8515 Main Street
Top insights
- Built in 1966 (city records)
- Rent-stabilized: 10 of 223 units
About this building
The building’s floor space is 8 times the size of its lot: 269,019 sq ft of building on a 33,620 sq ft lot. 223 apartments — more than 95% of the 194 residential buildings we cover in ZIP 11435 have.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 14, 2026.
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
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.
8515 Main Street
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- City records show 1 open HPD violation 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 2024 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 10 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.
- City Buildings Department records show an open life-safety condition (e.g. unsafe building / hazardous facade) — what is it, and has it actually been resolved, not just re-filed?
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Remove all encumbrances consisting of construction material, bulkhead east, to roof, b….
8515 Main Street sits in Queens, ZIP 11435. The closest subway is Briarwood (E,F) (2-minute walk), served by the E and F lines.
Building Condition
Issued June 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.
- 2024-06-04 "§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL, BULKHEAD EAST, TO ROOF, B AT FIRE…"
- Class B · 1 open · penalty 5 · (5/ea)
- 2026-03-17 · Apt BLDG · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2026-02-07 · Apt 7H · NON EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2025-03-05 "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
- 2024-11-04 "VACATE ORDER DUE TO : CRACKED/SHATTERED GLASS BALCONY PANELS AT AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS & MULTIPLE BALCONY LINES…"
- 2024-11-01 "FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE COMPLIANT MANNER. AT EXPOSURE 2 & 3 (NORTH & EAST ELEVATIONS) CRACKED GLA…"
2 lead-paint hazards cited and later remediated (most recent 2013); no open hazards on record. Remediation addresses the cited conditions, not necessarily every painted surface.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- HARRASSMENT 2: 41
- PETIT LARCENY: 30
- ADMINISTRATIVE CODE: 24
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 22
- GRAND LARCENY: 18
- Traffic Signal Condition: 51
- Illegal Parking: 19
- Noise - Residential: 17
- Elevator: 17
- Street Light Condition: 14
- 8448 MANTON STREET
- 13763 QUEENS BOULEVARD
- 13779 QUEENS BLVD
- P.S. 117 J. Keld / Briarwood School
- P.S. 099 Kew Gardens
- P.S. 082 Hammond
- J.H.S. 217 Robert A. Van Wyck
- P.S. 099 Kew Gardens
Levels add up to 6 because a school serving K-8 is listed under both Elementary and Middle. 5 distinct schools are within range.
- Briarwood
- Jamaica-Van Wyck
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Bukharian Jewish Theater Vozrozhdeniye
- Briarwood
- Zucker Jewish Academy Of Queens
- Archbishop Molloy High School
- Hoover - Manton Playgrounds
Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area:
- 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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