34-40 79th Street
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
- More open HPD violations than ~71% of buildings in this ZIP (23 open)
- Fewer HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (1 vs ~12)
- Built in 1939 (city records)
- Rent-stabilized: 1 of 60 units
About this building
City records list 1939 as the year built — newer than 76% of the 425 buildings we cover in ZIP 11372. Inside the Jackson Heights Historic District. The building’s floor space is 3 times the size of its lot: 65,000 sq ft of building on a 21,500 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.
34-40 79th Street
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- City records show 23 open HPD violations 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 2007 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 1 rent-stabilized unit 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: Properly repair or replace the broken or defective latch assembly on compactor closet door….
34-40 79th Street sits in Queens, ZIP 11372. The closest subway is 82 St-Jackson Hts (7) (8-minute walk), served by the 7 line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: August 2007 · Most recent: September 2024. 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.
- 2024-09-16
- 2024-09-16
- 2021-04-19
- 2021-04-19
- 2021-04-19
- Class B · 21 open · penalty 105 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 2 open · penalty 2 · (1/ea)
- 2026-03-26 · Apt 2E · EMERGENCY · PAINT/PLASTER
- 2026-03-26 · Apt 2E · EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2026-03-26 · Apt 2E · NON EMERGENCY · APPLIANCE
- 2014-05-30 "VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2012 CAT 1 INSP/TST"
- 2014-05-30 "VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2012 CAT 1 INSP/TST"
- 2011-12-13 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2010 INSPECTION REPORT"
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 1939. 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
- HARRASSMENT 2: 40
- PETIT LARCENY: 24
- GRAND LARCENY: 20
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 18
- FELONY ASSAULT: 12
- Illegal Parking: 729
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 445
- Noise - Residential: 131
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 51
- Noise - Vehicle: 36
- 3563 79TH ST
- 7810 34TH AVE
- 3559 77TH ST
- P.S. 212
- Renaissance Charter School
- P.S. 069 Jackson Heights
- I.S. 145 Joseph Pulitzer
- Renaissance Charter School
- I.S. 230
- Renaissance Charter School
- 82 St-Jackson Hts
- Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- P.s. 069 Jackson Heights
- Queens Lesbian And Gay Community Center Inc.
- I.s. 230
- 34th Avenue Plaza
- I.s. 145 Joseph Pulitzer
- 78th Street Plaza
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 Up to 1,000 Mbps down · 35 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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