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211-01 42nd Avenue

A 3-story building with 54 apartments, built in 1951, in Queens, NY 11361.

Addresses on the lot: 211-01 42nd Avenue, 211-09 42nd Avenue, 211-11 42nd Avenue.

HPD records as of October 25, 2026

4open HPD violations2 immediately hazardous
2complaints to HPD, past year1 about heat or hot water
50rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
February 2024latest housing court case2 cases on record, all years

211-01 42nd Avenue has 4 open HPD violations, 2 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 2 complaints to HPD in the past year, 1 about heat or hot water. It is registered to W.P.H. APARTMENTS INC. 50 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 211-01 42nd Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 4 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 days1
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days1

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, 8 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 2 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 25, 2026, 1 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 211-01 42nd Avenue?

211-01 42nd Avenue is registered with HPD to W.P.H. APARTMENTS 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.

2 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 February 2024. HPD’s record has 2 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, 1% of residential buildings in 11361 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 211-01 42nd Avenue rent stabilized?

50 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, down from 52 in 2018. That’s 50 of the building’s 54 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 4-06227-0338.