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116-51 157th Street

An 8-story building with 215 apartments, built in 1962, in Queens, NY 11434.

Addresses on the lot: 116-45 to 116-69 157th Street, 116-01 to 116-11 157th Street, 116-25 to 116-31 157th Street.

HPD records as of October 26, 2026

189open HPD violations42 immediately hazardous
60complaints to HPD, past year29 about heat or hot water
Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023
August 2025latest housing court case4 cases on record, all years

116-51 157th Street has 189 open HPD violations, 42 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 60 complaints to HPD in the past year, 29 about heat or hot water. It is registered to CEDAR MANOR MUTUAL HOUSING CORP.

Does 116-51 157th Street have open violations?

Yes: 189 open violations as of October 26, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most42
B, hazardous30 days81
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days66

It has an open class C violation, as 56% of NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments do. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 14 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 60 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 26, 2026, 29 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments, 72% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 57% had one about heat or hot water.

Who owns 116-51 157th Street?

116-51 157th Street is registered with HPD to CEDAR MANOR MUTUAL HOUSING CORP. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

The name is a co-op’s: residents own shares in the building, and an apartment for rent here is usually a sublet from a shareholder, which the board has to approve.

At least 50 other buildings are registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in August 2025. HPD’s record has 4 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

City marshals carried out no evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 3% of residential buildings in 11434 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 116-51 157th Street rent stabilized?

No rent-stabilized apartments were registered here from 2018 to 2023. That doesn’t prove there are none: some owners don’t register them.

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of October 26, 2026; evictions and rent-stabilized counts as of May 30, 2026; size and age from the city’s PLUTO. All from NYC Open Data. Public records, not legal advice. Tax lot 4-12235-0002.