# 78 Street, Queens, NY 11414 BBL 4113840040 · Block 11384 · Lot 40 Canonical page: https://nycpropertyfacts.com/ny/queens/78-street-4113840040 Last updated: 2026-10-31 · Open-item counts as of 2026-10-31 ## Summary 78 Street (Queens, NY 11414; tax lot BBL 4113840040) is a vacant lot (building class V0: vacant land zoned residential), on a 6,353 sq ft lot zoned R4. City tax records list the owner as 135 SAPPHIRE LLC; the most recent deed with a stated price is dated July 11, 2016 at $400,000 in a deed covering 4 lots (per ACRIS). The Department of Finance's final market value for tax year 2027 is $577,000. As of October 31, 2026, NYC Open Data shows no open DOB jobs, active DOB/ECB violations, open HPD violations or unpaid OATH tickets for this lot. (Source: NYC Open Data — DOB, HPD, OATH, DOF, DCP and ACRIS datasets — compiled by NYC Property Facts.) How to cite: NYC Property Facts, “78 Street, Queens, NY 11414 (BBL 4113840040)”, data as of 2026-10-31, https://nycpropertyfacts.com/ny/queens/78-street-4113840040. Source: NYC Open Data. ## Open items | Item | Count | |---|---| | Open DOB jobs (permit issued, not signed off) | 0 | | Active DOB violations | 0 | | Active ECB violations | 0 | | Open HPD violations | 0 | | OATH tickets with unpaid balance | 0 | ## Lot & building - Owner of record: 135 SAPPHIRE LLC - Building class: V0 – Vacant land zoned residential - Year built: — - Floors: — - Units: 0 residential / 0 total - Lot area: 6,353 sq ft · Building area: 0 sq ft - Zoning: R4 - Source: PLUTO (Dept. of City Planning) (https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/64uk-42ks), data as of 2026-11-02 ## Tax assessment - Tax year 2027 (final roll): market value $577,000, assessed value $34,620, tax class 1B - Source: DOF Property Valuation and Assessment Data (https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/8y4t-faws) ## Sales & deeds (ACRIS) Deeds recorded with the City Register. amount 0 usually means a non-market transfer. lots_in_deed > 1 means the price covers several lots. | Date | Status | Description | Source | |---|---|---|---| | 2016-07-11 | recorded (DEED) | DEED dated 2016-07-11 from BOKHOUR, FARHAD to ZIRK UNION TPKE LLC, stated price $400,000 for a deed covering 4 lots. | bnx9-e6tj | | 2016-07-11 | recorded (DEED) | DEED dated 2016-07-11 from ZIRK UNION TPKE LLC to 135 SAPPHIRE LLC, no price stated ($0) for a deed covering 5 lots. | bnx9-e6tj | | 1986-12-08 | recorded (DEED) | DEED dated 1986-12-08 from MOTISI, FRANK; MOTISI, MAE; JAMES, GEORGE; GIARAMITA, JOHN(IN/D/HR; GIARAMITA,FRANCES(DID/O; GIARAMITA, SAMUEL(IN/D/H; JAMES, MARIA MOTISIE.; TRANCHIDA, JAMES; MENDOLIA, WILLIAM(IN/D/H; MOTISI, FLORA; GIARAMITA,ANTHONY(IN/D/H; TRANCHIDA, EVA MOTISI to BOKHOUR, FARHAD, no price stated ($0) for a deed covering 2 lots. | bnx9-e6tj | | 1976-04-19 | recorded (DEED) | DEED dated 1976-04-19 from MOTISI FRANK; MENDOLIA ANNA MOTISI (IND); MOTISI ANTONINIA (EXEC OF); MOTISI MAE; MOTISI FLORA; JAMES MARIA MOTISI ESPOSITO; TRANCHIDA JAMES; MENDOLIA WILLIAM J; JAMES GEORGE; TRANCHIDA EVA MOTISI; GARAMITA FRANCES MOTISI to WILLIAM J MENDOLIA; MAE MOTISI; JAMES TRANCHIDA; FRANK MOTISI; MARIA MOTISI; ANNA M MENDOLIA; FLORA MOTISI; EVA M TRANCHIDA; FRANCES M GIARAMITA; ESPOSITO JAMES; GEORGE JAMES, no price stated ($0) for a deed covering 2 lots. | bnx9-e6tj | ## Open DOB jobs and recent work permits A DOB "job" is an application to do construction work. status "open" = a permit was issued but DOB has no record of final sign-off. Work permits are listed with type "work_permit" and their DOB permit status (they are not counted as open items). No records found. ## Open violations (DOB, ECB, HPD) status "open" = DOB violation category is ACTIVE, ECB violation status is ACTIVE, or HPD violation status is Open. No records found. ## OATH tickets with unpaid balance or pending status "open" = balance due > $0 after a decision (cases awaiting a hearing are "pending"). default=true means the respondent did not appear. No records found. ## Complaints (HPD since 2019, 311 last 12 months) Complaints are reports, not violations. status mirrors the published complaint / request status. No records found. ## Owners & contacts Owner of record comes from city tax records (PLUTO) and can lag behind recent sales. | Date | Status | Description | Source | |---|---|---|---| | 2026-08-24 | current | City tax records (PLUTO) list the owner as 135 SAPPHIRE LLC. | 64uk-42ks | | 2016-07-11 | recorded | Grantee (buyer) on the most recent deed (DEED, 2016-07-11). | 636b-3b5g | --- Independent site. Data from NYC Open Data; not affiliated with the City of New York. Not a title search or official record; verify with the issuing agency. JSON: https://nycpropertyfacts.com/api/v1/property/4113840040