $200,000 — from GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC. to MISTRETTA, MARIA; VARVARO, MARIA; MISTRETTA, GIOVANNI; VARVARO, GIUSEPPE C
$200,000
2004-10-23
Mortgage $200,000 — from VARVARO, MARIA; VARVARO, GIUSEPPE C; MISTRETTA, MARIA; MISTRETTA, GIOVANNI to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC.
$200,000
1989-01-18
Mortgage $45,000 — from VARVARO, MARIA; VARVARO, GIUSEPPE C; MISTRETTA, GIOVANNI; MISTRETTA, MARIA to HOME SAVINGS BANK
$45,000
Ten-year activity
20100
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
14
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
0
0
0
1
1
2018
0
2
2
0
1
5
2019
0
1
3
0
1
5
2020
0
1
5
0
1
7
2021
0
0
2
0
1
3
2022
4
0
2
0
1
7
2023
3
0
2
0
1
6
2024
1
0
10
0
3
14
2025
0
0
2
1
2
5
2026
0
0
2
0
3
5
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2024-02-06HPD 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
2024-02-05HPD class B: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2FL , 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FRO
2024-02-05HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF HOT WATER EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 13O DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AT ALL HOT WAT
2024-02-05HPD class C: § 27-2029 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FOR THE APARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2FL , 2nd STORY, 1st APAR
2024-02-05Permit Construction Fence — Permit Issued
2024-02-04Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-02-04311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-02-03Boiler inspection
2023
2023-08-09Job filed: Construction Fence associated with DOB job #Q00629713$2,000
2022-06-15Permit General Construction — Permit Issued
2022-06-15Permit Structural — Permit Issued
2022-06-13Boiler inspection
2022-05-26311: Street Condition — Pothole
2022-04-06Job filed: Interior renovation of existing commercial space and combining space with neighboring building on 59-08 Myrtle Avenue through new opening in existing $64,250
2022-04-06Job filed: BATHROOM TO BE RELOCATED AND PLUMBING FIXTURES TO BE REPLACED AND RELOCATED. PLUMBING WORK ASSOCIATED WITH JOB # Q00629713 INTERIOR RENOVATION\ AND CO$10,000
2021
2021-08-24311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-07-02311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-04-23Boiler inspection
2020
2020-09-17ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO PROVIDE APPROVED CONSTRUCTION PLAN AT JOB SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION PREMISES UNDER ALT 2 JOB #420615472 NO PLAN AT SIT
2007-06-30Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2007-06-30Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2007-01-30Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2004
2004-10-23AL&R $200,000 — from GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC. to MISTRETTA, MARIA; VARVARO, MARIA; MISTRETTA, GIOVANNI; VARVARO, GIUSEPPE C$200,000
2004-10-23Mortgage $200,000 — from VARVARO, MARIA; VARVARO, GIUSEPPE C; MISTRETTA, MARIA; MISTRETTA, GIOVANNI to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC.$200,000
2004-01-08DOB complaint, category ?
2003
2003-11-14Permit EW — ISSUED
2003-11-07Job filed: Upgrade existing fire suppression system, as shown on plan. No change in use, occupancy, or egress.$3,000
2003-11-07Job filed: Upgrade existing fire suppression system, as shown on plan. No change in use, occupancy, or egress.$3,000
1995
1995-08-29DOB violation LL6291:
1992
1992-10-08Mortgage satisfied — from MISTRETTA, GIOVANNIETAL to HOME SAVINGS BK
1989
1989-11-03Permit PL — ISSUED
1989-11-03Permit PL — ISSUED
1989-10-27Permit EW — ISSUED
1989-08-28Permit EW — ISSUED
1989-06-15DOB violation C: MD
1989-06-08DOB violation P:
1989-06-02DOB complaint, category ?
1989-06-02DOB complaint, category ?
1989-03-02Mortgage satisfied — from VARVARO, GIUSEPPE CETAL to HAMBURG SAVS BANK
1989-01-18Mortgage $45,000 — from VARVARO, MARIA; VARVARO, GIUSEPPE C; MISTRETTA, GIOVANNI; MISTRETTA, MARIA to HOME SAVINGS BANK$45,000
1971
1971-10-06Deed — from AUGJEAN REALTY CORP to GIOVANNI MISTRETTA; MARIA MISTRETTA; MARIA VARVARO; GUISEPPE C VARVARO
1971-10-06Mortgage — from MISTRETTA GIOVANNI; MISTRETTA MARIA; VARVARO GUISEPPE C; VARVARO MARIA to HAMBURG SAVS BK
1970
1970-04-24Mortgage — from AUGJEAN REALTY CORP to RELIANCE FED S&L ASSN