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168-45 Hillside Avenue · Queens · BBL 4098410054 · 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, AEP0
Structural & safetyDOB violations, ECB/OATH violations by class0
PestsBedbug filings, failed rodent inspections, rodent 311s3
DisplacementMarshal evictions executed0
GRADE B

A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 82% 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 10. In ZIP 11432, 84% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% 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

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

30 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Food Establishment (11) · Vendor Enforcement (8) · Food Poisoning (5) · Consumer Complaint (2) · Bus Stop Shelter Placement (1) · Residential Disposal Complaint (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

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$1,028,000 $61,680
2026$1,129,000 $67,740
2027$1,125,000 $67,500

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

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Smart 3 CafeBangladeshiCMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

5 food-poisoning reports to 311 at this address in the last three years (3 with three or more people sick)
11 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Contaminated, Permit/License/Certificate, Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food) · 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

Subway169 St — F · under 50 ft straight-line (under a minute) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Hillside Av / 169 St — Q1 Q17 Q30 Q31 +2 more · 100 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 131 Abigail Adams
Middle: J.H.S. 216 George J. Ryan. 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

168-45 Hillside 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

30 311 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: $30,000 on 1985-10-03 (lender: Im, Young Nok). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1985-10-03Mortgage $30,000 — from 168-45 HILLSIDE AVEBLD to IM, YOUNG NOK $30,000
1985-06-14Mortgage $22,985 — from 168-45 HILLSIDE BLDGCP to CALDWELL FARMS INC $22,985
1985-02-21Mortgage $40,000 — from 16845 HILLSIDE AVE BL CP to EVERLAST CAPITAL CORP $40,000
1984-12-18Mortgage $100,000 — from 16845 HILLSIDE AVE/BD/CP to GARBARINO, JOSEPHINE $100,000
1984-12-18Mortgage $5,000 — from 16845 HILLSIDE AVE/BD/CP to WOLFE, YUKELSUN & ADLER $5,000

Ten-year activity

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EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201710045
201801045
201905049
202000044
202100011
202200011
202301012
20240200323
20250821020
202602024
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The last 12 months — 7 records

DateRecord
2026-09-09Restaurant inspection: SMART 3 CAFE
2026-09-02311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2026-07-21Restaurant inspection: SMART 3 CAFE — grade C
2026-06-11311: Food Establishment — Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food
2025-12-22Restaurant inspection: SMART 3 CAFE
2025-12-06311: Consumer Complaint — Street Fair Vendor
2025-11-19Boiler inspection

