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15-53 209 Street · Queens · BBL 4058630539 · 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, AEP40.6
Structural & safetyDOB violations, ECB/OATH violations by class0
PestsBedbug filings, failed rodent inspections, rodent 311s0
DisplacementMarshal evictions executed0
GRADE D

A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 98% 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 135.3. In ZIP 11360, 94% 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

Open HPD violations25 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 14 class B, 11 class A. Oldest open since 2002-07-31.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

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

25 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (10) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (5) · FLOORING/STAIRS (3) · PAINT/PLASTER (3) · DOOR/WINDOW (2) · Sewer (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

NoBuilt before 1974 (1975)
NoSix or more residential units (2)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

0 of 3 signals present. None of the common signals are present — stabilization is unlikely (though never impossible). 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)EMILY HSU; HSIU S HSU
Managing agentJOHN HSU
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$1,536,000 $92,160
2026$1,631,000 $97,860
2027$1,678,000 $100,680

The city's market estimate has risen 9% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Flood exposure

Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).

Hurricane evacuation zone 5 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.

Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.

1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2024 (1 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

BusNearest boarding stop: 18 Av / Corporal Kennedy St — Q28 · 950 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 209 Clearview Gardens
Middle: J.H.S. 194 William Carr. 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

15-53 209 Street

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

25 311 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: $320,000 on 2004-04-16 (lender: Washington Mutual Bank, Fa, A Federal Association). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2004-04-16Mortgage $320,000 — from HSU, HSIU SHIH to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA, A FEDERAL AS $320,000
1990-04-20Mortgage $200,000 — from HSU, HSIU SHIH; HSU, EMILY to GREEN POINT SAVINGSBANK $200,000
1987-09-23Mortgage $65,000 — from HSU,HSIU SHIH to CHASE MANHATTAN BANK $65,000

Ten-year activity

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2025202
202654054
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The last 12 months — 54 records

DateRecord
2026-09-16311: PAINT/PLASTER — CEILING
2026-09-16311: DOOR/WINDOW — WINDOW FRAME
2026-09-16311: FLOORING/STAIRS — FLOOR
2026-09-16311: UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD
2026-09-16311: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2026-09-16Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — CEILING
2026-09-16Tenant complaint: FLOORING/STAIRS — FLOOR
2026-09-16Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2026-09-16Tenant complaint: DOOR/WINDOW — WINDOW FRAME
2026-09-16Tenant complaint: UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD
2026-09-05311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2026-08-18HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR ALL WALL AND CEILING AT CLOSET IN THE 1s
2026-08-18HPD class A: § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... AT EAST WALL AND CEILING LESS THAN 10 SQ FT AT CLOSET I
2026-08-18HPD class A: § 27-2005 HMC: REFIT LOWER WIND SASH IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST AT NORTH LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
2026-08-18HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST AT NOR
2026-08-18HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK OVER CEILING IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST AT NORTH LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st
2026-08-18HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REFIT LOWER WINDOW SASH AT SOUTH WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT F
2026-08-14311: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2026-08-14311: DOOR/WINDOW — WINDOW PANE
2026-08-14311: UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD
2026-08-14311: FLOORING/STAIRS — FLOOR
2026-08-14Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2026-08-14Tenant complaint: UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD
2026-08-14Tenant complaint: FLOORING/STAIRS — FLOOR
2026-08-14Tenant complaint: DOOR/WINDOW — WINDOW PANE
2026-05-07311: Noise — Noise: Construction Equipment (NC1)
2026-04-29HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR ALL WALLS AND CEILING IN THE PRIVATE HAL
2026-04-29HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK OVER CEILING IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST AT NORTH LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY,
2026-04-29HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR ALL WALLS AND CEILING AT CLOSET IN THE 2
2026-04-29HPD class A: § 27-2005 HMC: REFIT LOWER WINDOW SASH IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
2026-04-29HPD class B: § 27-2045(B)(1)(B) HMC, § 12-06, § 12-07, § 12-09 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVI
2026-04-29HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR ALL WALLS AND CEILING AT CLOST IN THE 1s
2026-04-29HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR ALL WALLS AND CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FR
2026-04-29HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST AT SOU
2026-04-29HPD class B: § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... AT WEST WALL LESS THAN 10 SQ FT AT CLOSET IN THE 1st RO
2026-04-29HPD class A: § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... AT WEST WALL LESS THAN 10 SQ FT AT CLOSET IN THE 1st RO
2026-04-29HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR CEILING AND ALL WALLS IN THE 3rd ROOM FR
2026-04-29HPD class A: § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT WEST WALL AT CLOSET IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCA
2026-04-29HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE SPRING BALANCE AT LOWER WINDOW SASH IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST AT NORTH LOC
2026-04-25311: UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD
2026-04-25Tenant complaint: UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD
2026-03-20311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2026-03-20311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2026-03-19Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2026-03-04311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2026-03-04311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2026-02-25311: UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD
2026-02-25311: FLOORING/STAIRS — FLOOR
2026-02-25311: UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS
2026-02-25311: PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK
2026-02-25Tenant complaint: UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS
2026-02-25Tenant complaint: UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD
2026-02-25Tenant complaint: FLOORING/STAIRS — FLOOR
2026-02-25Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK

