139-79 85th Drive
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~91% of buildings in this ZIP (75 open)
- 26 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- More HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (29 vs ~13)
- Built in 1940
- Rent-stabilized: 117 of 122 units
Class B
Class C
past 12 months
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
past 12 mo (150m)
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
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.
139-79 85th Drive
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- City records show 75 open HPD violations, 26 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 2006 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- Public records list 117 rent-stabilized units in this building — is this specific unit stabilized, and can the landlord show its legal regulated rent and lease history?
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Provide ready access to buildings heating system door lock at basement entrance level….
- 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.
139-79 85 Drive sits in Queens, ZIP 11435. The closest subway is Sutphin Blvd (F) (6-minute walk), served by the E and F lines.
Building Condition
- 2026-06-15 "§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LATCH SET AT VESTIBULE DOOR LEADING TO PUBLIC HALL AT…"
- 2026-03-30 "§27-2104(B) HMC POST A PROPER NOTICE REGARDING RENT STABILIZATION LAW, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN A CONS…"
- 2025-12-31 "§ 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM DOOR LOCK AT BASEMENT ENTRANCE LEVEL AT BOILER ROOM"
- 2025-12-11 "§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE INTERCOM SYSTEM IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 3C, 3rd…"
- 2025-07-25 "§ 27-2043.1 HMC INSTALL THE MISSING OR REPAIR/REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE WINDOW GUARD(S) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATION…"
- 2025-07-25
- 2025-07-25
- 2025-05-07
- 2024-09-13
- 2024-09-13
- Class C · 26 open · penalty 390 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 38 open · penalty 190 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 11 open · penalty 11 · (1/ea)
- 2026-04-22 · Apt BLDG · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2026-04-21 · Apt BLDG · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2026-03-30 · Apt BLDG · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2021-08-11
- 2021-08-11
- 2021-08-11
5 open lead-paint hazard violations on record (most recent 2025). These are HPD violations recorded against the building — not a test of any specific apartment.
3 earlier hazards cited and remediated.
Under NYC Local Law 1 (Admin Code §27-2056.5), lead paint is presumed present in common areas and in apartments where a child under 6 resides, in multiple dwellings built before 1960 (this building: built 1940). The presumption stands unless the owner obtained a lead-free or lead-safe exemption from HPD. Those exemption records aren’t published as open data, so we can’t confirm one either way.
Also on record: 15 procedural §27-2056 violations (failure to file required lead paperwork, most recent 2023) — a records failure, not evidence of a lead hazard.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- HARRASSMENT 2: 28
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 24
- PETIT LARCENY: 23
- GRAND LARCENY: 9
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 8
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 198
- Illegal Parking: 121
- Blocked Driveway: 50
- Noise - Residential: 46
- Street Condition: 40
- 3D RENOVATING LLC
- UNITED WOOD FLOORS INC
- CAROLE GARDENS REALTY LLC
- P.S. 117 J. Keld / Briarwood School
- P.S. 082 Hammond
- Growing Up Green Charter School II
- J.H.S. 217 Robert A. Van Wyck
- Young Women's Leadership School, Queens
- P.S. Q086
- J.H.S. 217 Robert A. Van Wyck
- Young Women's Leadership School, Queens
- Hillcrest High School
- Sutphin Blvd
- Briarwood
- Jamaica-Van Wyck
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Bukharian Jewish Theater Vozrozhdeniye
- Sco Family Of Services/T Paplin Sch
- J.h.s. 217 Robert A. Van Wyck
- P.s. 117 J. Keld / Briarwood School
- Briarwood 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
- Spectrum Cable 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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