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161-12 Sanford Avenue, Queens

BIN 4121728BBL 4053920019Block 5392 · Lot 19Built 19252 storiesGoogle Maps & Street View ↗Tax & zoning on NYC.gov ↗
$75.00 recorded as due
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161-12 Sanford Avenue at a glance

161-12 Sanford Avenue, Queens has 0 open city records on file, none of them Class C, and $75.00 recorded as due on OATH/ECB summonses. No marshal evictions are on record for this building. It last sold on Dec 19, 2003 for $655,000. The most recent record is dated Jul 21, 2026.

Open Class C
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Open Class B
0
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Open Class A
0
Non-hazardous — click to see them
Fines due
$75.00
Balance on OATH/ECB summonses
Open per unit
0.67
3 residential units · NYC average 0.31
Evictions
0
No marshal evictions on record
Permits on file
7
Construction permits filed with DOB
Last activity
Jul 21, 2026
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Health score for 161-12 Sanford Avenue

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

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Health score · Sep 11, 2026
Scored from all 24 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 0
Open Class B violations
Hazardous
This building 0
Heat & hot water records
Violations and complaints, last 24 months
This building 0
Unpaid penalties
OATH/ECB summonses with balance due
This building $75
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 161-12 Sanford Avenue

24 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 161-12 Sanford Avenue

$75.00 is recorded as due across the 8 summonses below, out of $3,430.00 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 161-12 Sanford Avenue
049825983MJul 21, 2026IMPROPER MISUSED CURBSIDE RECYCLING CONTAINER 1 TO 8 DWELLING UNITSOct 19, 2026Pending$25.00
049825977XJul 17, 2026IMPROPER RECEPTACLE FAILURE TO CONTAINERIZE - RESIDENTIAL 1STOct 15, 2026Pending$50.00
0703998397Sep 5, 2025WEARING COURSE NOT FLUSH WITH SURROUNDING AREADec 10, 2025Defaulted (did not respond)—
0703984692Aug 22, 2025FAILURE TO PERMANENTLY RESTORE CUT WITHIN REQUIRED TIMENov 26, 2025Defaulted (did not respond)—
049135910NJun 17, 2025IMPROPER RECEPTACLE FAILURE TO CONTAINERIZE - RESIDENTIAL 1STSep 15, 2025Pending—
041167622YJan 9, 2017SNOW,ICE DIRT ON SIDEWALKSFeb 9, 2017Pending—
041134348JMay 31, 2014POSTING OF SIGN PERMIT, WASTE REMOVALOct 2, 2014Found in violation—
0173003647Mar 13, 2009RECYCLABLES PLACED FOR COLLECTION WITH NON-RECYCLABLESApr 13, 2009Pending—

Ownership history for 161-12 Sanford Avenue

Every deed the City Register has recorded against this building’s tax lot (BBL 4053920019), 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 161-12 Sanford Avenue
Dec 19, 2003Jul 4, 2004$655,000Dbk Realty, LLCLee, Sang RokDeedView ↗
Apr 1, 2002Apr 30, 2002—Lee, Sang RokHong, Jung SilDeedView ↗
Dec 31, 2001Mar 7, 2002—Hong, Jung SilSteinhuaser, Frederick J.DeedView ↗
Dec 31, 2001Mar 7, 2002—Steinhauser, Frederick J.Steinhauser, James F., Steinhauser, Frederick J.DeedView ↗
Oct 9, 2001Feb 14, 2002—Steinhauser, Frederick JSteinhauser, James F, Steinhauser, Frederick JDeedView ↗
Nov 30, 1992Dec 11, 1992—Steinhauser, Frederick, Steinhauser, JamesSteinhauser, FrederickDeedView ↗

Financing record for 161-12 Sanford Avenue

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 161-12 Sanford Avenue
Dec 29, 2003Satisfaction of mortgage—Fleet National BankView ↗
Dec 29, 2003Satisfaction of mortgage—Option One Mortgage Corporation, A California CORPView ↗
Jun 30, 2003Satisfaction of mortgage—Bny Mortgage CompanyView ↗
Feb 13, 2003Mortgage$100,000Fleet BankView ↗
—Mortgage$240,000Option One MortgagecorpView ↗
—Mortgage$200,000Mers As Nominee, Bny Mortgage Company, INC.View ↗

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