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40-69 97 Street, Queens

BIN 4040243BBL 4016060037Block 1606 · Lot 37Built 19312 storiesGoogle Maps & Street View ↗Tax & zoning on NYC.gov ↗
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40-69 97 Street at a glance

40-69 97 Street, Queens has 19 open city records on file, 2 of them Class C (immediately hazardous), and no balance recorded as due on OATH/ECB summonses. No marshal evictions are on record for this building. Its last recorded ownership transfer was Dec 30, 2014 (no consideration recorded). The most recent record is dated Jul 12, 2026.

Open Class C
2
Immediately hazardous — click to see them
Open Class B
8
Hazardous — click to see them
Open Class A
9
Non-hazardous — click to see them
Fines due
$0.00
Balance on OATH/ECB summonses
Open per unit
4.75
4 residential units · NYC average 0.31
Evictions
0
No marshal evictions on record
Permits on file
0
Construction permits filed with DOB
Last activity
Jul 12, 2026
311 record

Health score for 40-69 97 Street

A composite of the public indicators below. How it is scored.

C
Health score · Sep 11, 2026
Scored from all 57 public records for this building
Scored from city records as published, which lag reality by a day or two, and closed violations rest on owner self-certification. A grade summarizes the public record, not the building itself. Full methodology · report a problem
Open Class C violations
Immediately hazardous, uncertified
This building 2
Open Class B violations
Hazardous
This building 8
Heat & hot water records
Violations and complaints, last 24 months
This building 0
Unpaid penalties
OATH/ECB summonses with balance due
This building $0
Bedbug filings with infestations
Annual LL69 filings on record
This building 0
Tenant litigation
Open HP actions in Housing Court
This building 0
Active vacate order
HPD or FDNY order to vacate, still in effect
This building No

Record timeline for 40-69 97 Street

57 records on file, every agency interleaved. Class A, B and C are HPD’s hazard tiers: C is immediately hazardous, A and B explained here.

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OATH / ECB summonses & fines at 40-69 97 Street

No balance is recorded as due across the 6 summonses below, out of $1,550.00 in penalties imposed. Balances are as the city publishes them; a settlement or write-off that never reached the dataset will not show here. New to these? How an OATH summons becomes a penalty, explained.

OATH and ECB summonses for 40-69 97 Street
049048819RMar 13, 2025IMPROPER RECEPTACLE FAILURE TO CONTAINERIZE - RESIDENTIAL 1STJun 11, 2025Pending
0210256559Feb 21, 2020DIRTY SIDEWALK DIRTY AREAMay 29, 2020Pending
0189957296Mar 19, 2016DIRTY SIDEWALK DIRTY AREAApr 29, 2016Pending
042710132JFeb 14, 2008FAILURE TO CLEAN 18 INCHES INTO STREETMar 19, 2008Defaulted (did not respond)
1077580Apr 10, 2007WORK W/O A PERMIT. WORK NOTED: AT REAR OF PREMISES ERECTED A METAL FRAME CAR PORT APPROX: 20'-0 L X12-0 W W/ METAL PANELS & GUTTER & LEADER ATTACHED TO REAR WALL SUPPORTED BY 4 METAL COLUMNS. REMEDY: OBTAINAug 4, 2009Written off
034571608ZApr 10, 2007WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT.Aug 4, 2009Written off

Ownership history for 40-69 97 Street

Every deed the City Register has recorded against this building’s tax lot (BBL 4016060037), newest first. A price is the consideration stated on the deed; transfers between related parties, into an LLC, or by a referee often record none, shown as “—”. Each row links to the document in ACRIS.

Recorded deeds for 40-69 97 Street
Dec 30, 2014Mar 26, 2015Espaillat, SteveEspaillat, VictorDeedView ↗
May 24, 2006Aug 11, 2006Espaillat , VictorEspaillat, Victor, Espaillat , ThelmaDeedView ↗
Sep 5, 1980Sep 5, 1980Thelma Espaillat, Victor EspaillatVentura Brunilda, Ventura German EDeedView ↗
Dec 20, 1974Dec 20, 1974German E Ventura, Brunilda VenturaSalomone VincentDeedView ↗

Financing record for 40-69 97 Street

Mortgages recorded against this building’s tax lot, with the satisfactions that paid them off and the assignments that moved them between lenders, from the City Register (ACRIS). A satisfaction usually records no amount, shown as “—”.

Recorded financing documents for 40-69 97 Street
Jan 14, 2026Assumption of mortgage$426,360Newrez LLC, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems INCView ↗
Apr 30, 2018Mortgage assignmentDeutsche Bank National Trust Company As Trustee, Saxon Asset Securities Trust 2007-3View ↗
Jun 25, 2007Satisfaction of mortgageFremont Investment And Loan, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, INC.View ↗
May 30, 2007Mortgage$500,000Smi MortgageView ↗
Jun 28, 2006Satisfaction of mortgageMortgage Electronic Registration Systems, INC.View ↗
May 24, 2006Mortgage$398,250MersView ↗
May 17, 2004Satisfaction of mortgageApproved Federal Savings BankView ↗
Feb 24, 2004Mortgage$274,000MersView ↗
Sep 5, 1980MortgageGerman Ventura, Brunilda VenturaView ↗
Apr 1, 1975Mortgage assignmentYorkville Savings & Loan AssociationView ↗
Dec 20, 1974MortgageVincent SalomoneView ↗
Mortgage$173,400Approved Federal Savings BankView ↗
Mortgage assignmentCountrywide Home LoansView ↗
Satisfaction of mortgageAssociates Consumerdiscount Company, INCView ↗
Satisfaction of mortgageGreen Point SavingsbankView ↗
Mortgage$128,532Associates Consumerdiscount Company INCView ↗
Mortgage assignmentAssociates Financialservices Company, INCView ↗
Mortgage assignmentEnsign BankView ↗
Mortgage$7,455Oxford Resources CORPView ↗
Mortgage$8,000Bank Of CommerceView ↗
Satisfaction of mortgageVentura, German EtalView ↗
Mortgage$100,000Green Point SavingsbankView ↗
Satisfaction of mortgageSalomone, VincentView ↗

Lender names are as recorded; the current holder of a loan can differ if a later assignment was never recorded.