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129-05 Liberty Avenue · Queens · BBL 4095660057 · 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, AEP2
Structural & safetyDOB violations, ECB/OATH violations by class3
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 86% 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 16.7. In ZIP 11419, 81% 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 violations4 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 3 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2015-10-08.
Active vacate order1 unit(s) under an unrescinded HPD vacate order

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

3 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 3).

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

$1,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

7 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (3) · General Construction/Plumbing (1) · Food Poisoning (1) · Blocked Driveway (1) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1).

Filed construction activity

$53,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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 (1931)
NoSix or more residential units (2)
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).

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$977,000 $58,620
2026$1,045,000 $62,700
2027$1,082,000 $64,920

The city's market estimate has risen 11% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Shivram'sCaribbeanBMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

1 food-poisoning report 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

SubwayOzone Park-Lefferts Blvd — A · 0.5 mi straight-line (about a 13-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Jamaica-Van Wyck — E · 0.8 mi straight-line (about a 21-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Liberty Av / 130 St — Q112 · 200 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 055 Maure
Middle: 72, 332. 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

129-05 Liberty 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

7 311 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: $350,000 on 2025-03-13 (lender: Crosscountry Mortgage, LLC) (recorded via MERS). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2025-03-13Mortgage $350,000 — from PENATE, KAMLA R; DEPENATE, KAMALA R to CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, LLC; MERS $350,000
2009-02-09AL&R $199,000 — from PENATE, ANTONIO R; DEPENATE, KAMLA R to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB $199,000
2009-02-09Mortgage $199,000 — from PENATE, ANTONIO R; DEPENATE, KAMLA R to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB $199,000
1999-03-26Mortgage $32,202 — from RAMKARAN, DIAWATTEEDEVI; DEPANATE, KAMLA R; RAMKARAN, KHEMRAJ; PENATE, ANTONIO R to GREENPOINT MORTGAGECORP $32,202
1995-09-12Mortgage $120,000 — from RAMKARAN, DIAWATTEEDEVI; RAMKARAN, KHEMRAJ; SHIWLOCHAN, SEETA; RAMKARAM, HANSRAI ANAND to GREENPOINT BANK $120,000
1990-11-09Mortgage $130,000 — from RAMOS, JOSE M to CANTOR FITZGERALD SEC/CP $130,000
1989-07-05Mortgage $82,000 — from RAMOS, CARMEN to NORMAN L IRA ROLLOVRTRT; BASKIN PLANNING CNSULTNT $82,000
1987-09-29Mortgage $225,000 — from RAMOS, CARMEN to LECCESE, ALBERT $225,000

Ten-year activity

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EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201701001
201800011
201900000
2020270110
202101012
202200213
202310012
202400112
2025241310
202605117
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The last 12 months — 7 records

DateRecord
2026-09-30Mortgage satisfied — from DEPENATE, KAMALA R; PENATE, KAMLA R to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS; CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, LLC
2026-07-14311: Noise — Noise: Manufacturing Noise (NK1)
2026-05-16311: Noise - Vehicle — Engine Idling
2026-03-18Boiler inspection
2026-01-18311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2026-01-18Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2026-01-18Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY

