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90-21 170 Street · Queens · BBL 4098040026 · 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, AEP3.4
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 76% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 4.3. In ZIP 11432, 84% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
B
C

Among 46,798 6-24-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 2025–26: 2).

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

What 311 hears from this address

8 service requests in the last three years. Most common: PAINT/PLASTER (2) · GENERAL (2) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (1) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1) · PLUMBING (1) · Noise (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 (2008)
YesSix or more residential units (8)
Yes421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

2 of 3 signals present. Buildings receiving 421-a or J-51 benefits are generally required to register their units as rent-stabilized for the duration of the benefit. 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)EAST ELMHURST DEVELOPMENT CORP
Head officerSHARON KAHEN
Managing agentEAST ELMHURST DEVELOPMENT
Last registered2025-09-12

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,000,800 $450,360
2026$1,112,000 $500,400
2027$1,101,000 $495,450

The city's market estimate has risen 10% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: 421A 15 YR NO CAP

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

Subway169 St — F · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 170 St / Jamaica Av — Q54 Q56 · 250 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 095 Eastwood
Middle: I.S. 238 - Susan B. Anthony Academy. 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

90-21 170 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

8 311 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by EAST ELMHURST DEVELOPMENT — 3 buildings, 24 units. Grades across the portfolio: A3. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
90-23 170 Street QN8 A
90-25 170 Street QN8 A
90-21 170 Street QN8 A

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,500,000 on 2014-03-28 (lender: Investors Bank), covering 3 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
2014-03-28Mortgage $2,500,000 — from EAST ELMHURST DEVELOPMENT CORP; EAST ELMHURST DEVELOPMENT CORP to INVESTORS BANK; INVESTORS BANK $2,500,000
2014-03-28Mortgage $2,500,000 — from EAST ELMHURST DEVELOPMENT CORP; EAST ELMHURST DEVELOPMENT CORP to INVESTORS BANK; INVESTORS BANK $2,500,000
2014-03-28AL&R $2,500,000 — from EAST ELMHURST DEVELOPMENT CORP to INVESTORS BANK $2,500,000
2009-10-06Mortgage $2,700,000 — from EAST ELMHURST DEVELOPMENT CORP to MADISON NATIONAL BANK $2,700,000
2009-10-06AL&R $2,700,000 — from EAST ELMHURST DEVELOPMENT CORP to MADISON NATIONAL BANK $2,700,000

Ten-year activity

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2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
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2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20170101
20180224
20191146
20200000
20210303
20221001
20231225
20240202
2025111012
20260505
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The last 12 months — 6 records

DateRecord
2026-08-16311: Noise - Street/Sidewalk — Loud Music/Party
2026-02-10Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2026-02-10Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2026-02-10311: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2026-02-10311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-12-19Bedbug filing: 0 infested units

