Building health · QUEENS, NY

138-49 Elder Ave

built 1983 · 12 stories · 191 apartments
Registered with the city: SPM LLC; Queens B'nai B'rith Housing Development Fund

The building’s record over time

Filings, permits, complaints and violations from city records, newest first. Highlighted rows are unresolved and from the last year; older unresolved records are marked “never closed”. Tap any row to read it on the agency’s own site.
2026 Oct
PlumbingApt 7N
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Sep
EN-BENCH Benchmarking - LL84
DOB Violations
2026 Sep
Latest accepted inspection Sep 2026, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2026 Jun
EN-BENCH Benchmarking - LL84
DOB Violations
2026 Jun
2 active elevators; latest periodic inspection Jun 2026
DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance
2026 Jun
PlumbingApt 12P
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Mar
EN-BENCH Benchmarking - LL84
DOB Violations
2026 Jan
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2025 Dec
EN-BENCH Benchmarking - LL84
DOB Violations
2025 Oct
VT-PER-CO Elevators
2025 Oct
Plumbing permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 4N
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Jun
Heat or hot waterApt 4N
2025 Jun
Walls, floors and stairs class A
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Jun
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2025 Jun
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 7N class B
2025 Jun
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 7N class B
2025 Jun
PestsApt 7N class C
2025 Jun
ElectricalApt 7N
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Apr
No active shed permit; permits since May 2024, last expired Apr 2025
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2025 Feb
Safe (cycle 9, filed Feb 2025)
DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings
2025 Jan
Boiler burning natural gas (Rockmills MP-70), registration current since Jan 2025
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
2024 Oct
VT-PER-CO Elevators
DOB Violations
2024 Jun
Suspended scaffold permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2024 May
General construction permit
2024 May
Plumbing permit, Fuel burning permit
2024 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2023 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed
2021 Sep
PestsApt 11O class C
2019 Sep
Fuel storage permit, Heating/ventilation permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2018 Dec
Walls, floors and stairsApt 4E class B
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2018 Dec
Heat or hot waterApt 4E class B
2018 Dec
Walls, floors and stairs class A
2016 Nov
Sprinklers permit, Plumbing permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2003 Apr
Latest boiler work permit 2003 (3 on record)
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)
1983
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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