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89-50 56th Avenue

A 6-story building with 165 apartments, built in 1963, in Queens, NY 11373.

HPD records as of October 25, 2026

3open HPD violations1 immediately hazardous
55complaints to HPD, past year53 about heat or hot water
156rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
January 2026latest housing court case1 case on record, all years

89-50 56th Avenue has 3 open HPD violations, 1 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 55 complaints to HPD in the past year, 53 about heat or hot water. It is registered to ELMWOOD ARMS,LLC. 156 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 89-50 56th Avenue 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 most1
B, hazardous30 days0
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days2

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, 15 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 55 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 25, 2026, 53 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 89-50 56th Avenue?

89-50 56th Avenue is registered with HPD to ELMWOOD ARMS,LLC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in January 2026. HPD’s record has 1 case here in all, going back to the 1990s.

City marshals carried out 3 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 89-50 56th Avenue rent stabilized?

156 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, down from 157 in 2018. That’s 156 of the building’s 165 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 4-01845-0010.