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157-20 Willets Point Blvd

QUEENS, NY 11357 BBL 4048600012 6 units · 2 floors · 1960

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HPD violations vs. neighborhood

Class B/C violations on record vs. a typical building in Whitestone

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12-Month Maintenance Forecast

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Estimated probability of major maintenance failures in the next 12 months.

7-YEAR TREND —

Historical Data (The Model's Inputs)

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HPD violations

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311 calls

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DOB complaints

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ECB penalties

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Permits (7 yr)

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Bedbug units

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Rodent 311 calls

Heat/Hot Water — No heat, apt 3B · Class C · Open11/12/2024

Pests — Mice/rodents observed, apt 2A · Class B09/03/2024

Water Leak — Ceiling leak, apt 5D · Pending07/15/2024

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Rent & eviction protection

Is 157-20 Willets Point Blvd rent-stabilized?

Rent stabilization caps how much your rent can rise and protects your right to renew. Here's how this building scores on the four signals that usually point to it.

Built before 1974

Built 1960

6 or more units

6 units

Registered with RGB

Not found

421-A / J-51 abatement

None found

Potential rent stabilization. Building age and size suggest eligibility — confirm with the DHCR (Division of Housing and Community Renewal) or request a rent history.

Based on public NYC records. Not legal advice — verify with the DHCR (Division of Housing and Community Renewal) at apps.hcr.ny.gov.

Augrented Insights

AI summary · updated June 2026

The 6-unit, 2-story residential building at 157-20 Willets Point Blvd in Whitestone, owned by Gino Romano and constructed in 1960, has maintained consistent compliance with bedbug reporting requirements over the past five years, with all reports showing zero infested units, zero eradicated units, and zero re-infested units. The property currently has one active Building Department violation from June 2023 related to failure to file a 2019 external low-pressure inspection, which remains unresolved as of July 2025. There is a history of annual bedbug report violations from 2022-2024, though these violations appear to have been resolved by April 2024 when the most recent bedbug report was filed.

The building has experienced several Department of Buildings complaints between 2018-2020, though all were determined to have no violations warranting penalties at the time of inspection. A zoning violation related to parking regulations was issued in September 2020 for a large white commercial truck parked in the residential district, which was resolved with no penalties. The property has consistently filed its bedbug reports on time since 2021, with the most recent filing in July 2025 covering the period from November 2023 to October 2024, showing continued compliance with NYC Housing Maintenance Code requirements.

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How we score buildings

How 157-20 Willets Point Blvd's risk score is calculated

We trained a model on 7 years of city inspection data — HPD violation filings, tenant complaints, and owner track records across their entire portfolio. It estimates the probability that HPD inspectors will find serious or dangerous violations at this address in the next 12 months. Lower % = safer.

What the score means for you

Neighborhood percentile

35th percentile

Out of 232 buildings in this neighborhood, 81 have a higher predicted risk.

RiskiestSafest

Predicted violation outcome

82.6%

No serious
violations

13.6%

Some violations
(1–9)

3.8%

Many violations
(10+)

Risk factors

What's driving this score

These are the three data points that most influenced this building's score — ranked by how much weight the model placed on each one.

Number of apartments

The number of residential units affects how the model interprets complaint and violation totals — more units means more potential sources.

Neighborhood location

The model uses precise location as a proxy for neighborhood-level risk patterns — some blocks have systematically higher violation rates.

Corporate ownership

Whether this building is registered to a corporate entity rather than an individual. Corporate owners tend to have distinct portfolio patterns.

Building characteristics

Total units	6
Floors	2
Year built	1960
Gross area	4,132 sq ft
Building class	—
Tax abatement	None

Issue trend & model projection

Violations & complaints per year — solid line is historical record, dashed line is AI projection.

Who's behind the building

157-20 Willets Point Blvd's landlord & ownership

The people and companies registered to this building, the other properties they run, and their court record. A landlord's wider portfolio is often the best predictor of how your building will be treated.

Corporate Owner

Registered contact for this building.

Name

Elm Property Holdings LLC

Address

15065 Cross Island Parkway
Whitestone, NY 11357

Landlord portfolio

Other properties owned.

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