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142-25 Bascom Avenue · Queens · BBL 4120590083 · 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, AEP187.6
Structural & safetyDOB violations, ECB/OATH violations by class0
PestsBedbug filings, failed rodent inspections, rodent 311s0
DisplacementMarshal evictions executed0
GRADE F

A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% 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 625.3. In ZIP 11436, 85% 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

Open HPD violations21 total — 9 class C (immediately hazardous), 11 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2023-03-21.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

30 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4 · winter 2024–25: 21). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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

What 311 hears from this address

21 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (11) · ELECTRIC (4) · DOOR/WINDOW (3) · PAINT/PLASTER (1) · FLOORING/STAIRS (1) · 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

YesBuilt before 1974 (1925)
NoSix or more residential units (1)
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$625,000 $37,500
2026$669,000 $40,140
2027$698,000 $41,880

The city's market estimate has risen 12% 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

BusNearest boarding stop: Rockaway Blvd / 142 St — Q7 · 350 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 223 Lyndon B. Johnson
Middle: 226, 297. 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

142-25 Bascom 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

21 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 11 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $367,500 on 2020-11-20 (lender: Velocity Commercial Capital, LLC). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2020-11-20Mortgage $367,500 — from RIGHTEOUS MEN SERVING EVERY HOUSELHOLD I to VELOCITY COMMERCIAL CAPITAL, LLC $367,500
2019-10-22AL&R $300,000 — from RIGHTEOUS MEN SERVING EVERY HOUSEHOLD IN to MW LENDING LLC $300,000
2019-10-22Mortgage $300,000 — from RIGHTEOUS MEN SERVING EVERY HOUSEHOLD IN to MW LENDING LLC $300,000

Ten-year activity

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2023
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2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & money
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyTotal
20171102
20180303
201906511
20200011
2021010010
20220011
2023022527
2024044145
2025023225
20260224
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The last 12 months — 4 records

DateRecord
2026-05-04311: ELECTRIC — POWER OUTAGE
2026-05-04Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — POWER OUTAGE
2026-04-21Deed $100 — from KELLER, ESQ., AS REFEREE, MARK J to U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOT
2026-04-07Sold for $100

