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56-46 Van Cleef Street

A 4-story building with 21 apartments, built in 1990, in Queens, NY 11368.

Addresses on the lot: 56-46 Van Cleef Street, 56-48 Van Cleef Street, 56-52 Van Cleef Street.

HPD records as of October 25, 2026

58open HPD violations15 immediately hazardous
18complaints to HPD, past year2 about heat or hot water
2rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2022
March 2023latest housing court case3 cases on record, all years

56-46 Van Cleef Street has 58 open HPD violations, 15 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 18 complaints to HPD in the past year, 2 about heat or hot water. It is registered to MAD MAX REALTY LLC. 2 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2022.

Does 56-46 Van Cleef Street have open violations?

Yes: 58 open violations as of October 25, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most15
B, hazardous30 days17
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days26

It has an open class C violation, as 66% of NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments do. More on buildings by size

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 18 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 25, 2026, 2 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments, 69% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 53% had one about heat or hot water.

Who owns 56-46 Van Cleef Street?

56-46 Van Cleef Street is registered with HPD to MAD MAX REALTY LLC. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in March 2023. HPD’s record has 3 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, 3% of residential buildings in 11368 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 56-46 Van Cleef Street rent stabilized?

2 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2022, down from 3 in 2018. That’s 2 of the building’s 21 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 4-01967-0024.