The full timeline

2026
2026-09-16311: PAINT/PLASTER — CEILING
2026-09-16311: DOOR/WINDOW — WINDOW FRAME
2026-09-16311: FLOORING/STAIRS — FLOOR
2026-09-16311: UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD
2026-09-16311: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2026-09-16Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — CEILING
2026-09-16Tenant complaint: FLOORING/STAIRS — FLOOR
2026-09-16Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2026-09-16Tenant complaint: DOOR/WINDOW — WINDOW FRAME
2026-09-16Tenant complaint: UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD
2026-09-05311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2026-08-18HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR ALL WALL AND CEILING AT CLOSET IN THE 1s
2026-08-18HPD class A: § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... AT EAST WALL AND CEILING LESS THAN 10 SQ FT AT CLOSET I
2026-08-18HPD class A: § 27-2005 HMC: REFIT LOWER WIND SASH IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST AT NORTH LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
2026-08-18HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST AT NOR
2026-08-18HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK OVER CEILING IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST AT NORTH LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st
2026-08-18HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REFIT LOWER WINDOW SASH AT SOUTH WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT F
2026-08-14311: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2026-08-14311: DOOR/WINDOW — WINDOW PANE
2026-08-14311: UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD
2026-08-14311: FLOORING/STAIRS — FLOOR
2026-08-14Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2026-08-14Tenant complaint: UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD
2026-08-14Tenant complaint: FLOORING/STAIRS — FLOOR
2026-08-14Tenant complaint: DOOR/WINDOW — WINDOW PANE
2026-05-07311: Noise — Noise: Construction Equipment (NC1)
2026-04-29HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR ALL WALLS AND CEILING IN THE PRIVATE HAL
2026-04-29HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK OVER CEILING IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST AT NORTH LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY,
2026-04-29HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR ALL WALLS AND CEILING AT CLOSET IN THE 2
2026-04-29HPD class A: § 27-2005 HMC: REFIT LOWER WINDOW SASH IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
2026-04-29HPD class B: § 27-2045(B)(1)(B) HMC, § 12-06, § 12-07, § 12-09 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVI
2026-04-29HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR ALL WALLS AND CEILING AT CLOST IN THE 1s
2026-04-29HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR ALL WALLS AND CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FR
2026-04-29HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST AT SOU
2026-04-29HPD class B: § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... AT WEST WALL LESS THAN 10 SQ FT AT CLOSET IN THE 1st RO
2026-04-29HPD class A: § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... AT WEST WALL LESS THAN 10 SQ FT AT CLOSET IN THE 1st RO
2026-04-29HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR CEILING AND ALL WALLS IN THE 3rd ROOM FR
2026-04-29HPD class A: § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT WEST WALL AT CLOSET IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCA
2026-04-29HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE SPRING BALANCE AT LOWER WINDOW SASH IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST AT NORTH LOC