The full timeline

2026
2026-05-04311: ELECTRIC — POWER OUTAGE
2026-05-04Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — POWER OUTAGE
2026-04-21Deed $100 — from KELLER, ESQ., AS REFEREE, MARK J to U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOT$100
2026-04-07Sold for $100$100
2025
2025-09-11City emergency repair (OMO): con ed to provide electricity to building public areas and /or heating plant/hot water heater.
2025-07-19HPD class C: § 27-2037, 2038 HMC: PROVIDE A SAFE AND ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF ELECTRIC SERVICE TO THE FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st S
2025-07-19HPD class B: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FR
2025-07-18Mortgage assigned — from LVS TITLE TRUST XIII; UMB BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION to RCF 2 ACQUISITION TRUST; U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
2025-07-17311: ELECTRIC — POWER OUTAGE
2025-07-17311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-07-17Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2025-07-17Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — POWER OUTAGE
2025-07-16HPD class B: § 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY,
2025-07-16HPD class C: § 27-2037, 2038 HMC: PROVIDE A SAFE AND ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF ELECTRIC SERVICE TO THE FIXTURES . IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st
2025-07-14311: ELECTRIC — POWER OUTAGE
2025-07-14Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — POWER OUTAGE
2025-06-18HPD litigation: Tenant Action
2025-06-17Mortgage assigned — from PMIT REI 2021-C LLC to UMB BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION TTEE
2025-03-07HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FRO
2025-03-07HPD class C: § 27-2029 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FOR THE APARTMENT IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY, 1st APAR
2025-03-06311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2025-03-06Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2025-02-03City emergency repair (OMO): asbestos analysis as per mini rc # 2023141326120 (new york environmental & mtrl lab) and hpd specification, perform pola$216
2025-01-25City emergency repair (OMO): private residence restore hot water and heat residence has electric stove nyc hpd emergency operations division  essent$14,000
2025-01-08HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM
2025-01-08HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD STOOP LANDING TO FRONT ENTRANCE DOOR AT BUILDING F
2025-01-08HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REFIT THE DOOR IN THE 1st BATHROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT FIRSTF, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
2025-01-08HPD class C: § 27-2029 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FOR THE APARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTM
2025-01-03HPD litigation: Heat and Hot Water
2024
2024-12-24Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2024-12-24Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — RADIATOR
2024-12-24Tenant complaint: DOOR/WINDOW — WINDOW FRAME
2024-12-24Tenant complaint: FLOORING/STAIRS — FLOOR
2024-12-24Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — OUTLET/SWITCH
2024-12-13HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT FIRSTF, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT F
2024-12-13HPD class C: § 27-2029 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FOR THE APARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT FIRSTF, 1st STORY, 1st AP
2024-12-12311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-12-12Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-12-11311: DOOR/WINDOW — DOOR
2024-12-11311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-12-11Tenant complaint: DOOR/WINDOW — DOOR
2024-12-11Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-12-10311: Non-Residential Heat — Inadequate or No Heat
2024-12-10HPD litigation: Tenant Action/Harrassment
2024-12-01HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FR
2024-12-01HPD class C: § 27-2029 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FOR THE APARTMENT IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APA
2024-11-30311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-11-30Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-11-19HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM
2024-11-19HPD class B: § 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1s
2024-11-19HPD class B: § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT PICTURE WINDOW, SOUTH WALL IN THE 5th ROOM FROM NO
2024-11-19HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOODEN STAIR CASE AT BUILDING FRONT AT STOOP
2024-11-19HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR SOUTH WALL IN THE 5th ROOM FROM NORTH AT
2024-11-19HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE WOODEN STAIR STRINGER TO BUILDING FRONT AT STOOP
2024-11-18CTOR — from CARING PARTNERS AS GUARDIAN FOR BEATRICE to ESTATE OF EVELYN DENSEN
2024-11-17311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-11-17Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-10-21311: ELECTRIC — LIGHTING
2024-10-21311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-10-21Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-10-21Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — LIGHTING
2024-10-09311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-10-09Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2024-10-09HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM W
2024-10-09HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR SOUTH WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT
2024-09-30HPD 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
2024-09-27HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1F, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM
