172-70 Highland 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 1958 (city records)
- Rent-stabilized: 2 of 141 units
About this building
At 8 floors, the tallest of the 4 buildings we cover on this block. 141 apartments — the most of any building we cover on this block. The building’s floor space is 2.1 times the size of its lot: 115,312 sq ft of building on a 55,459 sq ft lot.
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.
172-70 Highland Avenue
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- City records show 6 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 2023 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 2 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 infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment.
- 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.
172-70 Highland Avenue sits in Queens, ZIP 11432. The closest subway is Jamaica-179 St (F) (6-minute walk), served by the F line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: May 2023 · Most recent: July 2023. 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.
- 2023-07-27
- 2023-07-27
- 2023-05-27
- 2023-05-27
- 2023-05-27
- 2023-07-27
- 2023-05-27
- Class C · 3 open · penalty 45 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 3 open · penalty 15 · (5/ea)
- 2026-08-25 · Apt 3M · NON EMERGENCY · ELECTRIC
- 2026-06-30 · Apt 3M · NON EMERGENCY · APPLIANCE
- 2025-03-25
- 2023-06-30 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2021 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2023-06-30 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2021 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2021-03-17 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
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 1958. 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.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 41
- HARRASSMENT 2: 32
- GRAND LARCENY: 28
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 27
- DANGEROUS DRUGS: 23
- Noise - Residential: 75
- Blocked Driveway: 65
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 48
- Illegal Parking: 47
- Water System: 17
- 17235 HIGHLAND AVENUE
- 8615 AVA PL
- 17511 HILLSIDE AVE
- P.S. 095 Eastwood
- P.S. 131 Abigail Adams
- P.S./I.S. 268
- P.S./I.S. 268
- I.S. 238 - Susan B. Anthony Academy
- Queens Collegiate: A College Board School
- Queens Collegiate: A College Board School
- Hillside Arts & Letters Academy
- High School for Community Leadership
- Jamaica-179 St
- 169 St
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Immaculate Conception Catholic Acad
- Major Mark Park
- Mary Louis Academy (The)
- Career Development Center Of Queens,
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Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Verizon Fiber Up to 2,300 Mbps down · 2,300 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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