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159-10 Sanford Avenue

Queens · 11358 | BBL 4053900027 | BIN 4121654
HPD data as of November 3, 2026
F
Compliance verdict — Serious open violations — 9 immediately hazardous, about one for every 2 apartments

City records show open immediately-hazardous housing-code violations at this building.

51 open HPD violations on record: 11 Class A (non-hazardous), 31 Class B (hazardous), and 9 Class C (immediately hazardous).

Most serious recent open violation (Class C): Properly repair or replace the broken or defective mortise lock assemblies at door….

Oldest open HPD violation (Class B): 10,676 days (about 29 years), on record since 1997.

Violation figures current as of Nov 3, 2026.

A 16-unit building, built in 1926.

31
Open HPD
Class B
9
Open HPD
Class C
635
311 calls
12 months to Aug 2026
16
Units registered as
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
16
Total residential
units (PLUTO)
19
Crime incidents (150m)
12 months through June 2026
$2,086
ZIP median
rent
1926
Year built
None <800m
Closest subway
min walk
D
Noise grade
(311 complaints)
B
Walkable
errands grade
28 places
Amenities
nearby

Top insights

About this building

City records list 1926 as the year built — older than 75% of the 110 buildings we cover in ZIP 11358. The building’s floor space is 2 times the size of its lot: 13,175 sq ft of building on a 6,460 sq ft lot.

Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of November 4, 2026.

159-10 Sanford Avenue sits in Queens, ZIP 11358. No subway stations are within an 800-meter walk — expect to rely on buses or rideshare.

Is 159-10 Sanford Avenue rent-stabilized?
Yes — all 16 residential units at 159-10 Sanford Avenue are rent-stabilized. Source: DHCR / Taxbills.nyc.
Is 159-10 Sanford Avenue subject to lead-paint regulations?
Yes — built in 1926, before NYC's 1960 lead-paint cutoff. Annual inspections are required for units with children under 6. Source: NYC Local Law 1.

Building Condition

HPD Violations
HPD Online ↗
All-time HPD violations
Total66
Open51
Closed15

Oldest open violation: August 1997 · Most recent: September 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.

By severity class
Recent open violations
  • 2026-05-11 Class C · Apt 4C · 177 days open "§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE MORTISE LOCK ASSEMBLIES AT DOOR IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATE…"
  • 2026-05-11 Class A · Apt 4C · 177 days open "§ 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT AT ALL WALLS AND CEILINGS IN TH…"
  • 2026-05-11 Class B · Apt 4C · 177 days open "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT WEST WALL IN THE FO…"
  • 2026-05-11 Class B · Apt 4C · 177 days open "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD SADDLE AT ENTRANCE IN THE KITCHEN…"
  • 2026-05-11 Class B · Apt 4C · 177 days open "§ 27-2045(B)(1)(B) HMC, § 12-06, § 12-07, § 12-09 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MON…"
Pest Activity — part of HPD violations (§27-2017.4 infestations)
Open pest violations1
Roaches: 1
  • 2025-08-13 roaches · Apt 4C
Source: NYC Open Data, HPD open violations, as of October 19, 2026. · See this building on HPD Online ↗
  • Class C · 9 open · penalty 135 · (15/ea)
  • Class B · 31 open · penalty 155 · (5/ea)
  • Class A · 11 open · penalty 11 · (1/ea)
HPD Complaints
Last 12 months
By category one complaint can span several — these need not sum to the total
Other5
Paint5
Electric4
Plumbing4
Structural3
Heat0
Mold0
Pests0
Bedbugs0
Hot Water0
Recent
  • 2026-05-07 · Apt 4C · NON EMERGENCY · PAINT/PLASTER
  • 2026-05-07 · Apt 4C · NON EMERGENCY · PLUMBING
  • 2026-05-07 · Apt 4C · NON EMERGENCY · GENERAL
Repeated apartments: 4C
Evictions
Executed residential evictions — last 5 years
Total1
By year
20261
Most recent
  • 2026-04-08 Apt 1-D
DOB Compliance
DOB BIS ↗
All-time DOB activity
Violations
Total0
Open0
Closed0
Complaints
Total11
Open (active)0
Closed11
DOB data as of October 19, 2026 — read from the Department of Buildings on that date.
Bedbug History
HPD annual bedbug report (building-aggregate, no apt-level data)
Risk levelclean ✓
Filings on file10
Infested (last 3 yr)0
Yearly trend (last 5)
20260 infested · 0 eradicated
20250 infested · 0 eradicated
20240 infested · 0 eradicated
20230 infested · 0 eradicated
20220 infested · 0 eradicated
Lead Paint Exposure

No HPD lead-paint violations are on record for this building. That means no complaint or inspection was filed — not that the building is lead-free.

Built 1926. 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. 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.

Source: HPD lead-paint violations (NYC Admin Code §27-2056).

The Building

Building (PLUTO)
NYC PLUTO tax-lot data
Year built1926 (100 yr old)
Building classC1 — Walk-up apartment
Floors4
Residential units16
Building area (sqft)13,175
Lot area (sqft)6,460
Owner of record (PLUTO)FERRARA & ROVETO PROPERTY LLC
Designations
Council district20
Rent Stabilization
DHCR records · NYC HCR via Who Owns What
Status16 of 16 units stabilized
Stabilization trajectory
Stabilized (2007)16
Stabilized (latest)16
ⓘ Listed by New York State. This building appears in the state's 2024 list of buildings containing rent-stabilized units (2024 building registrations filed with NYS HCR, as of November 2025). The list does not publish how many units are stabilized, and buildings can leave it. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from DHCR.
HPD-registered contact (Who Owns What): Owner on record.
ⓘ Email rent-info@nyshcr.org with your full address and apartment number for a free DHCR rent history.
Energy benchmarking (LL84): not required — building is under 25,000 sq ft.

