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144-30 Sanford Avenue

A 6-story building with 119 apartments, built in 1960, in Queens, NY 11355.

HPD records as of October 25, 2026

32open HPD violations9 immediately hazardous
16complaints to HPD, past year3 about heat or hot water
3rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2019
February 2026latest housing court case1 case on record, all years

144-30 Sanford Avenue has 32 open HPD violations, 9 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 16 complaints to HPD in the past year, 3 about heat or hot water. It is registered to Imperial Sanford Owners Inc. 3 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2019.

Does 144-30 Sanford Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 32 open violations as of October 25, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most9
B, hazardous30 days16
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days7

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, 16 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 16 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 25, 2026, 3 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 144-30 Sanford Avenue?

144-30 Sanford Avenue is registered with HPD to Imperial Sanford Owners Inc. 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.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in February 2026. HPD’s record has 1 case here in all, going back to the 1990s.

City marshals carried out 1 eviction 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 144-30 Sanford Avenue rent stabilized?

3 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2019, the same as in 2018. That’s 3 of the building’s 119 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

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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 4-05374-0016.