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142-20 Franklin Avenue

A 6-story building with 144 apartments, built in 1970, in Queens, NY 11355.

HPD records as of October 25, 2026

31open HPD violations2 immediately hazardous
10complaints to HPD, past year2 about heat or hot water
70rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years3 older

142-20 Franklin Avenue has 31 open HPD violations, 2 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 10 complaints to HPD in the past year, 2 about heat or hot water. It is registered to THE INFINITY 8 ON FRANKLIN CONDOMINIUM. 70 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 142-20 Franklin Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 31 open violations as of October 25, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most2
B, hazardous30 days28
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days1

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, 9 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 10 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 25, 2026, 2 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 142-20 Franklin Avenue?

142-20 Franklin Avenue is registered with HPD to THE INFINITY 8 ON FRANKLIN CONDOMINIUM. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

The name is a condominium’s: each apartment has its own owner, so an apartment for rent here is usually rented from that owner, under the condo’s rules.

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 3 older cases, the latest from 2012.

City marshals carried out 2 evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 2% of residential buildings in 11355 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 142-20 Franklin Avenue rent stabilized?

70 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, down from 76 in 2022. That’s 70 of the building’s 144 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

Scores out of ten, from today’s records

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of October 25, 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 4-05182-7502.