Best buildings in Howard Beach, Queens
9 rental buildings in Howard Beach meet the best-buildings rules. 155-18 79th Street is first, with 0.0 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years.
Rental buildings graded A or B with 6 or more units and a current HPD registration, ordered by the housing-code violations HPD issued per 10 units in the last 3 years, then 311 housing complaints per 10 units in the last 12 months, then class C (immediately hazardous) violations issued in 3 years, then the median days HPD took to close a violation in the last 12 months. Size is never a tie-breaker. Co-ops, condos and public housing (NYCHA) are left out. Only buildings graded A or B are listed. Buildings built in the last 5 years are left out of this list because they have not had time to build a record. Year built is from the city's PLUTO file; when PLUTO has no year, the oldest HPD violation on file stands in, and a building with neither is not listed. A place here reflects city records, not an inspection. Records as of Oct 26, 2026.
| # | Address | Issued per 10 units, 3 years | 311 per 10 units, 12 months | Class C issued, 3 years | Year built | Units | Grade | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 155-18 79th Street | 0.0 (0 issued) | 0.0 | 0 | 1978 | 6 | A | JOVIRA INC |
| 2 | 155-20 79th Street | 0.0 (0 issued) | 0.0 | 0 | 1978 | 6 | A | JOVIRA INC |
| 3 | 155-22 79th Street | 0.0 (0 issued) | 0.0 | 0 | 1978 | 6 | A | JOVIRA INC |
| 4 | 151-26 80th Street | 3.3 (2 issued) | 0.0 | 0 | 1978 | 6 | A | Not on file |
| 5 | 151-28 80th Street | 3.3 (2 issued) | 0.0 | 0 | 1978 | 6 | A | Not on file |
| 6 | 151-30 80th Street | 3.3 (2 issued) | 0.0 | 0 | 1978 | 6 | A | Not on file |
| 7 | 151-29 79th Street | 3.3 (2 issued) | 0.0 | 0 | 1978 | 6 | A | Not on file |
| 8 | 151-25 79th Street | 3.3 (2 issued) | 0.0 | 0 | 1978 | 6 | A | Not on file |
| 9 | 151-19 79th Street | 3.3 (2 issued) | 0.0 | 0 | 1978 | 6 | B | Not on file |
The full list for Howard Beach, up to 100 buildings. Best buildings in Queens; how the list works.
More for Howard Beach: rent-stabilized buildings, worst buildings, heat complaints, and the Howard Beach page.
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.