Lafayette Apartments
138-70 Elder Avenue, Queens, NY 11355
Overview
Lafayette Apartments is a co-op conversion in Queens.
- Offering plan: Accepted July 1986 · 263 pages
- Finishes: Hardwood floors, laminate kitchen countertops and wood cabinets
- Prices: $29.2 million in all ($14.4 million when first offered)
- Sponsor: Donald B. Yellin Declaration Of Trust, represented by Hirsch & Gibaldi, LLP; principals Arnold Knoph, David Emmer and Donald Yellin
- Subway: 13-minute walk to Flushing-Main St (7)
- Amendments: 21, the latest in March 2026
- Subway
- 13 min walk to Flushing-Main St 7
- Principals
- Arnold Knoph, David Emmer, Donald Yellin
- Offering price
- $29.2 million total $14.4 million when first offered
- SubmittedOctober 1985
- AcceptedJuly 1986
- 21 amendments
First-Year Budget
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Amendments
Amendment 21 Mar 25, 2026
This Twenty-First Amendment offers unsold apartments for sale by the holder of unsold shares, adds disclosures on that holder's finances and a new FinCEN reporting rule, and notes that 2025 financial statements are not yet available.
- Holder of Unsold Shares offers the Unsold Apartments at the purchase prices set forth on Exhibit "A" (Exhibit A not included in the text)
- New FinCEN Reporting Rule disclosure, effective March 1, 2026, requiring purchasers to deliver reporting information at or before Closing
- Holder's aggregate monthly maintenance on Unsold Apartments is approximately 14,500
- Holder's aggregate monthly rents from tenants of Unsold Apartments is approximately $18,000
- None of the Unsold Apartments are encumbered by a loan
- 2025 audited financial statements not yet available; purchasers to request from Managing Agent when ready
- Purchasers to request the 2025/2026 Apartment Corporation Budget from the Managing Agent
- Section 9 (Extension of Plan) is cut off in the text, so the extended term is not shown
Amendment 20 Apr 2, 2025
The amendment offers 13 unsold apartments at printed prices, adds the building's 2023 and 2024 audited financial statements, and extends the term of the offering plan.
- Holder of Unsold Shares offers 13 unsold apartments at prices from $354,000 to $688,800 (Exhibit A; apartment 1H shows no price)
- Term of the Plan extended (no new end date printed)
- 2023 and 2024 audited financial statements added as Exhibit B
- 2025 Apartment Corporation budget not yet available; purchasers referred to the budget in the Nineteenth Amendment
- Holder of Unsold Shares pays maintenance of approximately 15,500 monthly on unsold apartments and receives approximately $18,000 monthly in rent
- None of the unsold apartments are encumbered by a loan
- FinCEN reporting threshold printed as $300,000; the Geographic Targeting Order remains in effect until April 14, 2025
- Board of Directors list added: Faye Young (President) and others, not controlled by or affiliated with the Holder of Unsold Shares
Amendment 19 May 9, 2024
This amendment offers 14 unsold apartments, including professional office 1J, for sale at the printed prices, adds 2021 and 2022 financial statements and the 2023/2024 budget, updates the board list, and extends the plan's term.
- Office 1J offered for sale at $210,000, issued May 6, 2024 in exchange for a lease trade of 565 shares
- Unsold apartments offered at prices from $354,000 (7C) to $688,800 (4M), per Exhibit A
- Audited financial statements for fiscal years ending June 30, 2021 and June 30, 2022 added as Exhibit B; 2023 statements available from the Managing Agent
- 2023/2024 budget (July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024) added as Exhibit C
- Board of Directors list updated to seven members, none associated with the Holder of Unsold Shares
- Holder of Unsold Shares discloses aggregate monthly maintenance of approximately 12,252 and monthly rents of approximately $17,385; none of the Unsold Apartments are encumbered by a loan
- FinCEN reporting threshold stated as $300,000; Geographic Targeting Order in effect until October 15, 2024
- Term of the Plan extended
Amendment 18 Apr 21, 2023
The holder of unsold shares offers the remaining unsold apartments for sale as-is, adds 2019 and 2020 financial statements and a 2023 budget, lists the board of directors, and sets buyer closing fees and escrow arrangements.
- Holder of Unsold Shares offers the Unsold Apartments listed in Exhibit A at the prices set forth there, sold "as is" and possibly occupied by tenants
- Holder's monthly maintenance on Unsold Apartments totals approximately 13,699 and monthly rents received total approximately $ 18,560; no Unsold Apartments are encumbered by a loan
- Exhibit B adds audited financial statements for fiscal years ended June 30, 2019 and June 30, 2020; buyers should ask the Managing Agent about 2021 and 2022 statements
- Exhibit C adds the 2023 budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023
- Board of Directors member list is provided, with Ho Chu Yao as President
- Buyers pay Hirsch & Gibaldi LLP $1,500 for closing documents, $350 for each buyer-requested rescheduled closing, and $500 if they obtain mortgage financing, plus NYS and NYC transfer taxes
- Hirsch & Gibaldi LLP is Escrow Agent, holding deposits in a segregated escrow account at JP Morgan Chase Bank
- Plan tax information may be inaccurate because of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, effective January 1, 2018
Amendment 17 Jan 13, 2016
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Amendment 16 Feb 22, 2012
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Amendment 15 Nov 21, 2006
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Amendment 14 Oct 3, 2005
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Amendment 13 Nov 7, 2003
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Amendment 12 Sep 13, 2002
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Amendment 11 Oct 11, 2000
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Amendment 10 Nov 25, 1996
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Amendment 9 May 26, 1992
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Amendment 8 May 21, 1991
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Amendment 7 May 30, 1990
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Amendment 6 Nov 13, 1989
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Amendment 5 Aug 19, 1988
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Amendment 4 Nov 19, 1987
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Amendment 3 Feb 20, 1987
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Amendment 2 Feb 20, 1987
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Amendment 1 Nov 18, 1986
The amendment extends existing tenants' purchase rights, corrects several figures and details in the original plan, adds a $300 subletting fee, and discloses asbestos, mortgage, gas and transfer tax terms.
- Existing tenants' exclusive right to buy shares at $140 per share extended 30 days from the presentation date of this First Amendment
- Existing tenants' right to buy a vacant apartment extended to 30 days from the presentation date; reduced-price dollar amount corrected from "$175" to "$200"; fixed-up apartment will include a new range and refrigerator
- Sponsor must disclose asbestos report amendment by February 8, 1987; subscriber may delay closing 30 days after it; escrow of no less than $2,500 if closings occur before asbestos work is complete
- Subletting fee of $300 for each year (or portion) of the sublease term, in addition to maintenance and managing agent fees, not applying to non-purchasing tenants or Holders of Unsold Shares
- Wraparound Mortgage principal corrected from $2,200,000 to $2,500,000
- First Mortgage refinanced on October 9, 1986 with The Lincoln Savings Bank; original consolidated principal $2,500,000; matures October 9, 1991
- Cooking gas is not separately metered and is included in regular maintenance charges (correcting footnote 6(i) of Schedule A)
- Sponsor pays New York City Real Property Transfer Tax on its sales; each subscriber signs a Real Property Transfer Tax Return at signing of the Proprietary Lease
Team
- Sponsor
- Donald B. Yellin Declaration Of Trust
- Principals
- Arnold Knoph, David Emmer, Donald Yellin
- Counsel
- Hirsch & Gibaldi, LLP
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Zoning
- Zoning district
- R7-1
Today's zoning, from city data (PLUTO 26v2).
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