A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 87% 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 20. In ZIP 11433, 78% of residential buildings hold an A and
6% 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
1 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Non (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
Yes
Built before 1974 (1933)
No
Six or more residential units (2)
No
421-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)
PLAZA GARDENS REAL ESTATE CORP.
Head officer
ALBERT BASAL
Managing agent
PLAZA GARDENS REAL ESTATE CORP.
Last registered
2025-07-18
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
What the city thinks it's worth
Tax year
City market value
Assessed value
2025
$944,000
$56,640
2026
$989,000
$59,340
2027
$950,000
$57,000
The city's market estimate has risen
1% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Flood exposure
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 6 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
5 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since
2010 (0 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
Subway
Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer — E J Z · 0.9 mi straight-line (about a 24-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Merrick Blvd / 109 Av — Q5 · 150 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)
Elementary: 40, 312 Middle: 8, 287. 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.
1 311 service request 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $405,000 on
2008-05-01 (recorded via MERS, the industry registry; the lender is not named on the record). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2016-11-07
Deed $265,000 — from FIRSTSTORM PROPERTIES 2 LLC to PLAZA GARDENS REAL ESTATE CORP
$265,000
2016-09-14
Sold for $265,000
$265,000
$132,500
2012-10-23
Deed $250,000 — from KING, AS REFEREE, MICHAEL F to FIRSTSTORM PROPERTIES 2 LLC
$250,000
2008-05-01
Deed $540,000 — from BENT, TYESHA; SANDERS, TYESHA; SMITH, OMAR to VASSEL, KAYE
$540,000
2008-05-01
Mortgage $405,000 — from VASSEL, PAUL; VASSEL, KAYE to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS
$405,000
2008-05-01
AL&R $405,000 — from VASSEL, PAUL; VASSEL, KAYE to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS
$405,000
2003-08-11
Mortgage $300,700 — from SMITH, OMAR; BENT, TYESHA to WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, INC
$300,700
2003-08-11
DEEDO $310,000 — from SMITH, PATRICK to BENT, TYESHA; SMITH, OMAR
$310,000
2002-07-31
Mortgage $216,000 — from CASE, GARETH G to WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE INC
$216,000
1999-05-12
Mortgage $130,000 — from BRADLEY, HELEN; BRADLEY, RAPHAEL to VIVA DEVELOPMENT CORP
$130,000
Ten-year activity
20100
13
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & money
Show as table
Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Total
2017
1
12
0
13
2018
1
6
0
7
2019
1
0
0
1
2020
0
0
0
0
2021
1
1
2
4
2022
0
1
1
2
2023
0
1
0
1
2024
0
1
0
1
2025
1
0
0
1
2026
0
1
0
1
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2024-12-05HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2023
2023-11-29HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2022
2022-08-07311: Illegal Dumping — Removal Request
2022-01-07Deed — from VASSEL, KAYE to VASSEL, KAYE BALLARD; VASSEL, PAUL ANTHONY