The full timeline

2026
2026-09-30Mortgage satisfied — from DEPENATE, KAMALA R; PENATE, KAMLA R to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS; CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, LLC
2026-07-14311: Noise — Noise: Manufacturing Noise (NK1)
2026-05-16311: Noise - Vehicle — Engine Idling
2026-03-18Boiler inspection
2026-01-18311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2026-01-18Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2026-01-18Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025
2025-09-28311: Blocked Driveway — Partial Access
2025-07-08311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2025-06-04Restaurant inspection: SHIVRAM'S — grade B · mice evidence
2025-05-13ECB CLASS - 2 violation: RESPONDENT FAILED TO FILE A CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION PER COMMISSIONER'S ORDER FOR THE VIOLATION NUMBER 35477386 H ISSUED 11/04/20$1,250
2025-04-23311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2025-04-23DOB complaint, category ?
2025-04-22Restaurant inspection: SHIVRAM'S · mice evidence
2025-04-13311: Noise - Vehicle — Car/Truck Music
2025-03-13Mortgage $350,000 — from PENATE, KAMLA R; DEPENATE, KAMALA R to CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, LLC; MERS$350,000
2025-01-31Boiler inspection
2024
2024-06-17Deed — from DEPENATE, KAMLA R; PENATE, ANTONIO R to DEPENATE, KAMLA R
2024-02-28Boiler inspection
2023
2023-06-20DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2019 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
2023-06-19Boiler inspection
2022
2022-10-12TL&R — from FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB to DEPENATE, KAMLA R; PENATE, ANTONIO R
2022-10-12Mortgage satisfied — from PENATE, ANTONIO R; DEPENATE, KAMLA R to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB
2022-06-16Boiler inspection
2021
2021-05-05Boiler inspection
2021-01-06311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not in compliance
2020
2020-12-11311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not in compliance
2020-12-04311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not in compliance
2020-11-04ECB CLASS - 2 violation: WORK WITHOUT PERMIT. NOTED; AT REAR YARD OF PREMISES INSTALLED WATER LINE AND ELECTRICAL WIRING FOR A WALK IN FREEZER APPROX 8 FT $3,125
2020-11-02Boiler inspection
2020-10-25311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Restaurant/Bar Not in Compliance
2020-09-13311: Food Establishment — Food Preparation Location
2020-09-11311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2020-09-11DOB complaint, category ?
2020-08-28311: Consumer Complaint — Retail Store
2020-02-17311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2018
2018-03-20Boiler inspection
2017
2017-05-27311: Food Establishment — Kitchen/Food Prep Area
2016
2016-12-27DOB violation C:
2016-12-23DOB complaint, category ?
2016-10-07Permit EW — ISSUED
2016-09-20Permit EW — ISSUED
2016-09-19Permit PL — ISSUED
2016-09-19Permit EW — ISSUED
2016-09-01Job filed: FILING TO INSTALL NEW FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM ONLY. COOKING EQUIPMENT,AND GAS SHUT OFF VALVE FILED UNDER APPLICATION #440327790$3,000
2016-07-21Job filed: INTERIOR RENOVATION OF A STORE FOR A BAKERY.$50,000
2015
2015-12-07ECB CLASS - 2 violation: WORK W/O PERMIT. NOTED: AT REAR OF STORE. INSTALLED WATER LINES & WASTE LINES FOR 3PC BATHROOM(TOILET,SINK,SHOWER)ERECTED PARTITIO$200
2015-11-12City emergency repair (HWO): provide access and re-seal.$19
2015-11-04HPD class C: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE TEMPORARY SEAL-UP FOR ALL OPENINGS IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1R, 1st STORY
2015-10-30Vacate order: Illegal Occupancy (1 units)
2015-10-29HPD class I: SECTION 27-2142 ADM CODE - THE PREMISES OR APTS. HAVE BEEN VACATED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND CANNOT BE REOCCUPIED UNTIL SO ORDERED AFTER PROOF O
2015-10-08311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2015-10-08DOB complaint, category ?
2015-10-08HPD class B: SECTION 27-2073 ADM CODE - DISCONTINUE UNLAWFUL COOKING SPACE OR FILE PLANS AND APPLICATION WITH THIS DEPARTMENT TO LEGALIZE SAME, IF LAWFUL
2015-10-08HPD class B: SECTION 9, 170, 171, 300, 301, 302 M.D.LAW-FILE PLANS AND APPLICATION AND OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TO LEGALIZE THE CONVERSION FROM
2015-10-08HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF CLASS A CREATED APARTMENT WITH PLUMBING AND COOKING CONTRARY TO C/O IN THE ENT
