42-63 Layton Street
Class B
Class C
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
- 5 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1938) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 28 of 28 units
About this building
The building’s floor space is 3 times the size of its lot: 22,752 sq ft of building on a 7,500 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of November 5, 2026.
42-63 Layton Street
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- City records show 6 open HPD violations, 5 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 1989 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 28 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: Repair the leaky and/or defective faucets at wash basin in the bathroom.
- 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.
42-63 Layton Street sits in Queens, ZIP 11373. The closest subway is Elmhurst Av (M,R) (2-minute walk), served by the M and R lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: February 1989 · Most recent: November 2004. 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.
- 2004-11-17
- 2004-01-13 "§ 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE LEAKY AND/OR DEFECTIVE FAUCETS AT WASH BASIN IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 4G, 4th STORY"
- 2004-01-13 "§ 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE LEAKY AND/OR DEFECTIVE FAUCETS AT SINK IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 4G, 4th STORY"
- 2004-01-13
- 2002-02-26
- Class C · 5 open · penalty 75 · (15/ea)
- Class A · 1 open · penalty 1 · (1/ea)
- 2015-10-01 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2014 INSPECTION REPORT"
- 2013-03-01 "VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2011 INSPECTION REPORT"
- 2002-03-26
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 1938. 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: 88
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 86
- PETIT LARCENY: 76
- FELONY ASSAULT: 63
- GRAND LARCENY: 61
- Noise - Residential: 300
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 180
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 107
- Blocked Driveway: 75
- PLUMBING: 49
- 8137 BROADWAY
- 8122 BROADWAY
- 8360 VIETOR AVE
- P.S. 089 Elmhurst
- P.S. 007 Louis F. Simeone
- Renaissance Charter School
- Renaissance Charter School
- I.S. 5 - The Walter Crowley Intermediate School
- Renaissance Charter School
- International High School for Health Sciences
- Newtown High School
- Elmhurst Av
- 82 St-Jackson Hts
- 90 St-Elmhurst Av
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- P.s. 89q: The Jose Peralta School Of Dreamers
- Manuel De Dios Unanue Triangle
- Zoni Lang Ctr
- Elmhurst City Hospital Center
- Frank D. O'connor Playground
- Udi Career Training Institute
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 Fiber Up to 1,500 Mbps down · 1,500 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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