69-38 De Costa Avenue, Queens

The building keeps out of the city's filings, but the surrounding block carries noticeable infrastructure and noise activity.

A two-family Arverne home built in 1950 where the building itself generates practically no direct filings. Small residential properties like this rarely produce shared-hallway or landlord-tenant paperwork, so the real underwriting questions live on the surrounding block. Three things to know:

Street-level water system complaints cluster on the surrounding blocks. 25 water system calls hit within three blocks over the last year. The complaints lean heavily on running hydrants and main-line outages rather than internal pipe bursts, pointing to neighborhood utility work or municipal supply pressure issues.

Residential noise complaints show steady neighborhood activity. 23 residential noise calls were logged within three blocks over the past 12 months, driven primarily by loud music, parties, and late-night banging. For a low-density residential pocket, that shows a distinct evening block life.

Curb space competition creates localized street friction. 21 obstruction calls and 18 illegal parking reports were filed in the three blocks around the building last year. The obstruction entries are overwhelmingly marked as parking cones holding spots, showing tight curb competition on the street.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 14 plumbing and 13 electrical calls logged across the three-block radius in the last year.
• 12 unsanitary condition reports and 12 abandoned vehicle calls logged within three blocks.
• 10 blocked driveway complaints recorded in the surrounding area over the last 12 months.

69-38 De Costa Avenue is a two-family home in Queens, New York City (BBL 4160450056). This building is associated with Crosley, Colin. Brix tracks 0 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1950, this two-family home sits in Queens and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.

Brix score: 100/100. View the Building Report on Brix.

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