2026-04-25311: UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD
2026-04-25Tenant complaint: UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD
2026-03-20311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2026-03-20311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2026-03-19Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2026-03-04311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2026-03-04311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2026-02-25311: UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD
2026-02-25311: FLOORING/STAIRS — FLOOR
2026-02-25311: UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS
2026-02-25311: PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK
2026-02-25Tenant complaint: UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS
2026-02-25Tenant complaint: UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD
2026-02-25Tenant complaint: FLOORING/STAIRS — FLOOR
2026-02-25Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK
2025
2025-05-11311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2025-05-11311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2024
2024-10-07Deed — from HSU, HSIU SHIH; HSU, EMILY to HSU, JOHN KWAN; HSU, EMILY SU-HUEY; HSU, HSIU-SHIH
2024-09-16Deed transfer (nominal price)
2024-09-01311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2024-09-01311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2024-06-13311: Sewer — Sewer Backup (Use Comments) (SA)
2024-04-02Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2016
2016-03-30Mortgage satisfied — from HSU, HSIU SHIH; HSU, EMILY to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
2004
2004-04-16Mortgage $320,000 — from HSU, HSIU SHIH to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA, A FEDERAL AS$320,000
2002
2002-08-24HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF CONCEALED WATER LEAK AT CEILING OF GARAGE AT CELLAR FRONT.
2002-07-31HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING DOUBLE CYLINDER KEY LOCKING DEVICE AT FRONT ENTRANCE DOOR DUPLEX CELLAR APARTMENT.
2002-07-31HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING CERAMIC FLOOR TILE 1ST STORY DUPLEX APARTMENT BATHROOM.
2002-07-31HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE PROOF CEILING OF GARAGE AT CELLAR FRONT.
2002-07-31HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE BELL SYSTEM CELLAR FRONT ENTRANCE DOOR TO DUPLEX APARTMENT.
2002-07-31HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING GLASS LOWER SASH 1ST STORY SPLIT LEVEL DUPLEX APARTMENT BATHROOM.
2002-07-31HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE INOPERATIVE UPPER AND LOWER SASH WINDOWS 1 AND 2 STORY SPLIT LEVEL APARTMENT.
1999
1999-08-11Mortgage satisfied — from HSU, HSIU SHIH ETAL to GREEN POINT SAVINGSBANK
1990
1990-07-26Mortgage satisfied — from HARBOR ESTATES/INC/NY/CP to WHITESTONES S&L ASSN
1990-05-23Mortgage satisfied — from HSU,HSIU SHIN,ETAL to CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
1990-04-20Mortgage $200,000 — from HSU, HSIU SHIH; HSU, EMILY to GREEN POINT SAVINGSBANK$200,000
1990-04-20PAT — from HSU, EMILY to HSU, HSIU SHIH
1987
1987-09-23Mortgage $65,000 — from HSU,HSIU SHIH to CHASE MANHATTAN BANK$65,000
1985
1985-11-20Mortgage assigned — from WHITESTONE SAVINGS NKA to UNION PLANTERS NAT'LBK
1977
1977-09-30Deed — from KARCH ROSE to HSIU SHIH HSU; EMILY HSU
1969
1969-10-09REL — from GENERAL BAYSIDE CORP to HARBOR ESTATES INC
1969-09-22Deed — from HARBOR ESTATES INC to ROSE KARCH; FRED J KARCH
1969-07-14REL — from NINTH FED SVGS & LOAN ASSOC to GENERAL BAYSIDE CORP
1969-07-11Mortgage — from HARBOR ESTATES INC to WHITESTONE S & L ASSN

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