53-36 Van Dam 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
- More open HPD violations than ~94% of buildings in this ZIP (42 open)
- 11 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1931) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
About this building
The building’s floor space is 2.7 times the size of its lot: 8,820 sq ft of building on a 3,320 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of November 4, 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.
53-36 Van Dam Street
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- City records show 42 open HPD violations, 11 immediately hazardous (Class C) under the 2 addresses HPD registers as this building (53-36 Van Dam Street, 53-38 Van Dam Street). Ask which are still unresolved in the unit and the landlord’s timeline to clear them.
- The oldest open violation on record dates to 2017 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists no rent-stabilized units in this building. If anyone tells you this unit is stabilized, ask to see the registration — and if it was deregulated, ask on what grounds and in what year.
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Remove the illegal fastening consisting of self lockable panic bar installed at door roof….
- 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.
53-36 Van Dam Street sits in Queens, ZIP 11101. No subway stations are within an 800-meter walk — expect to rely on buses or rideshare.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: July 2017 · Most recent: May 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.
- 2026-05-07
- 2026-05-07
- 2025-11-21
- 2025-11-21
- 2025-06-12
- Class C · 11 open · penalty 165 · (15/ea)
- Class I · 5 open · penalty 5 · (1/ea)
- Class B · 9 open · penalty 45 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 17 open · penalty 17 · (1/ea)
- 2026-05-22 · Apt 3R · IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY · ELECTRIC
- 2025-08-19 · Apt 3F · EMERGENCY · PAINT/PLASTER
- 2025-11-14 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2023-06-30 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2021 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2023-06-30 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2020 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
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 1931. 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
- PETIT LARCENY: 16
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 13
- HARRASSMENT 2: 12
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 7
- FELONY ASSAULT: 7
- Illegal Parking: 87
- Consumer Complaint: 31
- Blocked Driveway: 18
- Street Condition: 15
- Traffic Signal Condition: 13
- 5328 35TH ST
- 5329 VAN DAM ST
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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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