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40-40 79th Street

A 6-story building with 192 apartments, built in 1956, in Queens, NY 11373.

HPD records as of October 25, 2026

3open HPD violations2 immediately hazardous
41complaints to HPD, past year15 about heat or hot water
193rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years1 older

40-40 79th Street has 3 open HPD violations, 2 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 41 complaints to HPD in the past year, 15 about heat or hot water. It is registered to ALAMEDA GARDENS LP. 193 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 40-40 79th Street have open violations?

Yes: 3 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 days0

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, 5 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 41 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 25, 2026, 15 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 40-40 79th Street?

40-40 79th Street is registered with HPD to ALAMEDA GARDENS LP. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 1 older case, the latest from 2006.

City marshals carried out 1 eviction here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 3% of residential buildings in 11373 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 40-40 79th Street rent stabilized?

193 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. 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 4-01489-0018.