Settle Bayside

For executors and heirs ยท Bayside, Queens: 11360, 11361, 11364

Selling an inherited home in Bayside

Most people who land here just lost a parent and were handed a house or an apartment to deal with. The home has clocks on it that nobody in the family controls: the court, the estate tax lien release, the co-op board. Settle Bayside tracks every one of them, in writing, and runs the sale alongside them instead of after them, at the pace the family can manage. For executors here or out of state, this is how to sell an inherited house or co-op in Bayside, start to finish.

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Bayside property sales recorded in 2025975 dots in recording order. 120 are lit: sales where the seller was an estate.
Every dot is a Bayside property sale recorded in 2025, in recording order. The 120 lit dots were sold by an estate, out of 975 sales.

Why Bayside needs a program

About one in eight Bayside home sales is an inherited home sold by an estate, most of them co-op apartments that pass through a board. The year-by-year figures are in the Bayside Estate Report; each ring on the map opens that complex's page with every recorded sale.

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Bayside sales are by an estate

120 of the 975 Bayside property sales recorded in 2025 had an estate as the seller. The share was the same in 2024.

66 of 120

Were co-op apartments

So most estate sales here go through a board and a managing agent, now on Local Law 58 deadlines.

$72.6M

Sold by Bayside estates in 2025

Median co-op about $320,000; median house or condo about $936,000.

Map of Bayside sales and co-op estate salesSmall dots are 2025 Bayside sales at their tax lot. Rings are the 15 co-op complexes with the most sales by an estate from January 2024 to September 2026; larger rings mean more estate sales. Shaded land is Queens; major streets are drawn for reference.Northern BlvdLong Island ExpwyBell BlvdCross Island PkwyUnion TpkeClearview ExpwyLittle Neck BayWindsor Park: 32 estate sales of 179 recorded co-op sales, January 2024 to September 2026Windsor ParkBell Park Gardens: 14 estate sales of 58 recorded co-op sales, January 2024 to September 2026Bell Park GardensWindsor Oaks: 12 estate sales of 122 recorded co-op sales, January 2024 to September 2026Windsor OaksBay Terrace Section X: 11 estate sales of 38 recorded co-op sales, January 2024 to September 2026Bay Terrace211-35 23rd Avenue: 9 estate sales of 46 recorded co-op sales, January 2024 to September 202618-05 215th Street: 9 estate sales of 41 recorded co-op sales, January 2024 to September 2026Bay Terrace Section I: 9 estate sales of 17 recorded co-op sales, January 2024 to September 202668-01 Bell Boulevard: 8 estate sales of 25 recorded co-op sales, January 2024 to September 2026220-55 46th Avenue: 7 estate sales of 34 recorded co-op sales, January 2024 to September 2026226-26 Union Turnpike: 7 estate sales of 29 recorded co-op sales, January 2024 to September 2026Bay Terrace Section III: 7 estate sales of 22 recorded co-op sales, January 2024 to September 2026212-30 23rd Avenue: 7 estate sales of 21 recorded co-op sales, January 2024 to September 202618-15 215th Street: 6 estate sales of 39 recorded co-op sales, January 2024 to September 202617-85 215th Street: 6 estate sales of 34 recorded co-op sales, January 2024 to September 2026Bay Terrace Section II: 6 estate sales of 16 recorded co-op sales, January 2024 to September 2026
A 2025 sale, at its tax lotCo-op complex, sized by estate sales since January 2024Shaded land is Queens (NYC borough boundary, clipped to the shoreline); Nassau County along the top right edge is left unshaded. Streets from the NYC street centerline file.

Where the co-op estate sales are

Each ring is one of the 15 complexes with the most estate sales since January 2024; together they hold 150 of the 185 estate co-op sales recorded in Bayside. Every sale here passes through that building's board and managing agent, which is why the program starts with their questions.

The 15 complexes, with every recorded saleLook up sales near a date

Who it is for

The executor or administrator

The questions executors ask, each answered for Bayside: how to sell an inherited house or co-op, what it is worth on the date of death, letters, the lien release, the board, the timeline, the cash offer in the mail.

The executor who lives somewhere else

What has to happen in Bayside, what can happen from where you are, and who does which part.

The CPA or estate attorney

A written date-of-death value for a client's Bayside home, at no cost to the client, with every comparable sale listed.

What the program does

Seven phases. Each one ends with something in the executor's hands. Nothing has to happen this week except the first conversation, and even that can wait. The estate pays at closing, from the proceeds, and nothing before the home sells.

The program board Four tracks across nine months: the court appointment, the estate tax lien release, the co-op board and the sale. Milestones are marked; the sale runs alongside the clocks rather than after them. Death Month 3 Month 6 Month 9 Court Lien release Co-op board The sale Letters issue tracked, not chased ET-117 filed release, about 6 weeks package in 15 days 45 days to decide value letter, clearing listed offer contract closing today
The program board. The court is tracked, not chased. The lien release and the board run on fixed clocks. The sale runs alongside them, so the home is listed the day letters issue, not months after.

  1. Intake

    Who signs for the estate, what has been filed, which clocks are already running, who the attorney and CPA are. Delivered: the estate's timeline, with every clock on it.

  2. The value as of the date of death

    Built from recorded Bayside sales around that date, each one listed with its record. Delivered: the value letter, free, whether or not the home sells.

  3. Clearing

    Family items out, donation, a cleanout crew lined up and met at the door, and a number on anything worth fixing against what it would change. Delivered: an empty home, photographed, and a fix-or-not decision with costs.

  4. Tracking the clocks

    Letters, the lien release, the board. The attorney, the CPA and the managing agent do their parts; the program checks in with the executor's say-so and records where each one stands. Tracked, not chased. Delivered: a written status after anything moves.

  5. The sale

    Pricing from the same evidence as the value letter, the listing, showings, offers, and the buyer's package through the managing agent. Delivered: an accepted offer and a signed contract, on the executor's pace.

  6. Closing

    The board decision, the lien release and the attorneys' date, held in one sequence so nothing is found out late. Delivered: a closing with no surprises.

  7. The estate file

    Every status, every answer from the managing agent, every record used in the value letter, in one place the executor can hand to the heirs or the court. Delivered: the file, at closing.

The full program, with a sample statusBuild a timeline for your dates

Start here

Bayside only: 11360, 11361 and 11364. Text, call or email. The first conversation and the value letter cost nothing.

Helpful to have ready

  • The property address, and the building and apartment for a co-op
  • The date of death
  • Whether the court has issued letters yet
  • Your role: executor, administrator, heir, CPA or attorney

At the first real conversation you receive New York's required agency disclosure and housing discrimination disclosure forms.

Text Settle BaysideCall (347) 835-0302

Request a value letter in writing

Sources

  1. Sales counts and prices: NYC Department of Finance ACRIS records (NYC Open Data) matched to tax lots in NYC PLUTO, ZIP codes 11360, 11361 and 11364, compiled by Settle Bayside. A sale is a deed or co-op transfer tax filing of $25,000 or more. An estate sale is one where the recorded seller is an estate, executor or administrator; a few sales with abbreviated seller names may be missed, so estate counts are a floor.
  2. Estate tax lien release: NYS Department of Taxation and Finance, Release of estate tax lien.
  3. Co-op board deadlines: NYC Local Law 58 of 2026 (Int. 1120-B), as summarized by Pryor Cashman and Armstrong Lefkowitz Sklaw.
  4. Bay Terrace land purchases: Habitat Magazine, June 22, 2018.