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87-32 Pitkin Avenue · Queens · BBL 4113670015 · 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 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 79% 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 3.3. In ZIP 11417, 85% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% 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

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: Abandoned Vehicle (1).

Filed construction activity

$236,563 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

NoBuilt before 1974 (1977)
YesSix or more residential units (6)
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).

Registered with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)BALSAM VILLAGE 3 LLC
Head officerLAWRENCE BERNSTEIN
Managing agentBALSAM VILLAGE MANAGEMENT LLC
Last registered2025-08-28

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$578,000 $260,100
2026$694,000 $312,300
2027$833,000 $374,850

The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Flood exposure

Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).

Hurricane evacuation zone 5 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.

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

Subway88 St — A · 0.4 mi straight-line (about an 11-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Sutter Av / 88 St — Q112 · 900 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 063 Old South
Middle: J.H.S. 202 Robert H. Goddard. 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

87-32 Pitkin Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by BALSAM VILLAGE MANAGEMENT LLC — 45 buildings, 268 units. Grades across the portfolio: A32 · B11 · C1 · D1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
87-06 Pitkin Avenue QN6 A
87-08 Pitkin Avenue QN6 A
87-20 Pitkin Avenue QN6 B
132-39 88 Street QN6 A
87-30 Pitkin Avenue QN6 A
88-17 133 Avenue QN6 A
87-10 Pitkin Avenue QN6 B
88-13 133 Avenue QN6 A
87-32 Pitkin Avenue QN6 A
89-03 133 Avenue QN6 C
87-24 Pitkin Avenue QN6 A
87-17 Dumont Avenue QN6 B
88-15 133 Avenue QN6 A
132-49 88 Street QN6 A
132-35 88 Street QN6 B
87-16 Pitkin Avenue QN6 A
87-11 Dumont Avenue QN6 B
87-07 Dumont Avenue QN6 B
86-24 Dumont Avenue QN6 A
89-11 133 Avenue QN6 A
89-01 133 Avenue QN6 B
132-41 88 Street QN6 A
87-21 Dumont Avenue QN6 A
87-15 Dumont Avenue QN6 A
88-19 133 Avenue QN6 B
132-37 88 Street QN6 A
87-22 Pitkin Avenue QN6 B
89-09 135 Avenue QN6 A
133-25 87 Street QN6 A
89-09 133 Avenue QN6 D
87-14 Pitkin Avenue QN6 A
87-05 Dumont Avenue QN6 A
132-43 88 Street QN6 B
133-21 87 Street QN6 A
86-18 Dumont Avenue QN6 A
89-04 Gold Road QN6 A
132-45 88 Street QN6 A
87-12 Pitkin Avenue QN6 A
87-06 Dumont Avenue QN6 A
89-10 Gold Road QN6 A
89-07 133 Avenue QN6 A
87-26 Pitkin Avenue QN6 A
87-03 Dumont Avenue QN6 A
86-14 Dumont Avenue QN6 B
87-28 Pitkin Avenue QN4 A

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $3,000,000 on 2022-06-08 (lender: Signature Bank), covering 13 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
2022-06-08Deed $307,692 — from BALSAM VILLAGE 2 LLC to BALSAM VILLAGE 3 LLC $307,692
2022-06-08AL&R $3,000,000 — from BALSAM VILLAGE 3 LLC to SIGNATURE BANK $3,000,000
2022-06-08Mortgage $3,000,000 — from BALSAM VILLAGE 3 LLC to SIGNATURE BANK $3,000,000
2022-05-17Sold for $307,692 $307,692 $51,282
2017-06-16Mortgage $22,700,000 — from BALSAM VILLAGE 2 LLC; BALSAM VILLAGE 1 LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. $22,700,000
2017-06-16Deed $11,411,111 — from BALSAM VILLAGE, INC.; GREENVIEW ARMS, INC. to BALSAM VILLAGE 2 LLC $11,411,111

Ten-year activity

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2017
2018
2019
12
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & money
Show as table
YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyTotal
201700134
201801405
201900112
20200012012
202102103
202200257
202301102
202400224
202520305
202601102
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The last 12 months — 3 records

DateRecord
2026-03-17FDNY inspection (RISK)
2026-01-14Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-10-23Job filed: PLUMBING WORK AT APTS 1A AND 1B IN BASEMENT AS PER PLANS FILED HEREWITH

