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89-20 161st Street

A 6-story building with 84 apartments, built in 1941, in Queens, NY 11432.

HPD records as of October 26, 2026

20open HPD violations11 immediately hazardous
171complaints to HPD, past year119 about heat or hot water
83rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
May 2026latest housing court case33 cases on record, all years

89-20 161st Street has 20 open HPD violations, 11 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 171 complaints to HPD in the past year, 119 about heat or hot water. It is registered to PARKSH 89 20 161 LLC. 83 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 89-20 161st Street have open violations?

Yes: 20 open violations as of October 26, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most11
B, hazardous30 days7
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, 81 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 171 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 26, 2026, 119 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 89-20 161st Street?

89-20 161st Street is registered with HPD to PARKSH 89 20 161 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 May 2026. HPD’s record has 33 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

City marshals carried out 2 evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 3% of residential buildings in 11432 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 89-20 161st Street rent stabilized?

83 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, up from 82 in 2018. That’s 83 of the building’s 84 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 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 4-09758-0035.