The full timeline

2026
2026-09-09Restaurant inspection: SMART 3 CAFE
2026-09-02311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2026-07-21Restaurant inspection: SMART 3 CAFE — grade C
2026-06-11311: Food Establishment — Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food
2025
2025-12-22Restaurant inspection: SMART 3 CAFE
2025-12-06311: Consumer Complaint — Street Fair Vendor
2025-11-19Boiler inspection
2025-09-22Restaurant inspection: SMART 3 CAFE — grade C
2025-09-19311: Mobile Food Vendor — Food Source/Protection
2025-08-12311: Consumer Complaint — Bodega, Deli, or Convenience Store
2025-08-05Restaurant inspection: SMART 3 CAFE
2025-07-24Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity and Other Reason
2025-06-03Restaurant inspection: SMART 3 CAFE — grade P
2025-05-29Restaurant inspection: SMART 3 CAFE · mice evidence
2025-05-23Restaurant inspection: SMART 3 CAFE · mice evidence
2025-05-20311: Food Establishment — Permit/License/Certificate
2025-05-20311: Food Establishment — Permit/License/Certificate
2025-05-15Restaurant inspection: SMART 3 CAFE
2025-05-14311: Food Establishment — Food Contains Foreign Object
2025-04-14311: Vendor Enforcement — Food Vendor
2025-04-10Restaurant inspection: SMART 3 CAFE
2025-03-13311: Indoor Air Quality — Chemical Vapors/Gases/Odors
2025-03-11Deed — from CHOI, INBONG to JUNG HYE CHOI, TRUSTEE; INBONG CHOI, TRUSTEE; INBONG AND JUNG HYE CHOI REVOCABLE LIVIN
2025-03-05Deed transfer (nominal price)
2024
2024-12-21311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2024-12-06311: Food Establishment — Toilet Facility
2024-10-19311: Food Poisoning — 3 or More
2024-10-19311: Vendor Enforcement — Food Vendor
2024-09-30311: Vendor Enforcement — Food Vendor
2024-09-19311: Food Establishment — Letter Grading
2024-09-11311: Vendor Enforcement — Food Vendor
2024-09-11311: Residential Disposal Complaint — Trash or Recycling Not Secure
2024-09-05311: Vendor Enforcement — Food Vendor
2024-08-28311: Vendor Enforcement — Food Vendor
2024-08-26Restaurant inspection: SMART 3 CAFE — grade B
2024-08-26311: Vendor Enforcement — Food Vendor
2024-08-15Boiler inspection
2024-07-27311: Bus Stop Shelter Placement — New Bus Stop Shelter Placement
2024-07-13311: Food Establishment — Food Contaminated
2024-04-12Restaurant inspection: SMART 3 CAFE
2024-04-08311: Food Establishment — No Permit or License
2024-03-30311: Food Establishment — Food Spoiled
2024-03-01311: Vendor Enforcement — Food Vendor
2024-02-24311: Food Establishment — Food Contaminated
2024-02-14311: Food Poisoning — 3 or More
2024-02-14311: Food Poisoning — 3 or More
2024-01-26311: Food Establishment — Food Contaminated
2023
2023-09-18Boiler inspection
2023-09-01311: Vendor Enforcement — Food Vendor
2022
2022-11-02Boiler inspection
2021
2021-10-13Boiler inspection
2020
2020-10-16Boiler inspection
2020-10-09Boiler inspection
2020-07-23Boiler inspection — defects found
2020-07-23Boiler inspection
2019
2019-10-04Boiler inspection
2019-09-09Boiler inspection
2019-08-12311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2019-07-22Boiler inspection — defects found
2019-06-05311: Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
2019-06-05311: Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
2019-06-04311: Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
2019-03-28Boiler inspection
2019-01-30311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2018
2018-10-31Boiler inspection
2018-07-30Boiler inspection — defects found
2018-05-17Boiler inspection
2018-04-03Boiler inspection — defects found
2018-03-15311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2017
2017-12-27Boiler inspection
2017-12-20Boiler inspection — defects found
2017-06-12ECB CLASS - 2 violation: 15,50,50A,50B.50 LIGHT OVEN BOILER DEFECTIVE.50A LOOSE CEMENT @ FLUE TO CHIMNEY.50B VACUUM VENTING INTO CHIMNEY
2017-05-18Boiler inspection
2017-03-23Boiler inspection — defects found
2016
2016-07-08FDNY inspection (RISK)
2012
2012-08-06311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2010
2010-03-29ECB CLASS - 2 violation: 5A/ 18B
2007
2007-03-05ECB Non-Hazardous violation: 50/.BURNHAM C.R.LP STEAM BER,OIL FIRED 2005.50-BOILER FLUE PIPE IN SOLID CONTACT W/STEAM RISER PIPING SYSTEM.FLUE PIPE BEING DISLO
2005
2005-04-22ECB Non-Hazardous violation: 50A/50B/50C/48AB/21B.FULTON V.T.BOILER,10 HP,NB 66767,OIL,1993.50A)SWEAT FIT COPPER DISCHARGE PIPE ON SAFETY VALVE.REPLACE WITH TH$180
2001
2001-03-20ECB Non-Hazardous violation: 18A,18B,49.SAFELY VALVE DISCHANGE PIPE TO REMOVE AND USE ELBOW INSTEAD.WATE COLUMN AND BLOW DOWN DRAINS REDUCED.FEED WATER NIPPLE
1994
1994-01-06Permit EW — ISSUED
1994-01-05Permit EW — ISSUED
1993
1993-12-07Mortgage satisfied — from 168-45 HILLSIDE AVEBLDG to GARBARINO, JOSEPHINE
1991
1991-12-30ECB Non-Hazardous violation: 17(B),32,ONE HAND HOLE SLEEVE CORRODED;FLAME&GASES ESCAPING TO BE FITTED WITH NEW SLEEVE AND SEALED GAS TIGHT.
1991-12-30DOB violation B:
1986
1986-11-20Mortgage satisfied — from 168-45 HILLSIDE SAVEBUI to WOLFE, YUKELSON & ADLER
1986-11-20Mortgage satisfied — from 168-45 HILLSIDE AVEBUIL to CALDWELL FARMS INC.
1986-11-20Mortgage satisfied — from 168-45 HILLSIDE AVEBUIL to NOKIM, YOUNG
1986-05-23Deed — from 168-45 HILLSIDE AVEBLD to CHOI, IN BONG
1986-03-07CNTR — from 168-45 HILLSIDE AVEBLDG to CHOI, IN BONG
1985
1985-10-03Mortgage $30,000 — from 168-45 HILLSIDE AVEBLD to IM, YOUNG NOK$30,000
1985-08-08DOB violation C:
1985-06-14Mortgage $22,985 — from 168-45 HILLSIDE BLDGCP to CALDWELL FARMS INC$22,985
1985-02-21Mortgage $40,000 — from 16845 HILLSIDE AVE BL CP to EVERLAST CAPITAL CORP$40,000
1984
1984-12-18Deed — from GARBARINO, JOSEPHINE to 168-45 HILLSIDE AVEBLDG
1984-12-18Mortgage $100,000 — from 16845 HILLSIDE AVE/BD/CP to GARBARINO, JOSEPHINE$100,000
1984-12-18Mortgage $5,000 — from 16845 HILLSIDE AVE/BD/CP to WOLFE, YUKELSUN & ADLER$5,000

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