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24-17 149 Street · Queens · BBL 4046750009 · 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, AEP7.8
Structural & safetyDOB violations, ECB/OATH violations by class0
PestsBedbug filings, failed rodent inspections, rodent 311s0
DisplacementMarshal evictions executed0
GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 90% 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 26. In ZIP 11357, 95% of residential buildings hold an A and 1% 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

2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2).

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: Food Poisoning (2) · Illegal Fireworks (1) · Street Sign (1) · Dead Animal (1) · Illegal Dumping (1) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (1).

Filed construction activity

$80,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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 (1950)
NoSix or more residential units (1)
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)Damiana Testa Irrevocable Trust
Head officerDamiana Testa
Managing agentDamiana Testa
Last registered2025-10-27

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$361,000 $162,450
2026$363,000 $163,350
2027$360,000 $162,000

The city's market estimate has risen 0% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Whitestone Bagel FactorySandwichesA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

2 food-poisoning reports to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick) · 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

BusNearest boarding stop: Willets Point Blvd / 149 St — Q61 QM20 · 100 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 079 Francis Lewis
Middle: J.H.S. 185 Edward Bleeker. 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

24-17 149 Street

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

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: $40,000 on 1983-05-25 (lender: Valenza, Grace), covering 2 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1983-05-25Mortgage $40,000 — from TESTA, DAMIANA; TESTA, OLINDA to VALENZA, GRACE $40,000

Ten-year activity

1050
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2018
2019
2020
10
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017004004
2018002103
2019004004
2020001012
20210080210
20220260210
2023033017
2024005038
20250080210
2026200002
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The last 12 months — 2 records

DateRecord
2026-07-28Permit Mechanical Systems — Permit Issued
2026-07-13Job filed: FILING FOR A NEW KITCHEN HOOD, EXHAUST FAN AND ASSOCIATED DUCT WORK AS PER PLAN SHOWS. THERE IS NO CHANGE TO USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY UNDER THIS APPLI