The full timeline

2026
2026-08-16311: Noise - Street/Sidewalk — Loud Music/Party
2026-02-10Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2026-02-10Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2026-02-10311: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2026-02-10311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025
2025-12-19Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-05-16Tenant complaint: UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD
2025-05-16Tenant complaint: GENERAL — BELL/BUZZER/INTERCOM
2025-05-16Tenant complaint: GENERAL — BELL/BUZZER/INTERCOM
2025-05-16Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2025-05-16Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — CEILING
2025-05-16311: PAINT/PLASTER — CEILING
2025-05-16311: GENERAL — BELL/BUZZER/INTERCOM
2025-05-16311: GENERAL — BELL/BUZZER/INTERCOM
2025-05-16311: UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD
2025-05-16311: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2025-01-14FDNY inspection (RISK)
2024
2024-12-31Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-02-09Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023
2023-08-16Rodent inspection: Passed
2023-07-25FDNY inspection (RISK)
2023-07-13Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2023-06-09311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2023-01-25Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022
2022-06-07FDNY inspection (RISK)
2021
2021-12-15Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-06-22Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-04-19HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2019
2019-06-27Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2019-06-13Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2019-06-05Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2019-05-30Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2019-02-14Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2019-02-06FDNY inspection (RISK)
2018
2018-10-22Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2018-10-16311: Senior Center Complaint — N/A
2018-09-24Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity and Other Reason
2018-07-02311: Senior Center Complaint — N/A
2017
2017-07-18311: Senior Center Complaint — N/A
2015
2015-12-12Tenant complaint: UNSANITARY CONDITION — GARBAGE/RECYCLING STORAGE
2015-12-12311: UNSANITARY CONDITION — GARBAGE/RECYCLING STORAGE
2014
2014-12-12Deed — from EAST ELMHURST DEVELOPMENT CORP to EAST ELMHURST DEVELOPMENT CORP
2014-12-03Rodent inspection: Passed
2014-03-28Mortgage $2,500,000 — from EAST ELMHURST DEVELOPMENT CORP; EAST ELMHURST DEVELOPMENT CORP to INVESTORS BANK; INVESTORS BANK$2,500,000
2014-03-28Mortgage $2,500,000 — from EAST ELMHURST DEVELOPMENT CORP; EAST ELMHURST DEVELOPMENT CORP to INVESTORS BANK; INVESTORS BANK$2,500,000
2014-03-28AL&R $2,500,000 — from EAST ELMHURST DEVELOPMENT CORP to INVESTORS BANK$2,500,000
2014-03-28Mortgage assigned — from DORAL BANK FSB; DORAL BANK SUCCESSOR BY MERGER to INVESTORS BANK
2014-02-25TL&R — from DORAL BANK SUCCESSOR MERGER to EAST ELMHURST DEVELOPMENT CORP
2014-01-26311: Dirty Conditions — E2 Receptacle Violation
2013
2013-11-21Rodent inspection: Passed
2013-08-29Rodent inspection: Passed
2013-07-30Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2013-07-28311: Rodent — Condition Attracting Rodents
2013-07-24Rodent inspection: Passed
2013-07-19311: Dirty Conditions — E2 Receptacle Violation
2013-07-19311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2013-07-07311: Derelict Vehicles — Derelict Vehicles
2013-07-02Rodent inspection: Passed
2013-06-24311: Dirty Conditions — E5 Loose Rubbish
2013-06-24311: Rodent — Condition Attracting Rodents
2012
2012-11-24311: Dirty Conditions — E2 Receptacle Violation
2012-08-02311: Dirty Conditions — E5 Loose Rubbish
2011
2011-01-05HPD litigation: Heat and Hot Water
2011-01-03Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2011-01-03311: HEATING — HEAT
2010
2010-12-22City emergency repair (OMO): national grid provide gas to boiler / hot water heater.
2010-12-16HPD class C: SECTION 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4R, 4th STORY, APARTMENT AT EAST
2010-12-16HPD class C: SECTION 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM LOCKED DOOR TO CELLAR
2010-12-16HPD class C: SECTION 27-2033 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNE
2010-12-05Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2010-12-05311: HEATING — HEAT
2010-12-02Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2010-12-02311: HEATING — HEAT
2010-06-07AALR — from MADISON NATIONAL BANK to DORAL BANK FSB
2010-06-07Mortgage assigned — from MADISON NATIONAL BANK to DORAL BANK FSB
2009
2009-10-06Mortgage $2,700,000 — from EAST ELMHURST DEVELOPMENT CORP to MADISON NATIONAL BANK$2,700,000
2009-10-06AL&R $2,700,000 — from EAST ELMHURST DEVELOPMENT CORP to MADISON NATIONAL BANK$2,700,000
2009-04-06Permit EQ — ISSUED
2009-04-06Permit NB — ISSUED
2008
2008-09-04DOB complaint, category ?
2008-08-28Permit PL — ISSUED
2008-08-28Permit EW — ISSUED
2008-07-15Permit PL — ISSUED
2008-05-09Permit NB — ISSUED
2008-04-23Job filed: INSTALLATION OF SPRINKLER SYSTEM THROUGHOUT BUILDING AND SPRINKLER WATER MAIN FILED IN CONJUNCTION WITH NB #402623568. NO CHANGE TO USE, EGRESS OR OCC$2,000
2008-04-23Job filed: INSTALLATION OF SPRINKLER SYSTEM THROUGHOUT BUILDING AND SPRINKLER WATER MAIN FILED IN CONJUNCTION WITH NB #402623568. NO CHANGE TO USE, EGRESS OR OCC$2,000
2008-04-03Permit EQ — ISSUED
2008-04-03Permit NB — ISSUED
2007
2007-12-14DOB complaint, category ?
2007-11-26Permit EQ — ISSUED
2007-11-26Permit NB — ISSUED
2007-06-29Job filed: NB

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