Kew Gardens Hills, Queens: building violations, landlords and rent stabilization

Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, has 258 graded residential buildings with 3 or more units, as of Oct 28, 2026. By grade: 165 A, 25 B, 27 C, 22 D and 19 F. The median building has 0 open HPD violations per 10 units, against 0 across Queens. 2,636 of its 13,517 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 (894), unsanitary condition (504), and plumbing (274).

Kew Gardens Hills by the numbers

3,518 residential buildings (13,517 units) on record. 8,025 open HPD violations (1,557 class C, immediately hazardous). 2,297 housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months, 109 executed evictions in 3 years, 29 reported bedbug infestations in 3 years. 59 buildings have rent-stabilized units on their tax bills.

Worst five in Kew Gardens 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. 144-32 75th Road: 49.3 open violations per 10 units (69 open, 14 units), grade D, owner: KOMI REALTY LLC
  2. 153-04 75th Avenue: 39 open violations per 10 units (374 open, 96 units), grade F, owner: KEW GARDENS HILLS LLC
  3. 144-16 75th Road: 35 open violations per 10 units (42 open, 12 units), grade D, owner: KOMI REALTY LLC
  4. 150-18 75th Avenue: 30.5 open violations per 10 units (439 open, 144 units), grade F, owner: KEW GARDENS HILLS, LLC.
  5. 147-07 72nd Road: 29.7 open violations per 10 units (214 open, 72 units), grade F, owner: KEW GARDENS HILLS, LLC

Best five in Kew Gardens Hills

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. At least 5 years of record. Best buildings citywide.

  1. 137-02 Jewel Avenue: 0.0 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (24 units, built 1949), grade B, owner: JEWEL ASSOCIATES LLC
  2. 78-38 Parsons Boulevard: 0.0 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (49 units, built 1991), grade A, owner: Kew Development LLC
  3. 141-15 78th Avenue: 0.5 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.4 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (79 units, built 2021), grade A, owner: VP Capital Holdings LLC
  4. 150-10 79th Avenue: 3.7 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 1.3 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (60 units, built 1961), grade B, owner: DAYTON SMALL REALTY CO. INC.
  5. 150-05 Union Turnpike: 9.7 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 1.6 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (183 units, built 1966), grade B, owner: MAJESTIC PROPERTIES LLC

Largest landlords in Kew Gardens Hills

By units in Kew Gardens 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. DONALD HASTINGS (head officer on HPD registrations): 1,268 units in 12 buildings
  2. LEONARD ZANGAS (head officer on HPD registrations): 542 units in 3 buildings
  3. MARGARET BRUNN (head officer on HPD registrations): 388 units in 1 building
  4. OMID Pouratian (head officer on HPD registrations): 252 units in 3 buildings
  5. AVI SCHRON (head officer on HPD registrations): 200 units in 2 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.