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42-07 Whitney Avenue

A 6-story building with 74 apartments, built in 1959, in Queens, NY 11373.

Addresses on the lot: 42-07 Elbertson Street.

HPD records as of October 31, 2026

4open HPD violations4 immediately hazardous
10complaints to HPD, past year7 about heat or hot water
74rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years2 older

42-07 Whitney Avenue has 4 open HPD violations, 4 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 10 complaints to HPD in the past year, 7 about heat or hot water. It is registered to THE DORSET LLC. 74 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 42-07 Whitney Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 4 open violations as of October 31, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most4
B, hazardous30 days0
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days0

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, 6 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 10 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 31, 2026, 7 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 42-07 Whitney Avenue?

42-07 Whitney Avenue is registered with HPD to THE DORSET LLC. 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 2 older cases, the latest from 2019.

City marshals carried out 2 evictions 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 42-07 Whitney Avenue rent stabilized?

74 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 74 of the building’s 74 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 31, 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 4-01566-0001.