2015-10-07HPD litigation: Tenant Action
2015-10-05311: PLUMBING — BATHTUB/SHOWER
2015-10-05311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2015-10-05311: ELECTRIC — POWER OUTAGE
2015-10-05311: PLUMBING — TOILET
2015-10-05Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — TOILET
2015-10-05Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — BATHTUB/SHOWER
2015-10-05Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2015-10-05Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — POWER OUTAGE
2015-06-04Rodent inspection: Passed
2015-04-21Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2015-04-04311: Dirty Conditions — E3A Dirty Area/Alleyway
2015-04-04311: Rodent — Mouse Sighting
2013
2013-04-04311: General Construction/Plumbing — Working Contrary To Stop Work Order
2013-04-04DOB complaint, category ?
2011
2011-06-02DOB complaint, category ?
2009
2009-03-05Mortgage satisfied — from PENATE, ANTONIO R; SGIWLOCHAN, SEETA; PENATE, KAMLA R; RAMKARAN, DIAWATTE DEVI; RAMKARAN, to GREENPOINT BANK; GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING INC
2009-03-05TL&R — from RAMKARAN, KHEMRAJ; PENATE, ANTONIO R; RAMKARAN, DIAWATTE DEVI; PENATE, KAMLA R to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE CORP.; GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING INC
2009-02-09AL&R $199,000 — from PENATE, ANTONIO R; DEPENATE, KAMLA R to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB$199,000
2009-02-09Mortgage $199,000 — from PENATE, ANTONIO R; DEPENATE, KAMLA R to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK, FSB$199,000
2009-02-09Deed — from RAMKARAN, DIAWATTEE DEVI; DEPANATE, KAMLA R; RAMKARAN, KHEMRAJ; PENATE, ANTONIO R to DEPENATE, KAMLA R; PENATE, ANTONIO R
2002
2002-04-04DOB complaint, category ?
1999
1999-03-26Mortgage $32,202 — from RAMKARAN, DIAWATTEEDEVI; DEPANATE, KAMLA R; RAMKARAN, KHEMRAJ; PENATE, ANTONIO R to GREENPOINT MORTGAGECORP$32,202
1999-03-26Mortgage assigned — from GREENPOINT BANK to GREENPOINT MORTGAGECORP
1999-03-26PAT — from RAMKARAN, DIAWATTEE; RAMKARAN, DIAWATTEEDEVI to RAMKARAN, KHEMRAJ
1999-03-26Mortgage assigned — from DEPENATE, KAMLA R.; PENATE, ANTONIO R; RAMKARAN, DIAWATTEEDEVI; RAMKARAN, KHEMRAJ to GREENPOINT MORTGAGECORP
1999-03-26Agreement — from GREENPOINT MORTGAGECORP to RAMKARAN, DIAWATTEEDEVI; PENATE, ANTONIO R; RAMKARAN, KHEMRAJ; DEPENATE, KAMLA R
1997
1997-10-29Deed — from RAMKARAN, DIAWATTEEDEVI; RAMKARAN, KHEMRAJ; SHIWLOCHAN, SEETA; RAMKARAN, ANAND to DEPENATE, KAMLA R.; RAMKARAN, KHEMRAJ
1995
1995-11-01ECB Non-Hazardous violation: ALTERED BUILDING OCCUPIED WITHOUT A VALID CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY: VIOLATION ISSUED AS PER JOB 400545120) REMEDY: OBTAIN VALID CO$500
1995-09-15Permit AL — ISSUED
1995-09-12Mortgage satisfied — from RAMOS, CARMEN to LECCESE, ALBERT
1995-09-12Deed — from RAMOS, JOSE M SR to RAMKARAN, KHEMRAJ; SHIWLOCHAN, SEETA; RAMKARAN, DIAWATTEEDEVI; RAMKARAN, HANSRAI ANAND
1995-09-12Mortgage satisfied — from RAMOS, JOSE M SR to CANTOR FITZGERALD SECURITIES CORPORATION
1995-09-12Mortgage $120,000 — from RAMKARAN, DIAWATTEEDEVI; RAMKARAN, KHEMRAJ; SHIWLOCHAN, SEETA; RAMKARAM, HANSRAI ANAND to GREENPOINT BANK$120,000
1995-08-29DOB violation LL6291:
1995-01-11Permit SG — ISSUED
1995-01-11Permit SG — ISSUED
1994
1994-06-07DOB violation LL6291:
1993
1993-06-28DOB violation LL6291:
1993-04-19Mortgage assigned — from FITZGERALD, CANTOR to CANTOR FITZGERALD SECURT
1993-04-19Mortgage assigned — from CANTOR FITZGERALD INCORP to FITZGERALD, CANTOR
1993-04-01Agreement — from LECCESE, ALBERT to RAMOS, CARMEN
1990
1990-11-09Mortgage assigned — from RAMOS, JOSE M to CANTOR FITZGERALD SEC/CP
1990-11-09Mortgage satisfied — from RAMOS, CARMEN ETAL to BASKIN PLNNG CONSULTPEN
1990-11-09Mortgage satisfied — from RAMOS, CARMEN ETAL to BASKIN PLNNG CONSULTPEN
1990-11-09Mortgage $130,000 — from RAMOS, JOSE M to CANTOR FITZGERALD SEC/CP$130,000
1990-06-11Deed — from RAMOS, CARMEN to RAMOS, JOSE M SR
1989
1989-07-05Mortgage $82,000 — from RAMOS, CARMEN to NORMAN L IRA ROLLOVRTRT; BASKIN PLANNING CNSULTNT$82,000
1987
1987-09-29Deed — from LECCESE, ALBERT to RAMOS, CARMEN
1987-09-29Mortgage $225,000 — from RAMOS, CARMEN to LECCESE, ALBERT$225,000
1970
1970-11-27Mortgage — from LECCESE ALBERT to SAUL BOLOTIN; FANNIE BOLOTIN
1970-11-27Deed — from BOLOTIN FANNIE; BOLOTIN SAUL to ALBERT LECCESE

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