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212-06 Hillside Avenue · Queens · BBL 4106690089 · 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 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 100% 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 0. In ZIP 11427, 93% 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

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: Food Establishment (1).

Filed construction activity

$3,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 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 (1924)
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$829,000 $49,740
2026$906,000 $54,360
2027$938,000 $56,280

The city's market estimate has risen 13% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Elegant Chinese RestaurantChineseBMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Contaminated) · 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

BusNearest boarding stop: Hillside Av / 212 St — Q1 Q36 Q43 Q82 · 100 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 033 Edward M. Funk
Middle: Jean Nuzzi Intermediate School. 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

212-06 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

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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $100,000 on 1989-04-19 (lender: Calcagnini, Louis). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1989-04-19Mortgage $100,000 — from CHENG, MENG QIU ZHANG; CHENG, FUNG to CALCAGNINI, LOUIS $100,000

Ten-year activity

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2020
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2024
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2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017100001
2018001001
2019000101
2020010001
2021010001
2022010001
2023001012
2024000022
2025001023
2026000000
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The last 12 months — 0 records

No city records in the last 12 months — quiet is good.

The full timeline

2025
2025-10-08Restaurant inspection: ELEGANT CHINESE RESTAURANT — grade B · mice evidence
2025-07-28Restaurant inspection: ELEGANT CHINESE RESTAURANT
2025-07-18311: Food Establishment — Food Contaminated
2024
2024-11-15Restaurant inspection: ELEGANT CHINESE RESTAURANT — grade A · mice evidence
2024-05-13Restaurant inspection: ELEGANT CHINESE RESTAURANT
2023
2023-08-13311: Consumer Complaint — Restaurant
2023-03-16Restaurant inspection: ELEGANT CHINESE RESTAURANT — grade A
2022
2022-08-10FDNY inspection (RISK)
2021
2021-06-24FDNY inspection (RISK)
2020
2020-03-10FDNY inspection (RISK)
2019
2019-04-30Deed — from CHENG, TOMMY to CHENG, TOMMY, AS TRUSTEE; CHENG 2018 FAMILY TRUST
2018
2018-10-05311: DOF Property - Payment Issue — Other Agency Charge
2017
2017-03-20Job filed: JOB FILED REPLACE ONE BOILER & HWH @ CELLAR FOR 2ND FLOOR RESIDENTIAL USE. NO CHANGE OF USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$3,000
2016
2016-05-17FDNY inspection (RISK)
2016-01-26311: Food Poisoning — 3 or More
2014
2014-12-20311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2014-05-15DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2012 INSPECTION REPORT
2011
2011-03-08311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2006
2006-01-06DOB violation LL6291:
1994
1994-06-07DOB violation LL6291:
1993
1993-12-09Deed — from CHENG, FUNG; CHENG,MENG QIU ZHANG to CHENG, FUNG
1989
1989-04-19Deed — from CALCAGNINI, LOUIS to CHENG, MENG QIU ZHANG; CHENG, FUNG
1989-04-19Mortgage $100,000 — from CHENG, MENG QIU ZHANG; CHENG, FUNG to CALCAGNINI, LOUIS$100,000
1989-04-19Mortgage satisfied — from CALCAGNINI,LOUIS to CERCHIARA,PETER,ETAL
1969
1969-06-18Mortgage — from CALCAGNINI LOUIS to PETER CERCHIARA; ANNA CERCHIARA
1969-06-18Deed — from CERCHIARA PETER; CERCHIARA ANNA to LOUIS CALCAGNINI

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