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42-35 159 Street, Queens

BIN 4121647BBL 4053900010Block 5390 · Lot 10Built 19284 storiesGoogle Maps & Street View ↗Tax & zoning on NYC.gov ↗
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42-35 159 Street at a glance

42-35 159 Street, Queens has 4 open city records on file, 1 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. It last sold on Nov 10, 2008 for $2,605,000. The most recent record is dated Mar 10, 2026.

Open Class C
1
Immediately hazardous — click to see them
Open Class B
3
Hazardous — click to see them
Open Class A
0
Non-hazardous — click to see them
Fines due
$0.00
Balance on OATH/ECB summonses
Open per unit
0.19
21 residential units · NYC average 0.31
Evictions
0
No marshal evictions on record
Permits on file
5
Construction permits filed with DOB
Last activity
Mar 10, 2026
DOB record

Health score for 42-35 159 Street

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

B
Health score · Sep 11, 2026
Scored from all 151 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 1
Open Class B violations
Hazardous
This building 3
Heat & hot water records
Violations and complaints, last 24 months
This building 1
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 42-35 159 Street

151 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 42-35 159 Street

No OATH or ECB summons carrying a penalty is published against this BIN. Summonses issued to a different BIN at the same address, or filed without a building identifier, will not appear here.

Ownership history for 42-35 159 Street

Every deed the City Register has recorded against this building’s tax lot (BBL 4053900010), 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 42-35 159 Street
Nov 10, 2008Nov 21, 2008$2,605,000Cypress Avenue Associates LLCFlag Management LLCDeedView ↗
Apr 9, 1996May 3, 1996Flag Management LLCFlag Management CoDeedView ↗
Jul 7, 1989Jul 14, 1989Flag Management CoB & F AssociatesDeedView ↗
Dec 30, 1985Jan 21, 1986B & F AssociatesSkd Enterprises,INC.DeedView ↗
Oct 23, 1985Nov 22, 1985S.K.D. Enterprises INC.Gergyes, Maria Lestonnac, Gergyes, JosephDeedView ↗
May 13, 1980May 13, 1980Joseph Gergyes, Maria L GergyesDolan Sevket, Dolan SalikaDeedView ↗
May 24, 1976May 24, 1976Sevket Dolan, Saliha DolanErnil Realty Co INCDeedView ↗
May 24, 1976May 24, 1976Ernil Realty Co INCMelcer Adam, Melcer JuliaDeedView ↗
Jan 8, 1969Jan 8, 1969Julia Melcer, Adam MelcerBrodsky William, Brodsky Louise, Snow Irving, Snow SaraDeedView ↗

Financing record for 42-35 159 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 42-35 159 Street
Sep 30, 2021Mortgage$70,437Jpmorgan Chase Bank NaView ↗
Jul 31, 2018Mortgage assignmentJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A.View ↗
Jul 31, 2018Mortgage$68,307Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A.View ↗
Nov 10, 2008Mortgage$1,319,838The First National Bank Of Long IslandView ↗
Nov 10, 2008Assignment of leases and rentsThe First National Bank Of Long IslandView ↗
Nov 3, 2008Mortgage assignmentFirst National Bank Of Long IslandView ↗
Mar 19, 2007Mortgage assignmentSovereign BankView ↗
May 13, 1980MortgageSalika Dolan, Sevket DolanView ↗
May 24, 1976MortgageJulia Melcer, Adam MelcerView ↗
Jan 8, 1969MortgageWilliam Brodsky, Louise Brodsky, Irving Snow, Sara SnowView ↗
Jul 12, 1967Mortgage assignmentMax FriedmanView ↗
Mortgage assignmentIndependence Community Realty CORPView ↗
Mortgage$43,565Independence SavingsbankView ↗
Mortgage assignmentIndependence SavingsbankView ↗
Mortgage assignmentColumbia Fed Savs BankView ↗
Mortgage assignmentColumbia Fed Savs BankView ↗
Mortgage assignmentColumbia Fed Savs BankView ↗
Mortgage assignmentColumbia Fed Savs BankView ↗
Mortgage$43,571Columbia Fed Savs BankView ↗
Mortgage$75,000Dewald, Simon, Dewald, KatherineView ↗
Mortgage$170,000Gergyes, Maria, Gergyes, JosephView ↗

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