2024-09-27HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE STRINGERS FOR WOODED STAIRCASE AT BUILDING FRONT YARD AT STOOP, 1st STORY
2024-09-26311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-09-26Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-09-06311: FLOORING/STAIRS — STAIRS
2024-09-06Tenant complaint: FLOORING/STAIRS — STAIRS
2024-04-15311: DOOR/WINDOW — WINDOW FRAME
2024-04-11Tenant complaint: DOOR/WINDOW — WINDOW FRAME
2023
2023-12-14311: PAINT/PLASTER — CEILING
2023-12-14311: DOOR/WINDOW — DOOR
2023-12-14311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023-12-14311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023-12-14Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023-12-14Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — CEILING
2023-12-14Tenant complaint: DOOR/WINDOW — DOOR
2023-12-14Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023-09-27Mortgage assigned — from RUSHMORE LOAN MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC; U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; BRAVO RESIDEN to PMIT REI 2021-C LLC
2023-08-08Mortgage assigned — from LVS TITLE TRUST 2018-3; UMB BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; RUSHMORE LOAN MANAGEMENT SERVICES L to U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; BRAVO RESIDENTIAL FUNDING TRUST 2021-C
2023-06-22Mortgage assigned — from UMB BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, TRUSTEE; LVS TITLE TRUST VI to UMB BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, TRUSTEE; LVS TITLE TRUST 2018-3
2023-05-10City emergency repair (OMO): *nyc hpd emergency operations division  ''essential service work''* at building front entrance stairs: replace with new$640
2023-04-10SMIS — from VAUGHN, BEATRICE
2023-04-04Mortgage satisfied — from RIGHTEOUS MEN SERVING EVERY HOUSEHOLD, I to CASCIO, MICHAEL; MEN-COR LTD.; HAVA RAMUSEVIC IRREVOCABLE TRUST; MASCERA, LAURENCE; FELDMA
2023-04-02HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE HANDRAILS AT STOOP AT FRONT YARD
2023-03-30311: FLOORING/STAIRS — STAIRS
2023-03-30Tenant complaint: FLOORING/STAIRS — STAIRS
2023-03-23HPD 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
2023-03-21311: OUTSIDE BUILDING — PAVEMENT
2023-03-21311: FLOORING/STAIRS — STAIRS
2023-03-21311: FLOORING/STAIRS — STAIRS
2023-03-21Tenant complaint: OUTSIDE BUILDING — PAVEMENT
2023-03-21Tenant complaint: FLOORING/STAIRS — STAIRS
2023-03-21Tenant complaint: FLOORING/STAIRS — STAIRS
2023-03-21HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PAVING AT FRONT WALKAWAY TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE BUILDING , 1st STORY
2023-03-21HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING WOODEN BALLUSTERS 2ND 3RD AND 4TH FROM BOTTOM BOTH SIDES AT BALUSTRADE FRONT AT STOOP
2023-03-21HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE STAIR HANDRAIL AND SUPPORT AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE BUILDING , 1st STORY
2022
2022-09-08Mortgage assigned — from VELOCITY COMMERCIAL CAPITAL, LLC to UMB BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
2021
2021-10-31311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-10-23311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-08-31311: Missed Collection (All Materials) — 2 Bulk-Missed Collection
2021-08-26311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-08-19311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-08-19311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-08-09311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-07-18311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-07-13311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-06-11311: Noise - Street/Sidewalk — Loud Talking
2020
2020-11-20Mortgage $367,500 — from RIGHTEOUS MEN SERVING EVERY HOUSELHOLD I to VELOCITY COMMERCIAL CAPITAL, LLC$367,500
2019
2019-12-25311: Animal-Abuse — Chained
2019-10-30311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2019-10-25311: Missed Collection (All Materials) — 2 Bulk-Missed Collection
2019-10-22AL&R $300,000 — from RIGHTEOUS MEN SERVING EVERY HOUSEHOLD IN to MW LENDING LLC$300,000
2019-10-22Mortgage $300,000 — from RIGHTEOUS MEN SERVING EVERY HOUSEHOLD IN to MW LENDING LLC$300,000
2019-10-22Mortgage assigned — from MW LENDING LLC to MEN-COR, LTD; CASCIO, MICHAEL; MASCERA, LAURENCE; FELDMAN WOOD PRODUCTS CO. INC.; HAVA RAM
2019-10-22311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2019-08-14Deed — from WILLIAM, VERNON; THE ESTATE OF EVELYN DENSON to RIGHTEOUS MEN SERVING EVERY HOUSEHOLD, I
2019-07-22Deed transfer (nominal price)
2019-04-18311: Unleashed Dog — Unleashed Dog in Public
2019-01-19311: Unleashed Dog — Unleashed Dog in Public
2018
2018-12-01311: Unleashed Dog — Unleashed Dog in Public
2018-05-05311: Unleashed Dog — Unleashed Dog in Public
2018-05-04311: Unleashed Dog — Unleashed Dog in Public
2017
2017-03-06311: Boilers — Boiler - Defective/Inoperative/No Permit
2017-03-06DOB complaint, category ?
2016
2016-04-19311: Derelict Vehicle — With License Plate
2013
2013-03-21311: HEATING — HEAT
2013-03-21Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2013-03-15311: HEATING — HEAT
2013-03-15Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2013-02-05City emergency repair (OMO): provide single fuel drop with prime and start #2ulsh fuel fill tank. please report any problems immediately to esb fuel $877
2013-01-28HPD class C: SECTION 27-2028, 2032 ADMIN.CODE: PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FROM AN APPROVED CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEM OR AN APPROVED SYSTEM OF GAS OR
2013-01-18311: HEATING — HEAT
2013-01-18Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2012
2012-12-27311: HEATING — HEAT
2012-12-27Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
1983
1983-03-15Mortgage satisfied — from THOMAS, CARLTON N. ETAL to LAWYERS MTGE & TITLECO.
1971
1971-03-15Deed — from MICKENS, WILLIAM T to EVELYN DENSON

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