Neighborhood & Environment

Crime
NYPD complaints · 12 months through June 2026
150m
~1 block
300m
~2-3 blocks
Total19109
Violent210
Shooting victims (Jan–Dec 2024)00
Felonies940
Misdemeanors651
Violations317
Shooting counts are victim records — one incident with several victims counts more than once — and reflect Jan–Dec 2024 — most recent NYC shooting data available. All other counts cover 12 months through June 2026 — the most recent 12 months of available NYPD data.
Top crime types (300m radius):
  • HARRASSMENT 2: 16
  • ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 14
  • PETIT LARCENY: 12
  • GRAND LARCENY: 11
  • GRAND LARCENY OF MOTOR VEHICLE: 10
Borough context: Queens (12 mo): 59,041 incidents total.
311 / Quality of Life
Last 12 months · 150m radius
Total 311 calls635
Top complaint types
  • Illegal Parking: 130
  • HEAT/HOT WATER: 103
  • Blocked Driveway: 87
  • Noise - Residential: 44
  • PAINT/PLASTER: 25
By category
Other350
Parking217
Noise50
Construction10
Drinking6
Rats2
Drug0
Trash0
Homeless0
311 data as of August 16, 2026 — 311 records on this page date from the last full report rebuild.
Noise (311 dedicated)
D
Last 12 months · 150m radius
Total noise complaints50
Dominant subtypeResidential
By subtype
Residential44
Vehicle4
Street Sidewalk2
Commercial0
Noise-grade thresholds (per 12 months): A <10 · B <20 · C <50 · D <100
Noise grade: D — High noise activity. Based on 311 noise complaints logged within 150m over 12 months — an area signal, not a characteristic of this building. Separate from the building's compliance grade.
Flood Risk
Flood hazard zone — NYC 2020s floodplain projection (FEMA-based)
Zone X — minimal flood hazard (outside the mapped floodplain)
Flood susceptibility4 / 5
Parking
800m walk radius · NYC business-license records
Garages nearby5
Estimated monthly$200–350/mo
Closest 3 garages
  • 16009 SANFORD AVE 60m · $200–350/mo licensee: CXR Drywall Services Corp
  • 4128 160TH ST 111m · $200–350/mo licensee: SAMIL CONTRACT INC.
  • 4125 160TH ST 113m · $200–350/mo licensee: GAMEZ, JUAN P
Schools
Schools within 1 km / ~0.6 mile walk
Total nearby2
Elementary (K-5)2
Middle (6-8)0
High (9-12)0
Elementary — closest 3 by walk (2)
  • P.S. 022 Thomas Jefferson Pre-K-5 · 6 min (448m) · District 25
  • P.S. 107 Thomas A Dooley Pre-K-5 · 10 min (808m) · District 25
Data source: NYC DOE school locations.
Subway / Transit
No subway stations within 800 m walk. Bus and CitiBike routes may still serve this address.
Neighborhood Amenities
B
800m walk radius
Total places nearby28
Eating (21) restaurants + fast food
Restaurants19
Fast food2
Daily essentials
Grocery (incl. convenience)2
→ Supermarkets1
→ Convenience1
Pharmacies0
ATMs0
ⓘ OpenStreetMap has no pharmacies or ATMs mapped within 800 m of this address. These counts come from volunteer mapping, so a zero means nothing of that kind is on the map here — not that there is none.
Coffee Index A — Coffee abundance (6 places selling coffee, of which 5 tagged as a café).
Walkable Errands B — Good walkability — most errands nearby.
Restaurants Nearby
DOH-graded restaurants within ~450 m of this building
Graded restaurants nearby81
A: 58 B: 9 C: 2 Pending: 12
Sample
  • Grade A Nolbu Sushi · Korean
  • Grade A Happy Karaoke · Korean
  • Grade A El Vincentino Restaurante Salvadoreno · Latin American
  • Grade A Cheogod.zip · Korean
  • Grade A Bakery De Paris · Coffee/tea
  • Grade A Parksanbal Babs · Korean
  • Grade A Sagwa Namoo · Korean
  • Grade A Sonamu House · Korean
Civic Facilities Nearby
Civic facilities within ~450 m of this building
Facilities nearby21
By category — top 8 of 11 (18 of 21 facilities)
Child Services And Welfare5
Youth Services4
Parks And Plazas3
Vocational And Proprietary Schools2
Camps1
Libraries1
Health Care1
Solid Waste1
Sample (parks · schools · cultural)
  • Murray Hill Playground Parks And Plazas
  • Mcgoldrick Libraries
  • Korean Community Service Of Metropolitan New York Cultural Institutions
  • International Beauty Institute,inc Vocational And Proprietary Schools
  • Studley Triangle Parks And Plazas
  • Kcs Education And Development Instit Vocational And Proprietary Schools

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

How to check internet providers before signing an NYC lease →

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.

Market & Availability

ZIP Median Rent
ZIP 11358 · ACS 5-Year 2019–2023 · ZIP level
Median rent$2,086/mo
Reflects existing leases, not current asking prices.
Affordability
ZIP 11358 · ACS 5-Year 2019–2023 · ZIP level
Median household income$88,729/yr
Median monthly income$7,394/mo
Max rent (30% rule)$2,218/mo
ZIP median rent$2,086/mo
ZIP median rent is 28.2% of median household income. The 30% threshold is the federal standard for housing cost burden.
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