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20-49 Elk Drive

A 2-story building with 53 apartments, built in 1967, in Queens, NY 11691.

Addresses on the lot: 3-15 Beach 20th Street, 3-23 Beach 20th Street, 20-25 Elk Drive, 20-31 Elk Drive, 20-35 Elk Drive, 20-49 Elk Drive.

HPD records as of October 26, 2026

24open HPD violations5 immediately hazardous
7complaints to HPD, past year4 about heat or hot water
Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023
March 2026latest housing court case4 cases on record, all years

20-49 Elk Drive has 24 open HPD violations, 5 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 7 complaints to HPD in the past year, 4 about heat or hot water. It is registered with HPD under a person’s name, not a company’s.

Does 20-49 Elk Drive have open violations?

Yes: 24 open violations as of October 26, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most5
B, hazardous30 days17
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days2

It has an open class C violation, as 70% of NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments do. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 2 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 7 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 26, 2026, 4 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments, 77% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 65% had one about heat or hot water.

Who owns 20-49 Elk Drive?

20-49 Elk Drive is registered with HPD under a person’s name rather than a company’s. The name is on the registration at HPD Online.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in March 2026. HPD’s record has 4 cases 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, 4% of residential buildings in 11691 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 20-49 Elk Drive 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.

Scores out of ten, from today’s records

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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 4-15768-7501.