159-47 Highland Avenue
12 months to Aug 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
- Built in 1971 (city records)
About this building
City records list 1971 as the year built — newer than 71% of the 191 buildings we cover in ZIP 11432.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of November 3, 2026.
159-47 Highland Avenue
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159-47 Highland Avenue sits in Queens, ZIP 11432. The closest subway is Parsons Blvd (F) (3-minute walk), served by the F line.
Building Condition
- 2021-07-02
- 2020-06-29
- 2019-09-06 "VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2017 CAT 1 INSP/TST TST"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 1971. For buildings built between 1960 and 1978, Local Law 1 applies where the owner knows lead-based paint is present — there is no automatic pre-1960 presumption. Lead paint in residential use was federally banned in 1978.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 43
- HARRASSMENT 2: 31
- PETIT LARCENY: 22
- VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAWS: 16
- ROBBERY: 15
- Illegal Parking: 16
- Overgrown Tree/Branches: 9
- Noise - Residential: 7
- Blocked Driveway: 6
- Traffic Signal Condition: 5
- 8623 162ND ST
- 8754 PARSONS BLVD
- 16011 HILLSIDE AVE
- P.S. Q086
- P.S. 182 Samantha Smith
- The Queens School for Leadership and Excellence
- P.S. Q086
- Young Women's Leadership School, Queens
- M.S. 358
- Hillcrest High School
- Young Women's Leadership School, Queens
- Queens Satellite High School for Opportunity
- Parsons Blvd
- 169 St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Ged P2g-Jamaica Lrning Ref - Ahsep
- P.s. Q086
- M.s. 358
- Growing Up Green Cs Ii Elementary School
- Elhaam Academy
- New Dawn Charter High School Ii
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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