Questions about this building
Does 144-39 Sanford Avenue, Queens have open violations?
Yes. 144-39 Sanford Avenue, Queens had 8 open violations on September 27, 2026: 3 from OATH/ECB and 5 from HPD. 4 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 12 years, since April 4, 2014.
Is 144-39 Sanford Avenue, Queens getting better or worse?
Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 4 open Class C, with 1 certification filed and 0 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction. That window ends September 27, 2026. It compares certifications filed with new Class C violations, and it describes what happened, not what anyone intends.
Does 144-39 Sanford Avenue, Queens have active DOB violations?
Yes. 12 active DOB violations. The newest was issued June 23, 2024. The Department of Buildings writes these separately from HPD's housing violations, for things like boilers, elevators, facades, construction and energy filings. Each one stays active until DOB resolves or dismisses it.
Has DOB received complaints about 144-39 Sanford Avenue, Queens?
Yes. 2 DOB complaints, all of them conversion complaints, in the 12 months to September 25, 2026. The newest was filed April 12, 2026. Anyone can complain to DOB about a building or the work going on in it, and DOB then inspects and decides whether there is a violation. A conversion complaint says an apartment may have been added or changed without approval. It is a complaint, not a finding.
Are any HPD emergency repair orders at 144-39 Sanford Avenue, Queens marked completed?
Yes. 1 completed HPD emergency repair order since September 29, 2023: a general construction order, opened November 20, 2024, awarded for $587. HPD orders an emergency repair when a hazardous condition cited in a violation, or in another agency's emergency order, is not corrected, and does the work itself or through a contractor. The amounts are what the orders were awarded for, not a bill: this page does not show what was charged to the property or whether it was paid. Orders for lab tests, such as dust-wipe and asbestos samples, are not counted.
What did the latest facade report find at 144-39 Sanford Avenue, Queens?
No Report Filed for inspection cycle 9. Buildings taller than six stories must have their exterior walls inspected once in every inspection cycle under the city's Facade Inspection Safety Program (every five years under DOB's current rule), and each inspection report is filed with DOB as Safe, SWARMP (safe with a repair and maintenance program) or Unsafe. No Report Filed means DOB has no report for that cycle. The rating is from the latest filing and does not describe the facade today; DOB's page for the building shows anything filed since.
When did 144-39 Sanford Avenue, Queens last file its bedbug report?
Its 3 buildings had all filed by August 3, 2026, for the year to October 31, 2025. HPD asks the owner of every building with 3 or more apartments for this report once a year, covering November 1 to October 31, including buildings that had no bedbugs.
Is 144-39 Sanford Avenue, Queens covered by Local Law 97?
Yes. It is on DOB's Local Law 97 covered buildings list. On the covered list (DOB's list, March 1, 2026). Local Law 97 sets greenhouse gas limits for most New York City buildings over 25,000 square feet, and DOB's covered buildings list says which path each building is on. The list reflects DOB's records, which owners can ask DOB to correct. This page never estimates a penalty or says whether a building complies.
Is 144-39 Sanford Avenue, Queens rent stabilized?
The building has rent-stabilized apartments on its 2024 registration. That comes from the Rent Guidelines Board's list of buildings with at least one stabilized apartment registered that year. Buildings that registered late are left off, and a 421-a or J-51 building can leave stabilization when its tax benefit ends. A particular apartment's status is for NYS HCR to say.
When was 144-39 Sanford Avenue, Queens built?
The city's record gives 1951 as the year 144-39 Sanford Avenue, Queens was built, in the Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file. The same file classes it as an elevator apartment building with 6 floors.
How many apartments does 144-39 Sanford Avenue, Queens have?
The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 156 residential units at 144-39 Sanford Avenue, Queens. The count is for the whole tax lot.
Where do these numbers come from?
From New York City's own data: HPD housing violations and OATH/ECB hearing results, read whole rather than sampled. It also draws on DOB violations, DOB complaints, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, DOB facade filings, HPD emergency repair orders, HPD's annual bedbug reports, DOB's Local Law 97 covered buildings list and the city's PLUTO tax-lot file. This page is current through September 27, 2026. The city's data changes daily, so a violation certified after that can still show as open here; the city's own page for this building is linked above.
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ViolationScout, 144-39 Sanford Ave, Queens: 4 open Class C, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through September 27, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/144-39-sanford-avenue-queens
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