The full timeline

2026
2026-07-28Permit Mechanical Systems — Permit Issued
2026-07-13Job filed: FILING FOR A NEW KITCHEN HOOD, EXHAUST FAN AND ASSOCIATED DUCT WORK AS PER PLAN SHOWS. THERE IS NO CHANGE TO USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY UNDER THIS APPLI$80,000
2025
2025-10-09Restaurant inspection: WHITESTONE BAGEL FACTORY — grade A
2025-06-23Boiler inspection
2025-03-08HPD class B: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2NDFLO, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMEN
2025-03-08HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LOWER WINDOW SASH SPRING BALANCE AT SOUTH WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT A
2025-03-07311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-03-07311: DOOR/WINDOW — WINDOW FRAME
2025-03-07311: UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS
2025-03-07Tenant complaint: UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS
2025-03-07Tenant complaint: DOOR/WINDOW — WINDOW FRAME
2025-03-07Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024
2024-12-06311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2024-09-13311: Illegal Dumping — Removal Request
2024-09-05Boiler inspection
2024-08-20Restaurant inspection: WHITESTONE BAGEL FACTORY — grade A
2024-07-09311: Dead Animal — Cat
2024-06-07311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2024-05-24Restaurant inspection: WHITESTONE BAGEL FACTORY
2024-04-21311: Street Sign - Damaged — Stop
2023
2023-12-31311: Illegal Fireworks — N/A
2023-08-09Boiler inspection
2023-06-30DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2020 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
2023-06-20DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2019 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
2023-06-20DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2018 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
2023-05-30311: Illegal Parking — Commercial Overnight Parking
2023-01-08311: Abandoned Vehicle — With License Plate
2022
2022-12-06ECB CLASS - 2 violation: OBSERVED FREEZER IN REAR YARD, ALSO ELECTRICAL OUTLETS SUPPLYING POWER TO FREEZER. OBSERVED 3 JUNCTIONS BOXES. NO PERMITS ON FILE.
2022-11-02Restaurant inspection: WHITESTONE BAGEL FACTORY — grade A
2022-11-02311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2022-11-02DOB complaint, category ?
2022-09-17311: Abandoned Vehicle — With License Plate
2022-09-16Boiler inspection
2022-07-02311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2022-04-16311: Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
2022-04-14311: Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
2022-03-25311: Illegal Parking — Commercial Overnight Parking
2021
2021-12-31Boiler inspection
2021-12-19311: Bus Stop Shelter Complaint — Broken Glass
2021-12-14Boiler inspection
2021-10-20311: Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
2021-09-02311: Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
2021-08-27311: Street Light Condition — Lamppost Base Door/Cover Damaged
2021-08-20311: Illegal Parking — Commercial Overnight Parking
2021-07-24311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2021-06-24311: Noise - Street/Sidewalk — Loud Music/Party
2021-05-18311: Illegal Parking — Commercial Overnight Parking
2020
2020-12-18Boiler inspection
2020-01-25311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2019
2019-11-15311: Street Light Condition — Lamppost Base Door/Cover Open
2019-11-02311: Illegal Parking — Commercial Overnight Parking
2019-09-08311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Sidewalk
2019-09-08311: Consumer Complaint — Sidewalk Cafe
2018
2018-06-15Deed — from TESTA, ALESSANDRO; TESTA, DAMIANA to ALESSANDRO TESTA, TRUSTEE; DAMIANA TESTA TRUST
2018-05-23311: Sidewalk Condition — Sidewalk Violation
2018-04-21311: Street Condition — Pothole
2017
2017-10-29311: Sidewalk Condition — Broken Sidewalk
2017-09-18311: Illegal Parking — Commercial Overnight Parking
2017-06-26311: Street Light Condition — Lamppost Base Door/Cover Damaged
2017-05-20311: Street Condition — Pothole
2016
2016-05-26311: Illegal Parking — Commercial Overnight Parking
2016-03-23311: Street Light Condition — Street Light Out
2016-01-25311: Noise - Commercial — Banging/Pounding
2015
2015-05-23311: Food Establishment — Food Contaminated
2015-05-05FDNY inspection (RISK)
2012
2012-07-06DOB complaint, category ?
2010
2010-08-03311: Dirty Conditions — E15 Illegal Postering
2010-04-22311: Traffic/Illegal Parking — Blocked Sidewalk
2010-04-22311: Sidewalk Condition — Curb Painted
2010-03-25311: Traffic/Illegal Parking — Blocked Sidewalk
2009
2009-10-23DOB complaint, category ?
2007
2007-07-17DEED, LE — from TESTA, DAMIANA to TESTA, ALESSANDRO; TESTA, DAMIANA
2000
2000-02-07DOB violation LL6291:
1999
1999-03-16DOB violation LL6291:
1997
1997-07-24Permit PL — ISSUED
1997-06-11Permit EW — ISSUED
1995
1995-08-13DOB violation C:
1995-07-20DOB complaint, category ?
1995-05-19DOB violation C:
1995-05-04DOB complaint, category ?
1995-05-03DOB complaint, category ?
1995-04-07Mortgage satisfied — from D`ALESSANDRO, JOHN ETAL to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATI
1995-04-05Permit EQ — ISSUED
1995-04-05Permit EW — ISSUED
1994
1994-06-03DOB complaint, category ?
1993
1993-10-13DOB complaint, category ?
1993-10-07DOB complaint, category ?
1993-06-28DOB violation LL6291:
1990
1990-08-08DOB complaint, category ?
1986
1986-08-18Mortgage satisfied — from TESTA, OLINDA ETAL to VALENZA, GRACE
1983
1983-05-25Deed — from VALENZA, SALVATORE; VALENZA, GRACE to TESTA, DAMIANA; TESTA, OLINDA
1983-05-25Mortgage $40,000 — from TESTA, DAMIANA; TESTA, OLINDA to VALENZA, GRACE$40,000
1983-01-03Deed — from VALENZA, GRACE; VALENZA, SALVATORE to VALENZA, GRACE
1977
1977-10-03Deed — from CARAVANOS MARIETTA; CARAVANOS JOHN to GRACE VALENZA; SALVATORE VALENZA
1977-10-03Mortgage — from VALENZA GRACE; VALENZA SALVATORE to MARIETTA CARAVANOS; JOHN CARAVANOS
1973
1973-08-10Deed — from D'ALESSANDRO MARIA; D'ALESSANDRO JOHN to JOHN CARAVANOS; MARIETTA CARAVANOS
1972
1972-05-12Mortgage — from D'ALESSANDRO JOHN; D'ALESSANDRO MARIA to ASTORIA FED SAVS & L ASSOC
1972-05-12Deed — from LEM MABEL; LAU MABEL; LEM THOMAS to MARIA D'ALESSANDRO; JOHN D'ALESSANDRO

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