138-52 Elder Avenue
Class B
Class C
12 months to Sep 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
12 months through June 2026
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
Top insights
- 3 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built in 1988 (city records)
- Rent-stabilized: 158 of 159 units
About this building
City records list 1988 as the year built — newer than 75% of the 240 buildings we cover in ZIP 11355. 14 floors — one of 3 buildings over 10 floors among the 7 we cover on this block. The building’s floor space is 3.8 times the size of its lot: 121,091 sq ft of building on a 32,254 sq ft lot. 159 apartments — more than 90% of the 240 residential buildings we cover in ZIP 11355 have.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 18, 2026.
A difference between the DHCR rent-stabilized count and the PLUTO total is common and does not, on its own, indicate a violation: units can leave rent stabilization legally, the two datasets count units differently, some units may be non-residential, and a registration can be filed incompletely. To check your own apartment, see how to request your rent history from DHCR.
138-52 Elder Avenue
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- City records show 17 open HPD violations, 3 immediately hazardous (Class C) at this building. Ask which are still unresolved in the unit and the landlord’s timeline to clear them.
- The oldest open violation on record dates to 2026 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 158 rent-stabilized units here. Ask whether this specific unit is one of them, and ask the landlord for its legal regulated rent and lease history.
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Abate the nuisance consisting of storgae of refrigerators with doors intact at cellar story….
- Confirm in person that the immediately-hazardous (Class C) conditions — typically heat, hot water, leaks, mold or pests — are genuinely fixed, not just marked closed.
138-52 Elder Avenue sits in Queens, ZIP 11355. No subway stations are within an 800-meter walk — expect to rely on buses or rideshare.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: February 2026 · Most recent: August 2026. HPD marks a violation open until it is certified as corrected, so an old date can mean an unresolved condition or a repair that was never certified.
- 2026-08-07
- 2026-08-07
- 2026-08-07
- 2026-08-07
- 2026-08-07
- 2026-08-07
- 2026-08-07
- Class C · 3 open · penalty 45 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 3 open · penalty 15 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 11 open · penalty 11 · (1/ea)
- 2026-04-08 · Apt 4J · NON EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2026-04-08 · Apt 4J · EMERGENCY · DOOR/WINDOW
- 2026-04-07 · Apt 12H · EMERGENCY · DOOR/WINDOW
- 2023-06-20 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2018 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2023-06-20 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2018 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2023-06-20 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2018 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 1988, after the 1978 federal ban on lead paint in residential use. Owners must still address any lead hazard that is later identified.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- HARRASSMENT 2: 47
- PETIT LARCENY: 40
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 30
- GRAND LARCENY: 28
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 20
- Noise - Residential: 197
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 85
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 32
- Noise: 23
- Illegal Parking: 19
- 4439 KISSENA BLVD
- 4401 KISSENA BLVD
- 4370 KISSENA BOULEVARD
- P.S. 024 Andrew Jackson
- The Active Learning Elementary School
- P.S. 020 John Bowne
- I.S. 237
- East-West School of International Studies
- J.H.S. 189 Daniel Carter Beard
- East-West School of International Studies
- Flushing International High School
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- P.s. 024 Andrew Jackson
- Muslim Center Junior Hs
- Cba Cultural & Arts Center
- Queens Botanical Garden Society, Inc.
- I.s. 237
- Maple Playground
Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Verizon Fiber Up to 2,300 Mbps down · 2,300 Mbps up
- Astound Broadband Cable Up to 1,500 Mbps down · 50 Mbps up
- Spectrum Cable Fiber Up to 1,000 Mbps down · 1,000 Mbps up
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Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection (NY, rev. May 2026). Wired broadband only — cable + fiber. DSL, satellite, and fixed-wireless not included. Block-level data; actual availability may vary by building.
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