Forest Hills, Queens: building violations, landlords and rent stabilization

Forest Hills, Queens, has 670 graded residential buildings with 3 or more units, as of Oct 26, 2026. By grade: 329 A, 132 B, 105 C, 63 D and 41 F. The median building has 0.7 open HPD violations per 10 units, against 0 across Queens. 8,948 of its 43,713 residential units (20%) are rent-stabilized on the latest Department of Finance tax bills on file. The most common housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months were heat and hot water (2,661), unsanitary condition (788), and plumbing (339).

Forest Hills by the numbers

7,083 residential buildings (43,713 units) on record. 11,724 open HPD violations (2,358 class C, immediately hazardous). 4,609 housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months, 266 executed evictions in 3 years, 155 reported bedbug infestations in 3 years. 233 buildings have rent-stabilized units on their tax bills.

Worst five in Forest Hills

Most open HPD violations per 10 units. Graded rental buildings with 6 or more units; co-ops, condos and NYCHA are left out. Only buildings with an HPD violation issued in the last 24 months or a 311 housing complaint in the last 12 are listed.

  1. 63-31 110th Street: 140 open violations per 10 units (84 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: Individual owner
  2. 63-61 110th Street: 126.7 open violations per 10 units (76 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: Individual owner
  3. 75-41 113th Street: 107.1 open violations per 10 units (75 open, 7 units), grade F, owner: ALBAH ASSOCIATE LLC
  4. 111-03 76th Drive: 89.3 open violations per 10 units (125 open, 14 units), grade F
  5. 67-39 Clyde Street: 44.3 open violations per 10 units (31 open, 7 units), grade F, owner: S & L CLYDE TOV LLC

Best five in Forest Hills

Fewest open HPD violations per 10 units, then highest score and most units. The same rule as the worst five, recently active buildings only. Best buildings citywide.

  1. 67-19 Austin Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 21 units), grade A, owner: AUSTIN 19 LLC
  2. 99-49 66th Avenue: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 18 units), grade A, owner: 99 SCENERY LLC
  3. 76-19 113th Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 8 units), grade A, owner: RODA EQUITIES INC.
  4. 67-15 Austin Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 8 units), grade A, owner: GLOBAL REALTY MANAGEMENT NY LLC
  5. 67-11 Austin Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 8 units), grade A, owner: GLOBAL REALTY MANAGEMENT NY LLC

Largest landlords in Forest Hills

By units in Forest Hills, among portfolios of 3 or more buildings and 50 or more units citywide. Names are as filed on HPD registrations. How totals are counted. Report an error.

  1. STEPHANIE A SARPONG-APPIAh (head officer on HPD registrations): 1,327 units in 1 building
  2. MARGARET BRUNN (head officer on HPD registrations): 1,185 units in 7 buildings
  3. DAVID BERNHARDT (head officer on HPD registrations): 1,023 units in 7 buildings
  4. PRESCOTT LESTER (head officer on HPD registrations): 891 units in 8 buildings
  5. AARON SIRULNICK (head officer on HPD registrations): 888 units in 13 buildings

Nearby neighborhoods

Sources: NYC HPD housing maintenance code violations, HPD property registrations and housing litigation, 311 service requests, DOB violations, NYC Marshals evictions, and HPD bedbug filings from NYC Open Data, plus rent-stabilized unit counts from NYC Department of Finance tax bills. How grades work.