The full timeline

2026
2026-03-17FDNY inspection (RISK)
2026-01-14Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025
2025-10-23Job filed: PLUMBING WORK AT APTS 1A AND 1B IN BASEMENT AS PER PLANS FILED HEREWITH$40,000
2025-09-12311: Abandoned Vehicle — With License Plate
2025-09-10Job filed: INTERIOR RENOVATION AT BASEMENT TO CONVERT INTO TWO DWELLING UNITS AS PER PLANS FILED HEREWITH$196,563
2025-06-23Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-06-12HPD 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
2024
2024-11-08AALR — from SIGNATURE BANK; SIGNATURE BRIDGE BANK; FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION to SIG RCRS A/B MF 2023 VENTURE LLC
2024-11-08Mortgage assigned — from SIGNATURE BRIDGE BANK; FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION; SIGNATURE BANK to SIG RCRS A/B MF 2023 VENTURE LLC
2024-07-05Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-04-16HPD 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
2023
2023-11-28FDNY inspection (RISK)
2023-01-13Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022
2022-08-01CORRD — from BALSAM VILLAGE 2 LLC to BALSAM VILLAGE 3 LLC
2022-06-08Deed $307,692 — from BALSAM VILLAGE 2 LLC to BALSAM VILLAGE 3 LLC$307,692
2022-06-08AL&R $3,000,000 — from BALSAM VILLAGE 3 LLC to SIGNATURE BANK$3,000,000
2022-06-08Mortgage $3,000,000 — from BALSAM VILLAGE 3 LLC to SIGNATURE BANK$3,000,000
2022-05-17Sold for $307,692$307,692
2022-03-11Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-03-04HPD 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
2021
2021-11-17311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2021-11-17DOB complaint, category ?
2021-09-28FDNY inspection (RISK)
2020
2020-12-16311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2020-12-16Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2020-12-14Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2020-12-11HPD class A: § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... AT WINDOW FRAME EAST WALL(APPRX. 1 SQ. FT.) IN THE BATH
2020-12-11HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE FIRE EGRESS DEFECTIVE. MAKE STATIONARY THE IRON LADDER LEADING TO SCUTTLE OPENING IN ROOF .. AT PUBLIC HALL, 2nd ST
2020-12-11HPD class B: § 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR DEFECTIVE LOCATED AT APT 3A, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
2020-12-11HPD class B: § 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). DEFECTIVE LOCATED AT APT 3A, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST
2020-12-08311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2020-12-08Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2020-07-05311: Dead/Dying Tree — Planted More Than 2 Years Ago
2020-06-09311: Dead/Dying Tree — Planted More Than 2 Years Ago
2020-01-02Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2019
2019-09-03PREL — from JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. to BALSAM VILLAGE 1 LLC
2019-02-06Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2018
2018-06-05FDNY inspection (RISK)
2018-01-04311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2018-01-04Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2018-01-02311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2018-01-02Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2017
2017-06-16Mortgage $22,700,000 — from BALSAM VILLAGE 2 LLC; BALSAM VILLAGE 1 LLC to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.$22,700,000
2017-06-16Deed $11,411,111 — from BALSAM VILLAGE, INC.; GREENVIEW ARMS, INC. to BALSAM VILLAGE 2 LLC$11,411,111
2017-05-25Deed transfer (nominal price)
2017-05-05311: Sewer — Catch Basin Sunken/Damaged/Raised (SC1)
2016
2016-10-10311: Noise - Vehicle — Car/Truck Music
2015
2015-09-21311: Water Quality — Taste/Odor, Chlorine (QA1)
2015-09-20311: Water Quality — Taste/Odor, Chlorine (QA1)
2014
2014-12-03Rodent inspection: Passed
2014-11-18Rodent inspection: Failed for Other Reason
2014-07-22FDNY inspection (RISK)
2012
2012-12-20311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2012-03-28311: Sanitation Condition — 12 Dead Animals
2009
2009-02-15Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2001
2001-02-02Mortgage satisfied — from BALSAM VILLAGE INC to COLUMBIA SAVINGS ANDLOAN ASSOCIATION
1989
1989-07-31Mortgage satisfied — from GREENVIEW ARMS, INC. to FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSUR/CP
1980
1980-02-14Mortgage — from GREENVIEW ARMS INC to FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORP

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