87-70 173rd Street
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~96% of buildings in this ZIP (170 open)
- 27 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- More HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (42 vs ~12)
- Built in 1962 (city records)
- Rent-stabilized: 5 of 89 units
About this building
The building’s floor space is 4.4 times the size of its lot: 66,580 sq ft of building on a 15,000 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 13, 2026.
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
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.
87-70 173rd Street
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- City records show 170 open HPD violations, 27 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 2007 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 5 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: Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling….
- 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.
87-70 173rd Street sits in Queens, ZIP 11432. The closest subway is 169 St (F) (5-minute walk), served by the F line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: May 2007 · Most recent: September 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.
- 2026-09-25 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING AND ALL WALLS…"
- 2026-09-25 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT MATIERIAL EAST WALL AT P…"
- 2026-09-25 "§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK CEILING AND EAST WALL AT PUBLIC H…"
- 2026-09-25 "§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED A…"
- 2026-09-25 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CERAMIC TILES AT WEST WALL IN THE BATHR…"
- 2026-06-10
- 2026-06-10
- 2025-10-18
- Class C · 27 open · penalty 405 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 108 open · penalty 540 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 35 open · penalty 35 · (1/ea)
- 2026-07-08 · Apt 4P · EMERGENCY · PAINT/PLASTER
- 2026-07-03 · Apt 4P · IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY · PAINT/PLASTER
- 2026-06-29 · Apt 6B · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2025-08-05
- 2025-05-28
- 2025-05-28
- 2024-09-23 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2023 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2022-07-19 "CYCLE 9A UNSAFE REPORT FILED"
- 2022-02-22 "FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 9A TECHNICAL REPORT BY 02/21/2022"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 1962. For buildings built between 1960 and 1978, Local Law 1 applies where the owner knows lead-based paint is present — there is no automatic pre-1960 presumption. Lead paint in residential use was federally banned in 1978.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- HARRASSMENT 2: 60
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 45
- GRAND LARCENY: 31
- PETIT LARCENY: 31
- DANGEROUS DRUGS: 29
- Noise - Residential: 101
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 88
- Blocked Driveway: 48
- Illegal Parking: 33
- Residential Disposal Complaint: 23
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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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